Some words before the senior high entrance exams My daughter is in her grade 9 right now, which means she will graduate soon from her junior high and take the senior high entrance exams from June 20 to 22. In China, compulsory education covers grade 1 to grade 9. After which, about half of the students have opportunities to enter senior high due to limited positions. Others will go to various vocational schools. Few (especially in the countryside) just quit their school life. In a sense, my daughter is fighting for her future for the first time in her life. To enter a good senior high, you have to study very hard under the fierce competition. I wish her good luck in the coming exams, and will be proud for her forever no matter what the result will be,