Novels like Back After the High School Entrance Exams, I’m Aiming for Peking University
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- 1 Reborn in Eleventh Grade: Turning My Life Around 重生高一之逆袭人生 [Rebirth + campus life + top student + everyday cultivation + personal growth + heartwarming + no romance] Note: The heroine likes looking at handsome men, but she won’t date! Romance would only get in the way of her studies and slow her growth! With no man in your heart, your sword becomes divine. The first chapter of the sword manual: cut down the one you love. The final chapter: without love, you become a god. In her previous life, after failing the high school entrance exam, Ai Xiangwan curl 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 2 The Factory Girl Is Reborn: The Shy Scholar and the Badass Campus Queen 厂妹重生之羞涩学霸和霸气校花 [Strong Female Lead + Transmigrate + Pure Love + Reborn + System + Youth and Campus + Top Student + One Female Lead + Urban Slice of Life + Sweet Romance] Unable to endure the sudden domestic violence from her newlywed husband, Zhu Jie, she flees their neighborhood in a panic. Just outside, she is hit by his car and dies beneath its wheels. She was his first love in high school, someone he had loved from afar and quietly protected, never expecting that such a tragedy would befall her. Her mother 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Reborn: The Study Squad 重生之学习小队 Lin Tangqi was reborn in her second year of middle school, before she had been betrayed and cursed and despised by every girl in school. She still had a chance to change the course of her student years, save her younger brother and friends from repeating the same mistakes, and stop the boy who was lost in love and heading down the wrong path before he ended up behind bars. She could still do all that, couldn’t she? Ah, whatever! She’s been reborn, so she should cherish her school days and study 15Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 4 Back to Middle School, I Fell in Love with Studying 重回初中，爱上了学习 Jiang Xiaoran didn't study hard in middle school, but fate has given her another chance. She'll make the most of it and take back everything she lost, changing the course of her life. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Back to Seventh Grade: My Whole Family Turns Our Lives Around 重回初一：全家翻身把歌唱 At 28, Su Xiao dies suddenly from overwork. A final tear slips from the corner of her eye: “I’m sorry, Mom and Dad. I haven’t paid off my online loans yet. I’m sorry, Sis. You’ll have to bear the burden of supporting the family alone...” When she opens her eyes again, the blinding sunlight has become the bright morning light of a classroom in 2012! Her deskmate pokes her. “Wake up, the homeroom teacher’s here!” Su Xiao: “!!! I’ve been reborn back in seventh grade?!” Looking at her young, exhaust 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 From Failing Student to Comeback King: My Reborn High School Years 学渣，重生高中我的逆袭之路 A Poor Student's Reborn High School Comeback 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Reborn to Change My Fate: Back to the High School Entrance Exam After Graduation 重生改命：高考后重回到中考考场 [Reborn + becoming top students with a close friend + making money and becoming a business owner] [Not a saint + not a genius + no romance, just focused on building a career] [A story that will make you want to study] Why isn’t Cheng Yiyi happy even though she did exceptionally well and got into a regular university? Throughout her three years of high school, Cheng Yiyi was lost and consumed by anxiety. She struggled with her studies as her grades slipped, and finally took the college entrance e 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Reborn: If I Can't Outwork You, I'll Lose 重生：卷不死你算我输 [Reborn + no System + farming + top student + slice of life + strong female lead + no romance] Li Nian, a college student, is unexpectedly reborn in her first year of high school after staying up too late. In her previous life, her grades plummeted because she was too addicted to novels, and she ended up earning only a junior college diploma. This time, reborn in her first year of high school, she’s determined to seize the chance to change her fate through the college entrance exam. As long as s 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn as a Top Student with the System 重生后靠着系统当学霸 Li Youyu is reborn in an era when simply holding hands was enough to make you blush. When youth comes around again, this time she finally changes the fate she shared with her mother... With the help of a System, her once-ordinary life will become dazzling and extraordinary... 448Reads—Score10114d adds
