vstars Chapter 64 Admission Interview
Chapter 64 Admission Interview
Who is Viviani?
That was Galileo's direct disciple, the great Italian mathematician whose name is etched in history!
The news that the theorem had been corrected and popularized by a twelve-year-old boy from the Xia Kingdom caused a magnitude 12 earthquake in Italy, with the entire Italian media following up with front-page headlines!
Subsequently, these overwhelming news stories were frantically reposted by domestic media at breakneck speed, causing the entire internet to erupt in a frenzy!
[Could someone please explain this in plain language? What does it mean? It's like gibberish to a liberal arts student.]
[Why do I feel like there's been a lot of these mind-blowing news stories lately? Am I just imagining things?]
[It's about a twelve-year-old kid who co-authored a paper with a top professor at Stanford.]
[What the hell is this?! Open your eyes upstairs and look! That's not what you call a work! That kid is a first-rate author! First-rate author, understand?!]
The preface clearly states that the professor was merely a ghostwriter and polisher!
[Holy crap, this can't be real, right?! Is this some rich kid putting on a show to boost their resume and improve their college application?]
[Are you out of your mind? A tenured professor at Stanford would risk his tenure and academic career by fabricating data for a complete stranger? What would he gain?!]
A math teacher from a top-tier municipal high school is here to provide some科普 (popular science) information:
Simply put, it's about taking a theorem that has been accepted for three hundred years as 'only valid on a plane' and forcibly applying it to a non-Euclidean surface! There is a similar concept in Riemannian geometry.
While this may not be considered a groundbreaking achievement worthy of a Fields Medal...
But to be able to do that at the age of twelve is simply incredible!
[Wait, isn't this the kid Ilya Cronin specifically praised?]
[That's right, first place in the IMO gold medal. And before that, this monster had already breezed through all the national high school competitions like beginner monsters!]
The online uproar gradually subsided. Faced with absolute strength, the controversy melted away like snow under the scorching sun, while the fame settled like a mountain.
Before anyone knew it, Su Hao's name had become legendary, making him the most famous twelve-year-old boy in the country.
At this very moment, this genius who has caused a sensation in the global mathematics community is attending an entrance interview.
"Su Hao, please come in."
The University of Science and Technology of China's Junior Class.
The highest institution of learning for all gifted children in the country, the true pinnacle of the pyramid!
Su Hao, dressed in a very ordinary but neat shirt and casual pants, pushed open the door and walked into the interview room with a light step, bowing slightly to everyone:
"Hello teachers, I am Su Hao."
Before the interview even officially started, the interviewers across from me, who were usually arrogant and looked down on everyone as if they were idiots, were already grinning from ear to ear.
From the principal to all the faculty and staff, the whole school has been celebrating the Lunar New Year these past few days!
IMO gold medalist! And the youngest winner in history!
The most crucial point is that this is a super genius who has already caught the eye of the world's leading figures in mathematics!
These exceptionally talented students actually applied to their school on their own initiative!
The principal's smile hasn't faded in the last few days; it's almost stretched all the way to his temples!
Imagine if this kid were to win a Nobel Prize or a Fields Medal someday, his school would be instantly elevated to legendary status and go down in history!
"Oh dear! Sit down, sit down! Oh dear, isn't this chair too high for the child?"
The physics department head, who was usually known for his strictness, suddenly stood up, beaming, and went to get a soft cushion to put over her head.
"No need, teacher, it's fine."
Su Hao was somewhat flattered by this display of power and waved his hands repeatedly.
"Hey! How can you physics professors be bothered with such rough work?"
"Get out of the way! Of course, it's up to our math department to take care of this!"
The head of the mathematics department, Old Zhang, glared at him, snatched the cushion, and playfully pushed the head of the physics department aside with his buttocks.
Are you kidding me!
This is the ultimate talent who, once enrolled, can become the school's prized possession in no time!
What kind of assessment and selection?
What is the interview process?
These usually serious and cold interviewers have long since turned their job into something more like feeding dogs!
Right now, only two words are on my mind: poaching talent!
However, the play still has to be performed completely, and the basic formalities must be gone through.
The interviewers coughed lightly, barely managing to regain a semblance of their authority as teachers, and posed a few symbolic, routine questions.
"Ahem, um... Su Hao, what's your dream for the future?"
"I want to become a mathematician."
Upon hearing this casual reply, the mathematics professors trembled with excitement, secretly clenching their fists under the table and making a unified "V" sign in victory!
"Then may I ask..." the other interviewer adjusted his glasses, "did you apply to other schools?"
"Well! A teacher I know suggested that I submit my resume to the gifted youth programs at Xi'an Jiaotong University and Southeast University just in case, so I also submitted my resume to them as well."
The air froze instantly.
Su Hao's honest answer made the interviewers gasp instantly, and the atmosphere became visibly tense.
"Ahem! This...this is completely unnecessary..."
The interviewers quickly exchanged a horrified look, as if facing a formidable enemy!
Damn it, we absolutely cannot let other schools snatch them away!
After a brief half-second of mental blankness, Professor Zheng from the Chemistry Department jumped to his feet like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and launched into a rapid-fire introduction:
"Su Hao!! Listen to me!"
Our school cafeteria is among the best in the country! The braised pork is absolutely amazing!
Not only that, we've also provided each student with a private study room that's warm in winter and cool in summer!
In addition, our faculty is extremely strong; all our instructors are academicians or recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars—you're guaranteed to be satisfied...
Looking at the interviewers who were talking animatedly and sweating profusely from nervousness, Su Hao felt slightly bewildered.
Compared to the calm and collected twelve-year-old boy sitting there, these top-notch teachers who have seen countless people and are usually aloof and superior are now as flustered and nervous as salesmen selling gym memberships on the street!