[2024 Early Admission Special] Soongsil University to Select 20 Students for Corporate Recruitment-Linked Departments

Increased Interview Weight in Student Record Comprehensive Screening

Soonchunhyang University will select 1,729 students, approximately 57% of the total quota, in the 2024 academic year early admission. A new department with LG Uplus employment conditions has been established, and the self-introduction letter evaluation in the comprehensive student record screening has been abolished.

The major change this year is the establishment of the Department of Information Security. Soonchunhyang University has established the Department of Information Security in collaboration with LG Uplus to cultivate specialized talents in the field of cybersecurity and is recruiting freshmen. They plan to select 20 students this year, with 12 of them through early admission. The first stage consists of a comprehensive document evaluation at 100% (3 times the number of candidates), and the second stage selects students based on 70% of the first stage score and 30% interview. There is no minimum CSAT score requirement.

The SSU Future Talent Screening will select 626 students this year. The first stage is a comprehensive document evaluation at 100% (3 times the number of candidates), and the second stage selects students based on 70% of the first stage score and 30% interview. The first stage comprehensive document evaluation is weighted as 50% career competency, 30% Soonchunhyang competency, and 20% academic competency, while the second stage is evaluated with 70% of the first stage results and 30% interview.

For the comprehensive student record screening, the self-introduction letter has been abolished from this year, and the recorded items in the student record have been reduced, so the importance of the interview is expected to increase. There is no minimum CSAT score requirement for the comprehensive student record screening. The comprehensive student record (equal opportunity screening) will recruit 137 students, and the comprehensive student record (special education target screening) will recruit 35 students. The comprehensive student record (screening for workers who graduated from specialized high schools) selects successful candidates based on 100% document evaluation. The comprehensive student record (SW excellence screening) will recruit 21 students.

The excellent student record screening will select 435 students, which is 12 fewer than last year. The student record academic grades are evaluated at 100%, the same as last year, reflecting 80% common subjects and general electives, and 20% career electives. For common subjects and general electives, rank grades are reflected, and for career electives, grades (1, 2, 3) are assigned according to the achievement level obtained (A, B, C). Also, for common subjects and general electives, different weights are applied by subject according to each recruitment unit (department), while career electives are reflected without subject weights.

Sanghoon Jo, Director of Admissions, Soongsil University

The essay excellence screening will select 267 students. The evaluation consists of 60% essay and 40% student record academic grades. Both the excellent student record screening and essay excellence screening have minimum CSAT score requirements. For humanities and business administration fields, the sum of two subjects out of four areas (Korean, Math, English, Inquiry) must be within grade 4, and for natural sciences, the sum of two subjects out of four areas must be within grade 5. Humanities fields will have descriptive questions related to humanities and social studies, business administration fields will have questions related to economics and math, and natural sciences will have only math questions. The number of questions ranges from 2 to 4.

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