Hoping to prove to his father that PE students could get into university too, Lin set his sights on Taipei Physical Education College. After his last class ended he would head to Taipei's famed cram school area, Nanyang Street, for extra lessons in math and English. Unfortunately, he didn't pass the college entrance exam, and had to wait for the one the next year.
為了向父親證明，學體育也能上大學，為了甄試進入台北體育學院，林義傑每天下午 5 點最後一趟訓練後，就直奔台北南陽街補習班加強數學、英文，可惜名落孫山，唯一的選擇就是重考。