On average, just one in 2,976 students makes it through, which makes trying to enter Peking University as competitive as "1000 soldiers and 10,000 horses vying to cross a single-plank bridge."
至於河南省每年考生高達 50 萬人，平均每 2,976 名考生才錄取一人，要進北大猶如「千軍萬馬過獨木橋」，戰況相當激烈。