Man quits top China university, declines PhD offer in US to sell snacks, earns US$95 a day
Academic pressure makes 24-year-old from poor family veer off pathway to elite education into humble world of making mashed potatoes
A young man in China who quit his master’s degree studies at the esteemed Fudan University in Shanghai to set up a food stall has captivated mainland social media.
Before making his unconventional decision, Fei Yu, 24, was on the road to becoming an elite student, Jiupai News reported.
Despite coming from a poor family in Sichuan province, southwestern China, Fei studied hard to get into Sichuan University, also a top institution in China, majoring in public health.
Upon graduation in the summer of 2022, he was admitted to the graduate school of Fudan University.
He did not have to take an entrance test since his scores were ranked first in his grade during his five-year undergraduate study period.
However, Fei dropped out of Fudan University in early 2023 after studying for only a term.