I received the following (partial) message from B先生, my previous teacher,
after going through a JLPT class with C先生 and passing the N2 exam. How should
I interpret the bolded sentence?

> おおお〜〜〜！Aさん、おめでと〜〜〜〜〜＼(^o^)／Aさんなら大丈夫だと思っていましたよ！次はN1ですか？
> **C先生になんでも聞いて、合格できるように頑張って！**

The って at the back confuses me. To me, it can mean either one of these two
things:

  1. Quotation particle って, in which case the quote doesn't make sense to me (shouldn't it be something like 頑張っていたって?)

  2. Te-form of 頑張る, in which case it signals a request (so is she asking me to work hard for N1?)
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grammar て-form quotes
Interpreting って - te-form or quotation?
Maybe I'm having trouble understanding your English, but って here is not
related to quotation.

Instead, it's a command form of 頑張る

頑張る

頑張らない

= 頑張る is a 五段動詞

Then there's the command forms for it:

頑張れ - do your best

頑張って - do your best

頑張ろう - let's do our best
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"て（って）" of "頑張って" can be understood as te-form connecting verb sentences.

"頑張って合格してください、そして有意義な大学生活を楽しんでください！"  
" Do your best to pass the examination and enjoy your meaningfull college
life."  
can be abbreviated to  
"頑張って合格して、有意義な大学生活を楽しんでください！",  
"頑張って合格して、有意義な大学生活を楽しんで！",  
"頑張って合格して！"

I'm wondering why you didn't ask this question C先生. (^^)
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