A year after entering the Peking College, she created a sensation by becoming only the second woman in Chinese history to be selected to study physical education in the United States.
在她們之前，只有一位姓陳的女學生出國學體育。高梓出國的消息曾轟動了南通，當時南通聞人張遷老先生還特別請這個不到二十歲的女孩，到他家裡吃茶點餞行。