The graduation ceremony in July ended, and college roommates left the campus one after another. Only Dong Man (pseudonym) remains in the dormitory. She voluntarily applied for a postponement of graduation, stating that her thesis is in the revision stage and she is also preparing to take the civil service exam. According to the original plan, Dong Man, a third year graduate student majoring in education at a certain university, should submit the first draft of her graduation thesis after the winter break of 2023. It has been over a month since the start of school, and Master's supervisor Ye Jingyi (pseudonym) has never waited for her first draft of her thesis, but has been informed that she plans to postpone her graduation. Ye Jingyi was a bit anxious and approached Dong Man four or five times. She "clearly opposed" Dong Man's idea. What Ye Jingyi doesn't understand is, "Why choose to postpone graduation when you are a student with excellent academic character?" Generally speaking, postponing graduation is a forced choice, often associated with "failures" such as incomplete credits or failing papers. After several attempts at persuasion, Ye Jingyi was also very helpless. "If students keep not submitting their papers, I can only be forced to agree to postpone graduation. As graduation season approaches, reporters have conducted surveys and interviews in multiple universities and found that in the past, postponement of graduation due to reasons such as insufficient credits or physical constraints has become an active choice for more students. On the internet, there have also been a large number of "experience sharing" among students who have voluntarily postponed graduation, but the comment section has quickly been questioned and forgotten. The number of students has rapidly increased and gradually expanded to the entire academic stage. "By the end of 2022, I feel unwell and don't have the energy to write a paper." However, even if my body recovers, Dong Mansi still thinks delaying graduation is "cost-effective". Because I haven't been admitted to my hometown's elective program this year, if I delay my graduation, I can still take the exam as a fresh graduate next year, "Dong Man told the truth. Dong Man is not an exception. Delaying graduation can be divided into two situations: one is forced to delay: insufficient credits, failure to pass the make-up exam after failing the exam, etc.; and the other is voluntary, such as personal entrepreneurship, avoiding employment, etc. Dong Mansuo, the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Education, Qi Dan (pseudonym), collaborated with teachers to work for students and suggested that everyone "it is best to complete their studies on time". Some are for the public entrance examination, some are for the postgraduate entrance examination, and the most fundamental reason is to retain their status as fresh graduates, "Qi Dan introduced. In March 2020, the Ministry of Education issued a policy: For college graduates who did not have their work units confirmed when leaving school, they can keep their household registration and files in the school for two years according to regulations, and timely handle employment procedures for graduates who have their work units confirmed as fresh graduates. Although the policy of retaining the status of a two-year fresh student has continued to this day, in the eyes of students, delaying graduation is "the safest and most secure". Qi Dan introduced that taking a undergraduate class of about 40 students as an example, almost no one had applied for a postponement of graduation before, but last year there were 8, of which 4 were for the postgraduate entrance examination and showed a trend of expanding to the entire academic stage. Delaying graduation or being questioned about learning ability should be carefully chosen to retain the status of a fresh student. Taking the initiative to postpone graduation may seem like a way to cope with employment pressure, but in actual recruitment, employers often have stricter standards. After collecting announcements of selected graduates from various provinces, Dong Man found that these announcements did not provide a classified explanation of the situation of students who had postponed graduation.