- 10 Back in High School, I Want to Be Top of the Class! 重回高中，我想当学霸！ In high school, Li Yang became so obsessed with novels that she neglected her studies, leaving herself with a heart full of regrets. After falling into a deep sleep, she somehow returned to her high school days, determined to change her fate and become a top student. At No. 1 High School, the school heartthrob and top student Fu Qingli found himself falling for a girl without knowing when it began. In a classroom flooded with sunshine, he patiently explained problems to her. Their feelings quie 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Being a Top Student Is Surprisingly Cool 当学霸原来这么飒 (Complete, so feel free to dive in!) No CP + No System + Reborn + Growth and Academic Success + No Unrealistic Exaggeration An Ning, a full-time housewife in her forties, gave up her job to focus on her family, but her life became a never-ending mess of petty troubles. One day, she wakes up inexplicably in a group of seventh graders doing military training. She gets to repeat seventh grade and decides to try being a top student. Little scene: Top of the grade? Mine. Top in the city? Mine. Should 588Reads8.2Score10514d adds
- 12 The System Punishes Me with a Perfect Score, and I Guarantee Top Scholar Honors Before Turning Them Over to the Nation 系统罚考满分，状元保底上交国家 [Strong female lead + reborn + System + college entrance exams + patriotism + hard work + personal growth] [Top scorer in the college entrance exams + special forces soldier + figure-skating goddess + scientist] After Su An, an overworked office worker, dies from working overtime, she opens her eyes to find herself back at age sixteen, in her senior year of high school. A bizarre punishment System drops from the sky: if she fails to complete its tasks, it will make her laugh herself to death. An —Reads—Score79714d adds
- 13 I Strengthen My Body Through Studying 我靠学习强身健体 [Rebirth + System + Comeback + Inspirational] [A sickly, underachieving heroine defies fate; the academically brilliant hero is just a background character at first] Zhou Zhi was frail and sickly, and her doctor had declared she wouldn’t live past thirty. And she didn’t, dying in a car accident while saving someone... Saving a life earned her immeasurable merit, and she was reborn with a System. From then on, she would show everyone how a sickly, underachieving student could turn her life around 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 My Family Thought I Was Bad Luck, but After Being Reborn, I Cut Them All Off 全家嫌我晦气，重生后我六亲不认 [Rebirth, comeback, feel-good female-lead story] Jiang Lai was reborn in 2006, back when she was in middle school. In her previous life, she bore the disgraceful label of “thief.” She lived a miserable, repressed life and eventually died a tragic death in a rented apartment. Given another chance, she’ll clear her name, escape her parasitic family, get into the university of her dreams, and completely change her fate! Once she becomes outstanding enough, she discovers that it really is possible t 227Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 15 After Being Reborn, the Top Student Has My Back 重生后她被学霸大佬罩了 Before she was reborn, Lin Zhinan suffered from severe social anxiety due to her family life and high school experiences. Insecure and sensitive, she was afraid to talk to people. After starting work, she underwent therapy and worked hard on herself, eventually managing to communicate with others more or less normally. But on her way home from an appointment, she had an accident and returned to high school. Back then, she had been miserable, insecure, a poor student with no friends, and constant 33Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 16 After My Parents Divorced, I Became My Mother's Pride 父母离婚后我成为了我妈的骄傲 Zhao Xishu is reborn, returning to the time before her parents' divorce. In her previous life, after her parents divorced, her father left nothing to her and her mother except a house. As a result, Zhao Xishu had to drop out of school and go to work. Now that she's reborn, Zhao Xishu kicks her scumbag father to the curb and helps her mother become an independent, formidable woman. Lei Chunfang: "My daughter is wonderful in every way. It's just her grades that aren't so great." Zhao Chenxi: "My l 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Back to High School to Turn My Life Around and Become a Top Student 重回高中逆袭当学霸 [Updated irregularly and often revised. Proceed with caution.] After seeing the world, Yin Xi is reborn in the summer before high school. This time, she refuses to spend the three most important years of her life drifting aimlessly, and she’ll make up for the regrets of the past. Question: How can an ordinary person catch up with a genius? Answer: Consistent effort, and a life without slacking off. