30% of SKY Admitted Students Have Withdrawn Registration... Where Did They Go?

2087 SKY Early Admission Successful Applicants Forfeit Enrollment
Presumed Departure to Medical, Dental, Korean Medicine, and Pharmacy Schools
18 Yonsei University Medical School and 30 Korea University Medical School Students Also Forfeit Enrollment

Jongno Academy disclosed the registration data for the first admitted students in the 2024 college entrance early admission on the 22nd. As a result, it was revealed that 2,087 students, accounting for 30.1% of the so-called 'SKY' early admission first successful applicants including Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and Korea University, gave up their registration. This means about 3 out of 10 students.

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Among them, a considerable number are estimated to have given up SKY after being admitted to multiple 'Ui·Chi·Han·Yak·Su' (Medical, Dental, Korean Medicine, Pharmacy, Veterinary) schools. The number of students who gave up registration slightly increased at Seoul National University compared to the previous year, while it decreased at Yonsei University and Korea University. By field, 29.3% of humanities students and 32.4% of natural sciences students gave up registration.

There were also students who gave up registration in the SKY medical school departments. Although none at Seoul National University, 18 students at Yonsei University Medical School and 30 students at Korea University Medical School gave up registration. Additionally, 14 students gave up registration at the newly established Seoul National University School of Advanced Convergence Studies this year.

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