By Agn\u00e8s van Zanten<\/a>, Alice Olivier<\/a>, Christophe Birolini<\/a>, Audrey Chamboredon<\/a> et L\u00e9on Marbach<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018Saying it is no longer a competitive exam, this is what the university is trying to do, but, in fact, nothing has changed. [\u2026] We are still evaluated in the same way, we have almost the same subjects, almost the same examination arrangements, so, what has changed for me is just the name. It is nothing more than illusions given to the students\u2026\u2019 (Florian, PASS student)<\/i><\/p>\n This quote, taken from an interview with a student from the French university where we have been conducting a study since August 2020 on the enactment and reception of a national reform of access to health studies(1)<\/sup><\/a>The research presented in this article corresponds to the second axis of a research project on the French reform of access to health studies, coordinated by Agn\u00e8s van Zanten, and was conducted by Alice Olivier (co-coordinator of the axis with A. van Zanten), Christophe Birolini, Audrey Chamboredon and L\u00e9on Marbach. The research\u00a0 includes a two-part survey sent to a sample of first-year students (N= 879 for part 1, December 2020; N= 635 for part 2, March 2021) and two series of interviews with around forty students. This project is supported by a public grant overseen by the French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the \u201cInvestissement d\u2019Avenir\u201d program.<\/span><\/span>