Seoul National University Eases Early Admission Minimum CSAT Requirement to Within Grade 3 in 3 Subjects
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] Seoul National University will relax the minimum grade criteria for the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) in the regional balanced selection process for the 2021 academic year early admission. Considering that attendance and extracurricular activities may be disrupted due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the university has decided not to reflect attendance and volunteer activities in the regular admission process either.
According to the education sector on the 11th, the Korea Council for University Education (KCUE) recently reviewed and approved the admission process change proposal submitted by Seoul National University. According to this, Seoul National University lowered the minimum CSAT grade requirement for regional balanced selection targeting high school seniors from within grade 2 in at least three subjects among Korean, Math, English, and Inquiry to within grade 3 in at least three subjects for the 2021 admission. In the regular admission, which reflects 100% of the CSAT score, no deductions will be made for attendance or volunteer activities.
Previously, if a student met at least one of the three criteria?less than one day of unexcused absence, a total of 40 or more hours of volunteer work, or fulfillment of inquiry/second foreign language course requirements?no deduction was applied; otherwise, one point was deducted from the CSAT score.
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The KCUE plans to notify Seoul National University of the approval of the admission process change around the 12th. It is known that other universities are also preparing measures to support high school seniors. Earlier, Yonsei University became the first among major universities on the 9th to announce a relief plan for high school seniors, which includes not reflecting awards, creative experiential activities, and volunteer work records in the evaluation of the student record comprehensive screening (Hakjong).
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