Not exactly. According to the relevant notice of the Ministry of Education and the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission, graduates and students of higher vocational colleges (including freshmen) are enlisted in the army. After retirement, on the premise of completing higher vocational (junior college) studies, you can study ordinary undergraduate courses without taking the test.

Those who join the army before obtaining the qualification of higher vocational (junior college) entrance are not college soldiers and cannot enjoy the preferential policies for retired college soldiers.