HIGHPERFORMING STUDENT Wang Yun,

a high school graduate in Shanghai, has become the talk of the town after scoring 623 points in this year’s college entrance examination.

His score is just 37 points short of perfect. Wang’s exam was a little different, however, it was adapted into Braille since he is blind.

Wang suffered retinal detachment due to a premature birth and excessive oxygen intake and became blind at an early age. But this did not stop him from working hard in school.

His parents—both teachers at Shanghai-based Donghua University— decided to send him to the school for the blind, where he has excelled in both his studies as well as sports.

A senior at the Shanghai School for Blind Children, Wang is likely to enroll in East China Normal University, Shanghai Normal University or Shanghai Polytechnic University, three Shanghai-based universities that accept blind students.