Life Science II Grades Notified on the Night of the 17th... Early Admission Results Postponed to the 18th (Comprehensive)

Court Verdict to Be Announced on the 17th, Rolling Schedule Delayed by 1-2 Days
Life Science II Scores to Be Notified Online at 8 PM on the 17th
Regular Schedule Maintained... Intense Strategic Moves Expected

On the 10th, students at Gyeongbok High School in Jongno-gu, Seoul, are reviewing their CSAT score reports. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The announcement schedule for early admission results for the 2022 academic year has been delayed by 1-2 days. The announcement of successful candidates has been postponed from the 16th to the 18th. The announcement of scores for students who took the Life Science II exam was delayed by a week due to the confirmation of the ruling date for the cancellation lawsuit regarding question number 20 on the 17th.

On the 10th, the Ministry of Education announced changes to the schedule for providing scores and subsequent college admission schedules following the ruling on the Life Science II cancellation lawsuit.

The deadline for announcing early admission results has been postponed from the 16th to the 18th. The registration period for early admission successful candidates has also been delayed by one day, from the original schedule of the 17th?20th to the 18th?21st. The period for filling vacant spots due to non-registration has been changed to the 22nd through the 28th. The final deadline for filling these spots has been extended by one day, from the 28th to the 29th.

The regular admission period remains unchanged, running from the 30th through January 3rd of next year.

The scores of 6,515 students who took the Life Science II exam will be provided online starting at 8 p.m. on the 17th. These can be checked through the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation’s online system for issuing CSAT score certificates. Universities can also use this system to verify scores and utilize them for early admission screening.

The Korea Council for University Education plans to revise the college admission schedule in the “2022 College Admission Guidelines” and notify universities accordingly. The Ministry of Education stated, "We will make every effort to operate the college admission process stably through close consultation with the Korea Council for University Education and universities."

With the delay in the announcement of Life Science II scores, it is expected that competition among examinees during the regular admission application process will become more intense. This is because the confirmation of the number of students who fail to be admitted through early admission and thus move to regular admission will inevitably be delayed.

Lim Seong-ho, CEO of Jongro Academy, explained, "Due to the delay in identifying the number of students moving from early to regular admission, the final confirmation of the number of students to be admitted by department during regular admission application may be delayed, causing confusion."

Amid controversy over a question error leading to the postponement of the answer decision for question 20 in the Life Science II section of the 2022 College Scholastic Ability Test, examinees are receiving their score reports on the 10th at Gyeongbok High School in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

In particular, since Life Science II is a subject mainly taken by applicants to Seoul National University, Hanyang University, and medical and pharmaceutical fields, it is expected to have a significant impact on the admission strategies of top-tier science students. Additionally, if the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation decides to mark all question number 20 items, which have been subject to controversy, as correct, the standard scores will drop by 1 to 2 points, potentially changing admission outcomes.

On this day, the Seoul Administrative Court’s Administrative Division 6 (Presiding Judge Lee Ju-young) will deliver a first-instance ruling at 1:30 p.m. on the 17th regarding the cancellation lawsuit filed by 92 Life Science II examinees against the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation concerning the answer key decision.

A Ministry of Education official stated, "We will take measures according to the first-instance ruling results and will maintain the regular admission schedule as originally planned."

The day before, the court accepted the request for suspension of enforcement of the answer key filed by 92 examinees who took Life Science II, claiming there was an error in question number 20, and decided to suspend the validity of the answer key until the main lawsuit ruling. On that day, the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation sent score reports leaving the Life Science II section blank.

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