Chinese 15-year-old skips grades to pass Gaokao with brother

A 15-year-old girl from Anhui Province, China, has gained widespread attention after skipping two grades to take the Gaokao (national college entrance exam) alongside her older brother.

In the recent examination, the girl, Xu Haolin, scored 699 out of 750, placing her in the top 100 students in Anhui Province. Her high score earned her admission to the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University. Her brother, Xu Haotian, aged 17, scored 688 out of 750 and was admitted to the Physics Department at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).

To synchronize her exam year with her brother's, Haolin skipped the 2nd and 6th grades during elementary school, completing the six-year primary program in just four years. Her family noted that this decision also made daily school transportation more convenient. Despite being labeled a