When Tsinghua University's new freshmen arrived on campus last August, the first question they were statistics released after the first group of the freshmen enrolled (注册、加入) in the university, more than half of the 540 students came alone. In a letter to freshmen this year, the president of Tsinghua University encouraged them to "start this new adventure by standing on your own two feet."
To help freshmen grow up, some universities have thought of new methods. At Tsinghua, for example, freshmen need to register and find their dormitory by themselves. The process requires two to three hours, during which volunteers take parents on a tour of the campus.
At Zhejiang University, a banner hanging in the information center says "Parents let go please; let us help your children." Lu Guodong, dean (学院院长) of undergraduate studies at Zhejiang University, coined the slogan. "The slogan is for parents. Often parents like to do things or make decisions for their children. In their eyes, children never grow up." said Lu.
A girl arrived at the railway station with all her luggage and looked around for her university's welcome team. She was Jin Hongting, 19, from Hebei province and would study industry and business administration at Beijing Union University.
When asked why she came alone, Jin said: "There's no need to bother my parents to come with me. It only takes four hours from my hometown to Beijing.
Sometimes, however, the distance between university and home is so great that many parents are too worried to let their children travel alone. To reassure parents. Renmin University of China introduced a new method. It asked senior students to go back to their hometown and accompany freshmen back to the campus. This helps freshmen get used to living independently.
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