Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 878: Chapter 456: Three Consecutive Years of First-Place Natural Science Award_2

Zhao Yi was also going to take the exams.

Although he had already obtained his master’s and doctorate degrees from the School of Life Sciences, these did not include a bachelor’s degree, nor did he have an undergraduate diploma. He had persisted for more than three years, and it was slightly comical that he was now getting certified directly, as the undergraduate diploma still had to be earned by himself.

In addition to exams in the biological sciences, he also had to participate in philosophy exams.

Zhao Yi was busier than other students, at least when it came to exams. He had been taking exams for several days in a row, moving from one teaching building to another, sitting in different classrooms, and answering different subjects’ exam papers.

The exams for specialized courses in biological sciences were not a problem, as he could practically write the answers without thinking.

The exams for philosophy, on the other hand, were somewhat more brain-consuming because, in addition to straightforward rote memorization questions, there were also some that allowed for creative answers.

Zhao Yi spent a lot of brain cells on these things, feeling that it was more headache-inducing than writing a Chinese composition.

Fortunately, the exams were over quickly.

Having completed exams for more than a dozen courses, Zhao Yi also took a long sigh of relief and relaxed a bit, regaining the feeling of being a student. Days of continuous exams and tense life did not feel more relaxing than doing research and development.

When he returned to the dorm, where his roommates were rarely all present, they also asked Zhao Yi about his exams.

"How did it go? Those philosophy courses?" Fan Lei asked with interest.

"Passing, definitely not a problem."

"Isn’t that a given?"

Li Renzhe spoke without mincing words and his tone was somewhat sour, "I bet the teachers would give you a passing score even if you failed, no, if you got sixty, they’d probably bump it up to eighty!"

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Zhao Yi suddenly doubted himself; he wondered if there was much point in him trying so hard in the exams?

"Old Li’s got it right!"

Fan Lei nodded vigorously in agreement, "But it’s good the exams are over, another half year gone by, just half a year left until graduation."

"It’s time to choose our thesis topics."

Meng Zheng suddenly reminded everyone, prompting Li Renzhe and Fan Lei to spring to the computer table as if entering a tense moment, with Li Renzhe even asking, "Just three minutes left, right? It starts at two-thirty."

"Seems like it."

"There are... thirty-three minutes left, it starts at three," Meng Zheng corrected with the precise time, instantly deflating Li Renzhe and Fan Lei.

"Damn it, should’ve mentioned it’s starting at three earlier."

"It’s only three, what’s the rush!"

Meng Zheng mumbled a little defensively, "...I just said it was about to start."

"Thesis topics, huh."

Zhao Yi sat down at ease, "You guys go ahead and choose, I’ll take whatever’s left over that no one else wants."

"Brilliant!"

The three of them collectively gave a thumbs-up.

They were talking about their graduation project theses.

The graduation project for the biological sciences major involved professors offering a range of content from their respective research areas for each student to choose from. Whatever topic was chosen, the student would write the corresponding graduation thesis on it, and every student had a different topic to protect against the possibility of copying from one another.

Very few of the topics were purely descriptive; most required students to actually conduct experiments, do research, or at the very least, sift through a large volume of books or engage in practical surveys, and so forth.

If we’re talking about difficulty, it was indeed quite high, and the better the speciality, the higher the expectations for the thesis.

In reality, however, given undergraduate students’ skill levels and that it was not innovative research, mentors would provide a lot of help, even going step by step to tell the students how to complete their graduation projects, which could usually be accomplished if followed accordingly.

Still, the difficulty of graduation theses varied. For example, some topics pertained to content that had been covered in regular experiments and were, therefore, relatively easier.

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Such theses were considerably more challenging.

Now, with the thesis topics about to open up, "snagging a topic" became important. Snatching a familiar term was a surefire strategy, otherwise, one might be left with those "incomprehensible" topics.

Finally, the time arrived.

Meng Zheng, Fan Lei, and Li Renzhe immediately logged into the system to look for the topics they wanted. Their "battle" experience seemed quite rich as they quickly clicked "select" upon spotting familiar content, but there were still several cries of "Didn’t get it!"

"Damn, it was snatched up!"

"I got one!"

"I had to flip to the third page just to find one that no one had picked..."

Soon, the three of them had made their selections.

Zhao Yi, unhurried, entered the topic selection system and glanced over it to see that most had been taken. It seemed other students were as swift as his roommates, quickly picking topics, leaving only the more obscure ones available.

For instance, research on using exosomes targeting the central nervous system to treat opioid dependence drugs?

Research and application based on chitosan-modified carbon nanotube electrodes?

Stability analysis of time-delayed genetic regulatory networks?

These obtuse titles even made Zhao Yi frown; it was hard to imagine these being undergraduate-level graduation project topics. Even with a tutor leading the research, at most it would result in writing a related paper, likely cobbled together after reviewing a mass of material.

Zhao Yi didn’t mind much because he saw several mentors’ names among the selection of topics, and he simply went with the associate researchers from the microbiology laboratory and the Biomedical Research Institute.