Preparing for the Gaokao: Wang Yu

Throughout the past year the BBC has been given access to one Shanghai school to see what it is really like preparing for China's big test - the Gaokao, the country's difficult college exam.

Zhabei Number 8 High School has almost 500 students, spread over three grades.

Wang Yu, 19, is repeating her final year at the school because she did not get the Gaokao score she needed last time round.