[2024 Early Admission Special] Catholic University Establishes '100% Document Review' Potential Excellence Applicant Document Screening

Reflection of Career Elective Subjects in Student Records
Expansion of Stage 1 Selection for Interviews of High Potential Candidates

Catholic University will newly reflect career elective subjects in the student record-based curriculum screening. In the comprehensive student record screening, a new screening for candidates with outstanding potential based on documents will be established, and the number of students selected in the first stage of the interview screening for candidates with outstanding potential will be expanded.

By screening type, the regional balance screening will select students based on 100% student record curriculum. All subjects in Korean, English, Mathematics, Korean History, Social Studies, and Science will be reflected, and grades up to the first semester of the third year will be considered without weighting by grade or subject. Unlike last year, career elective subjects will be reflected this year. For the College of Pharmacy and College of Medicine, the converted achievement scores of all mathematics and science subjects will be reflected, while for other departments, the converted achievement scores of the top three subjects among the reflected subjects will be considered. Generally, students admitted through the regional balance screening in Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Life Sciences are in the top grade range, while students in other departments are admitted with grades in the second to third grade range.

For the comprehensive student record screening, the newly established document screening for candidates with outstanding potential, Opportunity Equalization I & II screening, rural student screening, specialized high school graduate screening, and screening for employed graduates of specialized high schools will select students based on 100% documents. Since the evaluation factor ratios vary by screening type in the comprehensive student record screening, it is necessary to identify the screening that is advantageous for oneself and apply accordingly. The grade ranges of admitted students vary by department.

The interview screening for candidates with outstanding potential, Catholic Leader Recommendation screening, Principal Recommendation screening, and screening for persons with disabilities select students 100% based on document evaluation in the first stage, and in the second stage, select students based on 70% of the first stage score and 30% interview score. From this year, the number of students selected in the first stage has been expanded from three times to four times the number of available spots. Since the evaluation factor ratios vary by screening type in the comprehensive student record screening, it is necessary to identify the screening that is advantageous for oneself and apply accordingly.

Sangwook Noh, Director of Admissions at Catholic University

The essay screening will select students with 70% essay score and 30% curriculum grades, the same as last year, and for the Nursing Department, the minimum CSAT requirement has been relaxed to a total of 7 or less in three subject grades. For curriculum reflection, the College of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, and Nursing Department consider the rank grades and credit units of all reflected subjects, while all other departments consider the rank grades and credit units of the top 10 reflected subjects. Additionally, the point intervals between rank grades have been reduced. For the essay screening, it is necessary to understand the types and trends of essay questions by participating in the online mock essay test conducted through the admissions website. The essay guidebook should also be reviewed.

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