Naturally his Chinese Department professors did not want to lose this outstanding student. Li recalls that "I frankly told my professors that in order to insure that I would be able to make a living after graduation I had to transfer to the English Department, and my teachers immediately agreed after hearing what I had to say."
當時中文系老師並不希望系上的高材生轉走，李繼庚表示：「我坦白跟老師說，為了畢業後有謀生的能力，我必須轉英文系，老師聽了後立刻答應。」