Stratified merit · interactive exhibit

From Gaokao score to college reach

Choose an admission market and enter a score. The atlas reconstructs the official rank, within-pool standing, and the most selective college that score could reach, then places that college on a national 0–100 selectivity scale.

Set the market
Worked examples
Candidate-pool denominators come from the 2019 一分一段 score distribution where available. College thresholds summarize major-level cutoffs.
Score-implied best accessible college
National selectivity
/ 100
Official rankrᵢ
Cumulative number scoring at least this high
Candidate poolNₚₜ
Province × track denominator
StandingGᵢ
Higher means stronger within-pool position
Local hurdleSᴾ
Selected college’s province × track cutoff

Reading the result

Select a market and score to trace the allocation chain.

Gᵢ = 100 × (1 − rᵢ / Nₚₜ)