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 My Youthful Comeback: From Bottom of the Class to a Top 985 University 从吊车尾到985大学的青春逆袭记 A Youthful Comeback Story: From the Bottom of the Class to a Top 985 University 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Reborn in Her First Year of High School, She Already Saw Through Everything 重生高一，她早已看清一切 [Rebirth + comeback + redemption + one-on-one romance + both leads are each other’s first] At eighteen, Su Hui looked at her mother’s cancer diagnosis and the college admission notices posted in her class group chat. It felt as if her whole world had collapsed. What had she been doing for all three years of high school? She hadn’t understood her mother’s silent love, and had only ever lashed out at her with cruel words; She had pursued Chen Siye relentlessly, only to realize at graduation that s 1.4kReads8.5Score12914d adds
- 20 Reborn: I Became the Exam Ace at No. 1 High School 重生之我在一中当考神 [Rebirth at school + mutual devotion] [Beautiful, clever top student and class flower x cheerful, sunny, puppy-like boyfriend] After graduating from college, Yu Chuqing is on her way to a class reunion when someone pushes her off an overpass. She is reborn in her sophomore year of high school. Given another chance, she becomes a top student. But what's with that boy who stared at her the first time they met, nearly making her fall down the stairs? As she gets to know him, she finds herself growi 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Starting High School Entrance Exams Over 重启中考 At 33, Li Guo is a low-level programmer whose days of going to work without ever clocking off have left her numb. She thought she would live out her whole life that way, until a bowl of tangyuan unexpectedly sent her back to the time before her high school entrance exams... 53Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 22 Back at 15, She Did This! 重回15岁，她竟然这样做！ On her way home from working overtime on a stormy night, 30-year-old office worker Zhong Tonghua is crushed to death by an overturned truck. She’s reborn at fifteen, as a first-year high school student. She believes her life was ordinary, but she always tried her best, and has no regrets. But after she’s reborn, she discovers that everywhere she looks, the people around her are full of regrets… Zhong Tonghua doesn’t know how to make up for them, so she decides to focus on her studies first, doin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Reborn in High School, She Makes a Stunning Comeback 重生高中后她逆袭了 Wang Zitong was reborn at the age of seventeen. For some people, being reborn might be the greatest gift of all. But for her, it meant starting over from scratch in her studies, her career, and even her eight-year romance. In her previous life, she had no regrets about her studies and no complaints about her career. And when it came to Zhang Zeheng, the boy she had liked for eight years, she finally let go the moment she was reborn. This time, she wouldn't chase after Zhang Zeheng anymore. This 30Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 24 The Years Stretch On 岁月如此漫长 [Reborn + school life + everyday life] At 28, Lin You was a burned-out office worker with nothing to show for it. Overnight, she returned to her youth, escaped the hustle and bustle of the city, and went back to the warm little home in her memories. After spending some time in a somewhat aimless slump, she resolved to change herself. This is the story of a girl’s growth as she goes from confusion and anxiety to making peace with herself, then keeps striving toward a brighter future. A gentle, ev 601Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 25 Reborn: I'm Even More Powerful Than the Cool, Aloof God 重生之我比清冷男神还厉害 [Reborn + System + School Life + Sweet Romance] Xia Qingyuan had always thought of herself as ordinary and timid. She disliked socializing and, apart from going to work, loved nothing more than staying home and watching TV dramas. She never expected that, after finally going out one day, she would be hit by a car. When she woke up, she had returned to high school and been bound to a Conquest System. Seeing her conquest target made Xia Qingyuan's heart race. He was the idol she'd admired in her p 118Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Said I'd Be Reborn as a Top Student, So How Did I Become a Rich Woman First? 