Southeast University welcomes its first "post-2010s" student!

[SEU News Network, August 27^th] On August 24^th, SEU welcomed the annual undergraduate freshmen registration day, with over 4,300 members from the Class of 2024 coming from all corners of the country to begin their campus life in Nanjing, the ancient capital city of six dynasties. Unlike previous years, in addition to the JiulonghuCampus, more than 2,400 freshmen moved into the Sipailou Campus, exploring the city’s profound thousand-year cultural heritage and SEU’s 120-year academic legacy.

SEU also welcomed its first student born in the 2010s: Tan Ruiqi, who set his sights on becoming a SEUer as early as in the second year of middle school.

This year, SEU welcomed more than ten gifted juvenile students. Among them, Tan Ruiqi, from Fushun No. 2 Senior High School, Liaoning Province, was born in April 2010, marking the first “post-2010s” student in the history of SEU.

Group Photo of Gifted Juvenile Students of the Class of 2024

Tan Ruiqi, only 14 years old this year, has showcased great intelligence far beyond that of his peers. By the end of the third grade in primary school, tests showed that his proficiency in Mathematics and Physics had already reached the level of an eighth-grader. As a result, he was accelerated to Grade 8 at Fushun Yucai Middle School. Two years later, he scored 779.5 out of 830 on the high school entrance exam, earning him admission to Fushun No. 2 Senior High School. This year, Tan, as a sophomore in the senior high school, was admitted to SEU as a gifted juvenile student.

“I set my goal of attending SEU’s gifted juvenile student program when I was in Grade 8, so all of my subsequent middle and high school studies have focused on realizing that goal,” said Tan Ruiqi. “The program allows you to choose any major and emphasizes multidisciplinary education in its course design, which really appealed to me,” Tan added.

When asked about the reason for his early academic aptitude, Tan attributed it to three simple words: “I love reading.” His broad range of reading from a young age made him knowledgeable beyond his years. The more he read, the more questions he had. His parents allowed him only half an hour of internet time each day, which he used wisely to research and find answers to his questions and was reluctant to spend time playing games. He said, “I found that many problems ultimately come down to Math and Physics, so now I primarily browse academic websites like Nature and Science.”

Among the numerous top scorers admitted to SEU this year, one particularly remarkable student who nearly achieved full scores in English only started to learn the language at the age of 12.

For instance, SEU admitted 142 students from Jiangsu Province who scored full marks in Physics. Notable among them is Cheng Yubo from Jiangsu Hualuogeng Senior High School, who scored full marks in Physics and was admitted to the category of Economics (specializing in Digital Economy and Intelligent Management). Wang Yiming from Jiangsu Baipu Senior High School also achieved a perfect score in Physics and was admitted to the category of Biology Sciences. Ji Xingyue from Jiangsu Tongzhou Senior High School scored an impressive result of 685 in this year’s college entrance examination , ranking 167^th in the province for Physics and related subjects.

Wang Hengheng from Anhui Qingyang Senior High School was admitted to the Engineering Experimental Class (Smart Construction, Functional Transportation, and Advanced Materials) at SEU. Despite starting to learn English only at the age of 12 in junior high school, much later than most urban students, Wang, as a student from the countryside, achieved an impressive score of 149 in English. Talking about her “secrets” to high scores, she attributed her high score to a dedicated approach of extensive reading and practice, emphasizing that developing good study habits significantly improved her learning quality.

“Green Channel” escorts freshmen’s registration with 2,000 volunteers providing warmhearted services

This year, SEU has newly designed a “Green Channel” to support freshmen with services tailored to each campus. The Sipailou Campus features a “one-stop” tour, while the Jiulonghu Campus provides a “sinking” registration service, which provides tuition and accommodation fee deferrals for freshmen from families with financial difficulties, explains financial aid policies, and distributes study and living supplies. Meanwhile, the university has also established the Ruihua Chunyu Freshmen Scholarship, with application forms included in the admission notices.

It is said that a total of 492 applications from the Class of 2024 have been received. Evaluation representatives, based on application forms and home visit data, etc., will conduct a comprehensive review and subsequently make public the results. Financial aid will then be provided to 100 students from economically disadvantaged families, with each receiving RMB 2,500, which will be distributed promptly after the start of the school year.

The university has also recruited 940 general volunteers to assist various functional departments with the new student orientation work, including 30 international student volunteers. Additionally, each college has enlisted 942 “one-on-one” volunteers to achieve point-to-point connection between volunteers and new students at a ratio of 1:5 to assist in completing the registration process.