From child prodigy to chief scientist

Lü Yihang's powerful computing ability goes without saying, while Ding Mosen's forte is chemistry, something they didn't know at first.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, they are both likely to achieve outstanding results in their respective fields.

After hearing Xu Xiao's words, Lü Yihang and Ding Mosen felt much calmer.

Recently, Xu Xiao and Yang Dun have been frequently absent from the classroom.

Without those two monsters, the others realized that not everyone actually possesses such terrifying talent.

Students like Lü Yihang and Ding Mosen are already among the top students in the children's class.

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The next day, during break time, Xu Xiao and Yang Dun went to the director's office together.

After a night of consideration, Xu Xiao decided that if possible, she should register for both the college entrance examination and the math competition at the same time.

But he will definitely still focus on the college entrance examination. As for the math competition, he can treat it like scratching a lottery ticket. It's perfectly normal to not win anything.

On the other hand, Yang Dun was the complete opposite. If judged by high school standards, Yang Dun was actually very unbalanced in his studies.

Apart from high school physics and math, he might not even be able to pass other subjects now.

From this perspective, Yang Dun's chances of being admitted to university through the competition are actually higher.

"You two are here? Just say what you need."

Wang Ze seemed to be quite busy at the moment, and didn't chat much with Xu Xiao and Yang Dun, instead asking them directly.

Xu Xiao didn't stand on ceremony with Wang Ze and went straight to the point:

"Director Wang, I would like to register for next year's college entrance examination."

"Do you want to take the college entrance exam next year? I thought you were going to wait another year."

Wang Ze recalled that when Xu Xiao participated in the interview for the children's class, she said that she hoped to complete her high school studies within two years.

At the time, he thought such a goal was somewhat unrealistic, but now it seems that Xu Xiao does indeed have the ability.

Given that Xu Xiao has already achieved very good results in the previous monthly exams, even if she takes the college entrance examination next year, she will still have a good chance of getting into the top universities in the country.

After pondering for a moment, Wang Ze still looked somewhat troubled.

"Generally speaking, to register for the college entrance examination, you need to be a current year's college entrance examination candidate, or at least a high school student. You've just come to the junior class, so you're still considered junior high school students. There's no precedent for junior high school students registering for the college entrance examination..."

Hearing Wang Ze say this, Xu Xiao couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

However, considering that I am only eleven years old now, even if I take the college entrance examination in two years, it is still very early.

After a moment of silence, Wang Ze spoke again:

"But it's not entirely hopeless. If we can provide proof of equivalent academic qualifications, and after review by the district education bureau and the municipal education bureau, we may be able to register through the admissions office in our place of residence."

Just from Wang Ze's description, Xu Xiao knew just how difficult this would be.

This means that at least three levels of education departments would need to make an exception for themselves.

Such a thing is almost unprecedented in the whole country.

"Okay, I'll try my best to help you. If the higher-ups really don't agree, then we'll just have to wait until the next college entrance exam."

Seeing Wang Ze's statement, Xu Xiao could no longer ask anything more of him.

After Xu Xiao finished speaking, Yang Dun also made his own request.

"Director Wang, it doesn't matter whether I register for next year's college entrance examination or not, but I hope to register for this year's high school physics competition."

"High school physics competition? You're pretty ruthless."

At Yang Dun's age, being able to compete in the junior high school physics competition is already quite an achievement.

However, Youngton's physics talent was indeed terrifying; he was able to keep up even when training with high school students.

"Director Wang, I'd also like to try my hand at submitting numbers," Xu Xiao added promptly.

"Registering for the competition isn't that complicated. Yucai has a fixed number of registration slots. You two just need to participate in the school's selection competition, but you'll need to earn them yourselves."

Xu Xiao and Yang Dun had no objections to this; they were already very satisfied as long as they had the opportunity to compete fairly for a spot.

After thanking Wang Ze, Xu Xiao and Yang Dun left the director's office.

"I've never tried registering an eleven-year-old for the college entrance exam before."

The youngest student ever to take the college entrance exam at Yucai High School was fourteen years old, but that student was already considered a high school student at the time, so the registration process wasn't too complicated.

No matter how difficult Xu Xiao's situation was, Wang Ze would do everything in his power to help.

The following day, Wang Ze first approached Tian Heng, the principal of Yucai School, and told him about Xu Xiao's desire to register for the college entrance examination.

To accomplish this, Yucai School will definitely need to provide Xu Xiao with proof of equivalent academic qualifications, which naturally requires the support of the school's leadership team.

However, upon learning that Xu Xiao was only eleven years old and a new student in the junior class, Tian Heng quickly expressed his opposition.

"Director Wang, your children's department does indeed aim to cultivate children with exceptional abilities, but it is indeed too early for him to take the college entrance examination at this age, and it doesn't make much sense."

"Even if we assume he could get into university right now, is he psychologically mature enough? Can he take care of himself? Is this really a good choice for him?"

"And if we set this precedent, won't other students want to follow suit? Can we treat everyone equally?"

Tian Heng's series of questions left Wang Ze somewhat at a loss for words.

But considering that Xu Xiao's situation was indeed very special, Wang Ze persisted:

"Principal Tian, ​​Xu Xiao just took the last monthly exam for senior high school students at Yucai High School. You can take a look at Xu Xiao's scores first."

With some confusion, Tian Heng accepted the report card from Wang Ze, and his expression quickly changed.

"This Xu Xiao... can already score 626 points on high school exams?"

This result was indeed unexpected for Tian Heng. He had thought that Xu Xiao would at most only be able to get into a first-tier university.

Thinking about it this way, he could somewhat understand Wang Ze's feelings.

"Yes, and this child is progressing very quickly. He has a good chance of reaching the level required to apply to Tsinghua and Yenching Universities before next year's college entrance examination, which is why I support him to register as soon as possible."

After learning about these circumstances, Tian Heng's thinking began to change.

"As for psychological and life issues, Principal Tian, ​​you don't need to worry. This child is very mature psychologically. When you interact with him, you will feel as if he is an adult."

Seeing the determined expression on Wang Ze's face, Tian Heng finally nodded.

"In that case, we'll make an exception for Xu Xiao this time. The school can provide as much support as possible for Xu Xiao, but if the Education Bureau really disagrees, then there's probably nothing we can do."