说好重生当学霸，怎么先变富婆啦 [Reborn + top student comeback + friendship + making money + childhood friends] Xia Ning had spent half her life giving up, and at thirty, she was filled with regret. Her friend was dead, her family was disappointed in her, and her dreams were shattered. Nothing could ever go back to the way it was. Then Heaven gave her another chance. She was reborn in 2009. That year, she was in eighth grade and her youth was just beginning. Her family hadn't been forced to move out yet, and her best friend wa 33Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 27 Back to My Girlhood 重回少女时代 A life spent chasing glamour, with nothing left but memories. But memories aren't necessarily beautiful, either. The carefree, bold youth she once took pride in has now left her with nothing but regret. If Heaven took pity on you and, with a flash, let you be reborn in the best of times... Could you relive the happy days? Stop the hurts before they happened? Keep pursuing the crush you had as a teenager? Could those foolish years finally blossom into something dazzling? Could you end up with a l 157Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 28 Reborn, I’m Going to Become a Top Student 重生后，我要当学霸了 Mu Xiaoxiao is an unremarkable office worker, putting in the usual nine-to-five while earning just enough to buy cabbage. Then one day, she is reborn as a child and bound to the Academic Prodigy System. Mu Xiaoxiao vows to change the fate she had in her previous life and become the kind of child other parents talk about. As she grows up, she meets a cool, top-ranked student who wants to be friends with her. Great, then let’s improve together... The male lead appears later. Studying comes first, 183Reads6.6Score10414d adds
- 29 Back in Sixth Grade, I Got Caught Up in the Rat Race 重回小学六年级搞内卷 A story about how education changes your fate + no System or golden finger + hard work and ambition + romance on the side... Ye Shining had lived an ordinary, uneventful life since childhood. By the time she graduated from college at 24, she had achieved nothing. Her parents were working-class people at the bottom of society, and her older brother, Ye Shi'an, was two years older and had graduated from a vocational college. Ye Shining's college entrance exam results had been average, so she went 33Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 30 The Lin Family's Little Girl Returns to Age Eight and Leads Her Family to Greatness 林家小娃重回八岁，带一家人起飞 Positive energy + System + top student + no awful characters + no contrived plot twists + an ordinary hard worker + a warm, cherished-by-the-family story The male lead appears very, very late, and he isn’t exactly a normal person. A story about a family working hard for one another and changing their own destinies. After losing her family, Lin Xi, who suffers from a rare illness, is chosen by the System for her exceptionally high kindness score. She returns to the age of eight and starts doin 4Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 31 From Failing Student to Rising Star 从学渣开始逆袭 After being reborn, Ye Xuanfan spent two years as a bottom-of-the-class student before his Academic Prodigy System finally unlocked. But this System was a little different. "Question: If an oyster is cooked, can it still be called an oyster?" "Teacher, suppose Xiao Ming runs at 200 meters per minute. How long until he can smell the back of his own head?" Ding! Congratulations, you've earned 300 Anger Points from your Chinese teacher. They can be converted into Academic Points. Ding! Congratulati 24Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 32 Reborn: My Splendid Life 重生之我的锦绣人生 [Reborn + System + top student + strong heroine] In her previous life, her father worked for a year, then asked the contractor for his wages at New Year. The contractor brushed him off with a few words about having no money. When he went back to ask again, he was beaten and injured, and in the end he managed to get only 2,000 yuan. Starting over, when she learns her father is going to see the contractor, she hurries along to protect him, takes up the law as her weapon, and gets back the 23,000 y 536Reads8.0Score10314d adds
