Students applying for art majors in Shandong College of Art and Design take their exam in an exhibition center in Jinan, East China's Shandong province, Feb 14, 2011. The 2011 gaokao, or college entrance examination, for art majors kicked off on Monday in Shandong. The number of applicants for the once-popular art majors was down by almost half, from 169,000 in 2007 to 87,000 this year. [Photo/Xinhua]