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Unlike 9.39 million high school graduates nationwide, Tao Ziqian did not take part in this year's national college entrance exam over the weekend.

Tao, 18, skipped the exam - which many Chinese students and their parents consider a crucial, life-changing event -because he has been accepted at the College of Arts and Sciences of Cornell University in New York state.