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SONGDO HIGH SCHOOL · PATHFINDER

The Way to University : about the Direction

By Ji Tae-hyeon

Most high school students, as well as elementary and middle
school students, will dream of going to university. Students are
studying hard, dreaming of a course they want for their future
dream, and going to the university they want. Most students go to
better university. But since the number of students going to college
is fixed, we are still competing. How will we get to college?

There are two main types of ways we go to college. There
are rolling admission that assess students based on their
grades and School Student Detailed Record during the three
years of high school and regular admission that evaluates
students based of their SAT scores organized by the Korea
Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation in November. While
Grades and School record have the advantage of being faith-
ful to a student’s school life and making efforts for his own
career, It is easy to create irregularities, such as writing their
own school records. Regular admission has the advantage of
being a fairer test than any other test, but the disadvantage is
that the results of the test vary greatly depending on the con-
dition of SAT day. It is impossible to say which of the two examples with each characteristic is better. The rolling admission
does not mean that one’s efforts have been amissed, even the SAT did not study for a short period of time. Until the early
2010s, most students lived in a world where it was natural to go to college with regular admission. But now the system has
changed, rolling admission is taking up most of the admissions. Rolling admission is also divided into different types, but
the most important thing is School grades. However, this is very common in cases where students taking up the middle of
high-level schools have higher test scores than those at the top of the lower-level schools. Due to this reason, many people
are still voicing their opinions on the expansion of the regular admission. So far, the government has reversed the trend
of college entrance exams through the expansion of rolling admission but now it says it will expand regular admission by
2020. It doesn’t matter to high school students right now, but there are many middle school students who are wondering
whether they should prepare regular admission or rolling admission. When we look around, we are divided between a friend
who is preparing for a regular admission and a friend who is preparing for a rolling admission. Then how do we act?

Most people insist that students should prepare
for rolling admission and regular admission. When
school grades are over, they say to focus on the
SAT. However, it is not easy, so many students can-
not find a way to the university. Regular admission
and rolling admission, it’s up to us to choose be-
tween these two different paths. It would be better
to judge which one will help you better, depend-
ing on your situation. Third grade students in high
school are now approaching their exams, and oth-
er lower graders should think it is not a far future.
While you study hard, if you choose that path later,
I think it’s not too late. I hope everyone will make
an effort and get the outcome they want,

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