The son of a war veteran, expelled from MIPT after the first session, re-entered the university under the same quota for children of war veterans

The son of a participant in the war in Ukraine, expelled from MIPT after the first session for poor academic performance, re-entered the Phystech School of Applied Mathematics and Informatics at the university under the same quota for children of war participants. Dmitry Zh. himself wrote about this in a Telegram channel, and Important Stories drew attention to this.

Dmitry's blog is called "DimaShina vs. MIPT". "I submitted my documents almost at the last moment (July 23), I wasn't sure that I could handle it, and I'm still not sure. I failed at a lot of things after MIPT, I failed at a lot of things during MIPT, what should I do now? In general, for objective reasons, I'm not sure that I can handle it, but we'll try. Of course, this time I have a clearer plan of action and everything is not so hopeless (everyone has a plan, until the first blow), otherwise, I probably wouldn't have submitted my documents to MIPT," he wrote today.

Dmitry entered MIPT the first time with the lowest score in history due to his father's participation in the war in Ukraine last July. In a video on his YouTube channel, he said that he scored 127 points on the exams: 57 in Russian, 70 in mathematics. With this result, he was enrolled in the Phystech School.

At the end of January, Dmitry reported his expulsion. According to the young man, his problems began in the second month of study, as he fell ill and missed classes. Then it became difficult for him to attend the university, as during his illness he missed a lot of information and did not understand new topics of classes.

The MIPT press service explained that the student had outstanding debts in six academic disciplines. At the same time, the university emphasized that Dmitry would again be able to take advantage of the admissions benefit.

“In the current version of the Law on Education, the provision on admission of SVO participants and their children to Russian universities on preferential terms has no expiration date, which gives grounds to use the benefit an unlimited number of times,” the university’s press service said.

"Important Stories" calculated that in 2024, more than 2,000 people entered 18 of the best universities in Russia under quotas for participants in the war in Ukraine and their children. This is 75% more people than were enrolled in these same universities under a "separate quota" last year.