As a result, in the following days, the number of self-sponsored applicants at Mist City Arts and Science University indeed saw a substantial increase.
In the Principal’s office inside the Administration Building.
Ding Yue was looking at a document and a list. The document was titled "About the Opening Ceremony of the 2021 National College Students’ Games", and the list bore the title "List of Mist City Arts and Science University Students Participating in the 2021 Games".
Within the list, Ding Yue spotted Yang Chen.
That Yang Chen, the athlete desperately struggling with his family’s poor economic conditions to the point of taking up work at a construction site to earn some money.
Ding Yue had a vivid memory of him.
Because Ding Yue had attributed his personal sports attribute Buff earned from his last year’s military training mission, to this student, Yang Chen.
Yang Chen registered for the 50m and 100m sprints.
Besides that, Mist City Arts and Science University’s basketball team also successfully qualified for this National University Games.
Apart from Yang Chen, a few other individuals from Mist City Arts and Science University also registered to participate in the National College Student’s Games.
However, Ding Yue wasn’t very familiar with these students and had no idea about their actual skills.
But when it came to Yang Chen, Ding Yue was quite optimistic.
In a few days, the National College Students’ Games would commence in Shencheng.
From the opening on August 6th, to the closing on August 18th, the event would span 12 days in total.
Ding Yue reviewed the list submitted by the School of Physical Education. Students from the School of Physical Education of Mist City Arts and Science University had signed up for events such as 100m sprint, 4x100m relay races, long jump, swimming, high jump, weightlifting, basketball, badminton, and table tennis.
If they could manage to secure a gold medal, it would count as a "University Honor".
Ding Yue specifically asked the system: "System, if a student wins a gold medal at the National University Games, does it count as a University Honor? So, two gold medals would be counted as two University Honors, right?"
The system gave Ding Yue a clear reply.
If Mist City Arts and Science University manages to secure a bunch of gold medals, the "University Honor" awards would pile up, right?
Ding Yue felt regretful.
He regretted not asking the system about this earlier. Otherwise, he still had two sports attribute cards in his possession; he even received three single-person sports attribute cards after military training last year.
Ding Yue only used one on Yang Chen, increasing Yang Chen’s sports attributes. Coupled with his continuous training over this period, the effect would surely be significant.
If he were to give other sports students a buff now, the effect surely wouldn’t be that pronounced.
The sports attribute card and the learning attribute scroll operate in the same way, they both gradually improve a student’s abilities.
It’s not like their skills would suddenly increase after the card is used, it only helps them further enhance their abilities through continuous training.
Even after obtaining attributes, students still need to put in more effort to fully improve their abilities.
This means that it would be too late to give others a buff now, at least one or two months of training time should be left for participating athletes.
But it’s not a problem.
Ding Yue could use this opportunity at the National University Games to discover which students in the School of Physical Education have great potential.
After all, they are only eighteen or nineteen years old, they have plenty of room for growth.
Even if they don’t win a gold medal at the National University Games, Ding Yue would consider developing them based on their performance.
Just as Ding Yue was thinking about the National College Students’ Games, Qi Chunsheng, the Director of the Academic Affairs Office, came into Ding Yue’s office.
In fact, Qi Chunsheng was called over by Ding Yue himself to inquire about the number of registration after the past few days of buzz.
"How are the self-enrollment registrations holding up?" As soon as Qi Chunsheng entered the office, Ding Yue asked.
"Principal Ding, the number of independent admissions at our Mist City Arts and Science University is increasing by one to two thousand every day, and we have already surpassed 20,000 registrations," Qi Chunsheng promptly replied.
"Not bad. If this trend continues, we may even surpass 30,000 registrations," Ding Yue pondered. This was happening faster than he had expected.
It appeared that many students, who couldn’t score well in the College Entrance Examination, had considered Mist City Arts and Science University as a cradle to realize their university dreams.
Ding Yue wasn’t afraid of many people coming to Mist City Arts and Science University. On the contrary, the more, the merrier. Other private universities would love to have this many potential students.
"Principal Ding, twenty thousand registrations, isn’t that too much!" Wen Ruohan exclaimed in excitement upon hearing the news.
She could not believe that the first-year student enrollment rounded off at only nine thousand six hundred. After this year’s recruitment, the total number of students at the university would exceed thirty thousand.
"Student Wen Ruohan, this is just the number of registrations. Although our university adheres to the strategy of wide admission and strict graduation, we will admit anyone who applies. However, only those who show up at the university to register and pay their fees become actual students. For now, these are just figures," explained Ding Yue, looking at Wen Ruohan and laughing.
The girl was still thinking too simply.
"Oh right, many students who apply for independent admissions have multiple interests and may not all show up for registration at the school after they apply," Wen Ruohan acknowledged after realizing this, she quickly nodded and muttered to herself.
"Director Qi, it seems this year’s recruitment publicity is even more successful than we anticipated, so be sure to be fully prepared for the registration of new students. If you need anything for logistics, feel free to reach out to Director Huang. Also, make sure to mobilize the Student Union as well."