Based on the proportion range of 73%-77%, the number of applicants for the college entrance examination in 2023 ranges from 11.32 million to 11.98 million. However, specific data will be subject to subsequent official announcements by the Ministry of Education. The number of students taking the college entrance examination every year is an important data that every college entrance examination candidate pays attention to. The number of students taking the college entrance examination not only affects the admission rate of the college entrance examination and the difficulty of the college entrance examination. From a big data perspective, the number of college entrance examination applicants is directly proportional to the difficulty of the college entrance examination and inversely proportional to the college entrance examination admission rate.

According to statistics on the number of regular high school students announced by the Ministry of Education, the number of first-year senior high school students in 2020 (2022 college entrance examination students) is 8,767,742, but the actual number of applicants for the 2022 college entrance examination is 11.93 million . The number of people counted is only 73% of the number of applicants. Where do the remaining 27% of people come from? In fact, this also includes the number of students who are enrolled in the corresponding program, single-entry admissions to higher vocational colleges (the college entrance examination for secondary vocational students), and repeat students.

Compare the number of regular high school students and the college entrance examination registration data from 2020 to 2022: According to the 73%-77% ratio range, the number of college entrance examination registrations in 2023 ranges from 11.32 million to 11.98 million. However, the specific data will be subject to subsequent official announcements by the Ministry of Education.

The current summer college entrance examination examination subjects are divided into two categories: Chinese and mathematical subjects + comprehensive science (physics and chemistry), Chinese and mathematical subjects + comprehensive arts (history and geography). Among them, the full score for each subject except Chinese and Mathematics is 150 points, and the full score for comprehensive arts or comprehensive science is 300 points. After the reform of the new college entrance examination, the summer college entrance examination implements the "3+3" model. The first "3" refers to the three subjects of the national unified college entrance examination except language and mathematics. The full score of each subject is 150 points.

There are 2 foreign language tests; the latter "3" refers to the 3 high school academic level test subjects chosen by the candidates. Candidates can choose 3 subjects among the 6 subjects of Politics, History, Geography and Chemistry. For the grade examination, the full score for each subject is 100 points.