Chen Chih-chu, a student in the Graduate Institute of Communications at Shih Hsin University who also works at a cram school, says that nearly 800 students registered for classes at his cram school this year, up from just over 500 last year. Chen also noted that most of this year's students were applying to communications and education programs.
課餘在補習班當導師的世新大學傳播研究所學生陳智巨說，去年僅自己上班的補習班就有五百多人報名，今年增加到近八百人，以考傳播和教育研究所的學生居多。