"Yonsei University Early Admission Essay Leak" Examinees File Group Lawsuit for Exam Nullification and Injunction

Received at Seoul Western District Court on the 21st

Some test-takers and parents have filed a class-action lawsuit regarding allegations that Yonsei University’s early admission essay exam questions were leaked before the test.

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According to the law office promoting the class-action lawsuit on the 22nd, 18 test-takers and parents filed an electronic lawsuit the day before at the Seoul Western District Court, seeking to invalidate the essay exam and requesting a provisional injunction to suspend the effectiveness of the essay screening against Yonsei University.

Earlier, on the 12th, at a test site where the natural sciences essay exam for Yonsei University’s early admission was held, the exam papers were mistakenly distributed by a proctor at 12:55 p.m., about an hour before the exam started, and then collected about 20 minutes later.

After the exam, controversy over question leakage arose as photos of the natural sciences exam questions and practice answers for the humanities exam, apparently taken by test-takers, were shared on online communities.

As the controversy escalated, Yonsei University filed a complaint against the test-takers who photographed and posted the exam papers online on charges of obstruction of business, and requested the police to conduct a thorough investigation into whether any acts compromised the fairness of the exam.

Yonsei University maintains its position that although there was a management and supervision error, no objective evidence of prior leakage of exam questions was found, and that there will be no retest.

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