Examination subjects: Most schools take five subjects: Chinese, Mathematics, English, Physics and Chemistry (some schools don't take Chinese, such as the schools of Changjun Group).

Examination time: generally in mid-August.

Exam content: generally speaking, it is junior high school knowledge, and basically it will not involve senior high school knowledge. Of course, the emphasis of each school is different.

Freshmen in senior high school take placement exams and make-up exams. In fact, the purpose of this "thorough examination" and "placement examination" is to screen top students and set up key classes. After these so-called "placement tests" and "thorough examination", most of them will be divided into key classes and ordinary classes.