Chapter 2324: So That’s How It Is

Such a difficult task definitely requires advance preparation. Many medical students start looking for mentors in clinical settings early on for this reason. Those who aim to pursue a doctorate often start by finding a doctoral advisor during their master’s, so they won’t have to find another advisor for their doctorate, and it helps maintain continuity in their research for publishing papers.

Speaking of Cao Zhao, he was just promoted to doctoral advisor two years ago. Those capable of being a doctoral advisor can, of course, be a master’s advisor as well. He admitted his first clinical doctoral student last year, Student Duan Sanbao. Whether he has quotas for this year’s admissions is unclear until the school makes their decision.

Students from Guodu have identified Teacher Cao as a prospective mentor, and it was heard early on that Teacher Cao received a big project that requires talent. They are competing to come to Cao Zhao partly for this reason. The issue now might be whether Cao Zhao himself is still recruiting.

"I heard he’s from Rongji."

"Rongji is an old, renowned medical school in our country. But considering his mother is a leader at Guoxie, it suggests that his grades weren’t good enough to get into Capital’s medical university, so he had to go to Rongji."

The few medical schools in Capital rank among the top nationwide, incomparable to other regional medical schools. It’s like no matter how competitive Zhongshan gets, it can’t compete with Capital’s schools.

"Isn’t this like seeking an indirect path to success? During his internship, he leveraged his mom’s position to return to a Capital unit, then found a master’s or doctoral advisor in clinical settings to successfully return to study and work in Capital."

"It’s a high possibility. Guoxie claims there’s a shortage of pediatric surgeons. No wonder they specifically sent him to our Shou’er; now he’s all focused on squeezing in with Teacher Cao."

As everyone discussed, they felt that Dai Nanhui might be trying to use this backdoor route, which essentially means gaining another competitor.

"What about Duan Sanbao?"

They noticed the top student from their school was missing.

"He was called by Teacher Cheng."

Doctor Cheng Yuchen took the form handed by Dai Nanhui and said, "We’ll arrange yours at the right time."

Dai Nanhui stepped aside.

The office door creaked open, and Student Duan Sanbao quietly slipped in through the door crack.

Several Guoxie students, recalling the news from Student Zhang Desheng, had many questions about this prodigy from Guodu.

Zhao Zhaowei looked at the round face of the other person, wondering, "How old is he?"

This person looked quite like a child, with such youthful features that it’s hard to guess his real age. He might actually be quite old. Doctoral students are usually of a certain age. Student Duan Sanbao did not come from the eight-year program, and after completing a five-year medical undergraduate course, he’d pursue a master’s then a doctorate, totaling over ten years.

This isn’t considered a secret. Doctor Cheng Yuchen spoke out to bond closer with Duan Sanbao: "He is about the same age as you or maybe just a year older."

"Isn’t he a doctoral student?"

"He was directly placed into a doctoral program after his undergraduate." Doctor Cheng Yuchen clarified some mysteries.

Everyone gasped: This is the rare legendary undergrad-to-ph.D. student.

To secure a spot as a direct Ph.D. student, the school must first be excellent enough to have such qualifications. Besides, direct Ph.D. students are typically internal recommendations by the school, and surely more exceptional than other recommended students.

Referring to Doctor Cheng Yuchen’s guessed age, it seems this student clearly didn’t finish the five-year clinical undergraduate course or took the college entrance exam earlier than usual, otherwise, it’s hard to explain why his age is so young.

What puzzled everyone was that with such talent and grades, why didn’t he choose the eight-year bachelor-master-doctorate integrated program during the entrance exam, but instead enrolled in Guodu’s five-year undergraduate program?

A bunch of question marks bubbled up in everyone’s minds.

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