A Preliminary Exploration into the Phenomenon of "Memo Students, Connections Students, and Banknote Students" among Middle and Primary School Enrollees in the Capital City

Three types of students is the general term for the "memo students, connections students, and banknote students" who select the schools they attend by virtue of power, connections, or money.1 Also called "school-selecting students," these are students enrolled outside the [government] target; in other words, these are [purportedly] students enrolled after the schools have completed the enrollment plans passed down by the education administrations, in order to solve special difficulties students encounter in transferring from one school to another. Generally, school-selecting students are limited to five per class, but most schools today overshoot this limit, especially prestigious schools.