Instead, NTU recruited only 40 students via Stars and offered no spots in popular programs such as medicine, electrical engineering, and law. Other schools, including NCKU, NCU, and National Yang Ming University (NYMU), treat Stars as a nuisance. "NTU Medical School has always selected the 100 most outstanding students in the country," says Chiang Been-huang, NTU's Dean of Academic Affairs.
照理，學生人數為清大 3 倍的台大，釋出的名額也應破百，但去年卻只有 40 人，熱門科系如醫學、電機、法律等都未開放推薦名額；而其他如成大、政大、陽明似乎也是半推半就，出現了「繁星」很「煩心」的反應。