College dropouts spark discussions online

An admissions notice released online, which revealed that 81 freshmen had their college places revoked for failing to turn up this semester, has sparked the ire of the internet with many complaining that the students had wasted opportunities that could have gone to others.

The undergraduate admissions office of Jinan University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, said the majority of the students were enrolled in majors in the fields of management, business, economics, tourism, interpretation and translation, as well as chemistry and materials science.

A hashtag related to the notice became one of the most-searched topics on microblogging platform Sina Weibo on Saturday.