Zhuang Junzhe spoke slowly, "I was quite fortunate to become a graduate student on my first try, getting into Jiang University in my first year."
[Avoided eye contact with me—not out of guilt.]
[Eyes were rather stiff, body somewhat tense, but—the chin was lifted.]
Nan Zhubin nodded, giving a [Positive Attention] here: "That's quite impressive and not easy at all."
Unlike the college entrance exams, the master's graduate exams have many "previous graduates" who take them a second, third, or even fourth time, commonly referred to as second, third, fourth attempts.
Even many undergraduates who have been working for years wish to pursue further studies as graduate students, along with veterans, teaching assistance programs, etc., resulting in a wide age range among master's students, where the youngest in a class might just be in their early twenties, while the oldest could be over thirty.
