However, this part is no joke: in recent years, many young mathematical and science talents, identified as gifted in high school but unable to pass the intelligence tests required to enter college, have been weeded out of the special program as a result, and are forced to take the Joint College Entrance Exams with everyone else.
讓人笑不出來的，卻是近年來頻頻傳出有在數理科學等方面表現優異的高中生，在保送大學的甄試中，因為智力測驗而栽了觔斗，無法順利免聯招升學。