ABSTRACT
Objective: To compare the difference of family environment and other factors having influence on academic achievement of university students between freshmen in one key-university and another un-key-university Methods: 3995 freshmen (2214 from a key university of Beijing, 1781 from an un-key university of inner Mongolia) were investigated with the EMBU scale and the General Information Questionnaire Results: The freshmen of the two universities had different experience in nearly all aspects investigated, including parental rearing behavior, educational levels, occupation, family type, family economic status, etc Parenting styles of parents, poor parental relationship, lower income and educational level, residency and race had effect on academic achievement of the freshmen Conclusion:Freshmen in different universities have different family environment and parental rearing