Number of Graduates Taking This Year's CSAT Decreased, but Their Proportion Actually Increased

Graduate Proportion 25.9%→27%
Number of Applicants Decreased by 9,202

High school seniors preparing for the 2021 College Scholastic Ability Test are getting ready for the September mock exam on the 16th at Yeouido Girls' High School in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. This mock exam is the last practice test conducted by the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, the organization responsible for the CSAT, before the actual exam. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] A total of 493,433 candidates will take the 2021 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) held on December 3.

According to the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, the application results for the CSAT showed 346,673 current students (70.2%) and 133,069 graduates (27.0%), announced on the 21st. The number of GED applicants was 13,691 (2.8%).

The number of applicants decreased by 55,301 (10.1%) compared to the previous year. The number of current students was 346,673, down by 47,351 from the previous year.

The proportion of graduates increased slightly to 27.0% from 25.9% the previous year, but the overall number decreased by 9,202 (6.5%).

The number of applicants for the Social Studies section was 261,887, a decrease of 25,850 (9.0%) compared to the previous year. The number of applicants for the Second Foreign Language and Chinese Characters section decreased by 12,236 (13.7%) compared to the previous year.

By gender, male students numbered 254,027 (51.5%), down by 28,009 from the previous year, and female students numbered 239,406, a decrease of 27,292.

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