Less Than Half of Seoul National University Early Admissions Are from General High Schools... Slight Increase in Gifted and Science High Schools

The proportion of students from general high schools, including autonomous public high schools, among early admission successful candidates at Seoul National University (SNU) did not exceed half for two consecutive years.

According to the results of the 2024 academic year early admission selection at SNU on the 14th, out of 2,181 successful candidates, 1,081 (49.6%) were from general high schools, including autonomous public high schools. The proportion of general high school graduates was 50.4% in the 2022 academic year and dropped to 49.3% in the 2023 academic year. Although it slightly increased in 2024 compared to the previous year, it still remained below half.

Next were gifted high schools at 15.3%, autonomous private high schools (jasago) at 11.7%, foreign language high schools at 9.1%, science high schools at 6.6%, and arts and physical education high schools at 4.4%. The proportions of jasago and foreign language high schools decreased by 1.3 percentage points and 0.4 percentage points respectively compared to the previous year, while gifted high schools and science high schools increased by 0.8 percentage points and 0.9 percentage points respectively.

By admission type, 1,501 students were selected through the general admission, 501 through regional balance admission, and 170 through the planned balance special admission (social integration). By region, the proportion of successful candidates from Seoul decreased from 29.4% in 2023 to 29.0% in 2024. Successful candidates from metropolitan cities increased from 25.3% to 26.9% during the same period. Students from city and county areas were selected at rates of 38.0% and 6.1% respectively this year.

By gender, male successful candidates (56.9%) outnumbered female successful candidates (43.1%).

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