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Latest recorded position: #12 on Aug 4, 2026, 8:35 PM CST.
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UCAS alone now has over 30,000 PhD students. In an era of surging graduate enrollment, what lies ahead for the next generation?
仅仅国科大一家在学的博士生数量已经突破了 3 万，身处一个硕博狂飙的大时代，我们的下一代该怎么办？
ThreadEast first recorded "UCAS alone now has over 30,000 PhD students. In an era of surging graduate enrollment, what lies ahead for the next generation?" on Aug 4, 2026, 9:51 AM CST. It has been observed on Zhihu Hot List, with 10 hours between the first and latest recorded appearances.
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