In the early days, university students only needed to have good grades in campus military lecture classes, and pass the pre-session tests at Chengkungling, then after graduating they could be commissioned as reserve officers. But, due to the increase in student numbers, this system was has been simply responsible for the training of tertiary levels students, and training has not been as rigorous as it was in the early years.
當年大專生只要在校軍訓成績良好，通過成功嶺的期末測驗，畢業即以預官任用的措施，因為大專生大量增加而於五十五年取消。日後成功嶺只單純地負責大專生集訓工作，訓練也沒有早年嚴格。