Among 10 Universities Reflecting School Violence in the 2025 College Admission Regular Recruitment, Only 1 University

Daekyohyeop Announces '2025 College Admission Plan'
Total Recruitment 340,934... 3,362 Less Than Previous Year
Early Admission Rate 79.6%, Up 0.6 Percentage Points From Last Year

Three out of four universities nationwide will reflect school violence measures in the 2025 academic year university admission process. However, following the controversy surrounding lawyer Jeong Soon-shin, who was dismissed from the National Investigation Headquarters due to her son's school violence issue, only one out of ten universities incorporated school violence measures into the regular admission system, which had been actively discussed.

On the 26th, the University Admission Committee of the Korea Council for University Education announced the '2025 Academic Year University Admission Implementation Plan' for its 196 member universities.

The total number of recruits for the 2025 academic year is 340,934, a decrease of 3,362 from the 2024 academic year. Due to the declining school-age population, universities have conducted their own structural adjustments, resulting in an overall reduction in recruitment numbers.

The overall early admission rate is 79.6% (271,481 students). Although the number of early admission recruits decreased by 551 compared to the previous year, the proportion increased by 0.6 percentage points. The number of regular admission recruits decreased by 2,811 compared to the previous year, and the proportion decreased by 0.6 percentage points.

The regular admission rate at universities in the metropolitan area decreased from 35.6% last year to 35.0% in the 2025 academic year. This is more than three times higher than non-metropolitan universities (11.1%). The number of regular admission recruits in the metropolitan area is 46,280, while non-metropolitan areas have 23,173.

Each university selects 86.0% of early admission students based on school records and 91.9% of regular admission students based on the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT).

Due to the government's mandatory opportunity-equalizing selection, the number of social integration admission recruits for the 2025 academic year increased by 990 to 37,424 compared to the previous year. However, the regional balance admission (principal recommendation system using academic records) at metropolitan universities decreased by 518 compared to the previous year.

The number of universities allowing applicants to natural sciences, engineering, and medical departments regardless of CSAT elective subjects has increased, and compared to the 2024 academic year, 17 universities abolished the mandatory reflection of CSAT Calculus/Geometry (Mathematics area) and Science Inquiry (Inquiry area). This measure follows the Ministry of Education's recent announcement to lift the mandatory subject designation as an evaluation factor in the 'University Support Project for High School Education Contribution.'

However, since the standard scores for Calculus and Geometry are calculated higher, there is an analysis that the structure remains disadvantageous for humanities students who chose Probability and Statistics.

Furthermore, in line with the government's comprehensive measures to eradicate school violence announced this month, which mandates the compulsory reflection of school violence measures in student record-based, essay, practical, and CSAT admissions from the 2026 academic year, 147 universities will voluntarily reflect school violence measures in their admission process starting from the 2025 academic year.

Among these, 112 universities reflect school violence measures in the comprehensive student record admission, and 27 universities in the student record curriculum admission. However, only 21 universities reflected these measures in the CSAT-based admission, which attracted attention. This accounts for only 10.7% of all member universities, suggesting that universities feel burdened by issues such as double punishment and frequent legal disputes.

The Korea Council for University Education plans to produce the 2025 academic year university admission implementation plan booklet and distribute it to high schools, metropolitan and provincial offices of education, and other related institutions, and will post it on the university admission information portal website in July.

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