- 33 Reborn in High School: I'm Grinding Every Day 重生高中：我每天都在卷 No CP + System + Rebirth + Top Student + Becoming More Beautiful Before being reborn, Lu Mingwei struggled to find a job and felt trapped by her academic credentials. She prayed it was all a nightmare, and that she would wake up to a better life. After being reborn, Lu Mingwei binds herself to the Better Life System. Every day, she pushes herself relentlessly, working herself to the bone to build a better life! 32Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 34 Reborn After the High School Entrance Exam, I Set Out to Save Myself 重回中考后开启拯救自我行动 Synopsis: [No CP + reborn + making up for regrets + changing oneself] After leaving a suicide note, Lin Ximiao opened her eyes again and discovered she had returned to the end of middle school! In this life, she swore she would make up for her regrets. As she slowly changed herself, she would influence those around her, encourage everyone to stay positive and study hard, help them find their goals in life, and work toward them! Theme: Loving yourself a little more is better than anything else. Y 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 I’m Second in Science, but I Can’t Keep Up with the Unbeatable Top Student 理科第二的我，卷不动断层第一 Campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel, campus novel 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Back to High School, Running Straight to You 重回高中之飞奔向你 [Mutual devotion, warm and tender affection, sweet love.] In this short life, I keep thinking of you. I missed my chance with you, and the rest of my life is filled with regret. I blame my foolishness and resent my vanity. I hurt you, and I’m consumed with remorse, unable to face you. In the end, we went our separate ways and left each other alone. Do you ever think of me? I miss you so much. I heard you got married. Your bride is three years younger than you. Are you happy? I think you must be. 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Transmigrating to Elementary School to Start My Life Over 穿越到小学重启人生 Amid the bustle of a thriving city, thirty-year-old Lin Feng leads an utterly ordinary life, until a sudden lightning strike sends his soul back in time to his elementary school days, twenty years earlier. This isn't just a trip down memory lane. A mysterious System called “Restart Your Life” has given him a second chance. In a school full of childhood innocence and dreams, how will Lin Feng use his adult wisdom and the power granted by the System to rewrite the story of his life? How will he ho 75Reads—Score414d adds
- 38 One More Chance, So Let's Hit the Books! 重来一次，那就好好学习吧！ What!!! I transmigrated??? The heroine, Lin Mo, returns to her first year of high school to save her former self. Romance? No thanks! Now that she’s back, she’ll change her life, study hard, and keep improving! 6Reads—Score114d adds
- 39 Reborn: I Bring the Internet to the 1990s 重生之我把网线拉到90年代 [Reborn + college entrance exam comeback + System + pretending to be weak before crushing the opposition + underdog’s comeback + slow-burn feel-good story + aloof heroine + male lead undecided] Reborn as a first-year high school student, I’m now a “bad student” who sleeps through the day? What a joke! Opening her eyes at fifteen, back at her heaviest and bottom of the class, Nan Li smiled. She bound herself to the [Future Phone]. While everyone else studied by lamplight, she drilled through the 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Reborn in High School: I Got Rich by Being a Happy Slacker 重生高中：我暴富咸鱼了 [Heartwarming Coming-of-Age]+ [Male Lead Appears After Reaching Adulthood, Romance Included] After waking up back in the days after her high school entrance exams, Lin Miao decides to work hard first, then lie around to her heart’s content. So she helps her best friend get into her dream university. She encourages another close friend to seize the opportunity in self-media. She supports a friend in starting a business and becoming a rising star in the gaming world. She also meets a group of room 647Reads8.8Score10414d adds
- 41 Reborn at Fifteen: Turning the Tables on the College Entrance Exam 重生十五岁：逆袭高考 Yu Feiwan deeply regretted not studying hard in high school. She had become hopelessly addicted to novels and spent all day daydreaming. Then, one day, she suddenly returned to the starting point of her fate: her third year of middle school, when her failure to study hard had changed the course of her life. This time, she would take back control of her destiny. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Back in Seventh Grade, I Can Still Become a Top Student Without a System 重回初一，没有系统也能当学霸 Pei Qianqian was reborn in 2012. Staring at her twelve-year-old reflection, with its face still full of youthful collagen, she was completely stunned! With a mind clearer than ever after being reborn, a whole new future was about to unfold before her! “The student who came first in the grade on this exam is... Pei Qianqian!” “The winner of first prize in the final round of this year's Mathematical Olympiad is... Pei Qianqian!” “Qianqian! Hurry up and get out of bed. Don't be late on the firs 1.2kReads8.3Score11714d adds
- 43 After Being Reborn, I Became a Top Student 重生后我变成了学霸 [Diligent, hardworking academic star] VS [Aloof, abstinent genius-level heartthrob] [Time-travel romance + Both leads are inexperienced + HE + Everyday life of top students + Feel-good face-slapping + Extra-sweet romance later on] Qiao Rou had many regrets in her past life. She did poorly on her high school entrance exam, then only got into a second-tier university. After graduating, she was turned down for job after job. Looking at her aging parents, she took stock of her life and decided to re 76Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 44 Reborn in 2000: Let’s Get Into Peking University 重生零零年，考个北大吧 [Reborn in the 2000s + Everyday Academic Prodigy + Childhood Friends + Semi-Fictional Setting] When Lu Ruotan opened her eyes, she had somehow been reborn in the year 2000 as a four-year-old toddler! In her previous life, she’d accomplished nothing. Watching her parents toil their whole lives filled her with regret. Given a second chance, she secretly vowed: She would change her whole family’s fate! Drawing on her memories of her previous life, she quietly gave her parents ideas, and they built 820Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 45 Welcome to the Final Gauntlet of Exam-Oriented Education 欢迎来到应试教育终赛道 In the summer of 2026, Cen Shushen woke up to find herself back in the summer of 2016. She was a junior in high school that year, facing the endless sea of practice questions, the college entrance exam where countless students competed for a single spot, and even the minor entrance exam she couldn't begin to complain about. She had to go through it all again, but in the process, many regrets from her past were finally put right. No CP in the main story. A slice-of-life tale of awkward crushes an 412Reads8.7Score10314d adds
- 46 I'm Always on a Roll 每天都在开挂中 Blurb: ☞ The heroine comes with a cheat, and the story has no frustrating moments. It's pure exhilaration. In her previous life, Yuan Qi was an overworked student. After finally saving a little money, she didn't get to enjoy a single day of it. She tried to do someone a favor, only to be swept away by the tide and lose her life. She awoke from a long dream and opened her eyes to find herself back at the start o 108Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 47 Back in Ninth Grade, I Turned the Tables by Taking First Place in the City 重回初三，我以全市第一扳回一局 Ou Shuya used to be one of the top students at her school. But after entering the ninth grade, she was moved to a different class and struggled so badly to adjust that she wasted the entire year. In the end, she didn’t even make the high school entrance cutoff. In a moment of despair, she chose to end her life. Her disregard for life triggered the Reincarnation System. Faced with a choice between returning to ninth grade or never having the chance to be human again, she decided to take a gamble 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 I Achieved a Maxed-Out Life with the Top Student System 我靠学霸系统成就满级人生 [System + Top Student + Becoming Beautiful + No Romance] After accidentally falling into the water, Xie Qingyun looks back on her miserable life as she faces death. Her mother died of cancer when she was in her second year of high school. Her grades slipped, and she ended up at an ordinary first-tier university. After finally graduating, she was rejected again and again when looking for work. She went for a walk by the river to clear her head, but slipped and fell in. If I could start over, I’d 381Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 49 Whoa! Back in Middle School, I'm Rewriting My Life 嚯！重回初中，我要改写人生 At thirty-five, Chen Jiajia had spent her entire career working as a low-level accountant ever since graduating from junior college. She was a conscientious person who never complained, whether a task was part of her job or not. Her workload was one tedious chore after another. She loved children, but after dating a mama’s boy, she had no choice but to break up with him. She never met anyone suitable after that, and before she knew it, she had become a woman past the usual marrying age. Now she 382Reads—Score10914d adds
- 50 Reborn, I Rekindle Things with My Secret Crush 重生后和暗恋对象再续前缘了 If Lin Ran had known she could live her life over, she would definitely have memorized the winning lottery numbers. Too bad life has no do-overs. She suddenly finds herself back in ninth grade, at fourteen, so she decides to make the most of the present and keep the regrets of her past life from becoming regrets again. Study the major she likes, attend the university she wants, do the work she enjoys, live the life she wants, fall in love with someone she chooses, and stay by her parents’ side a 301Reads7.0Score—14d adds
