Since the comprehensive selection of student records is not an evaluation based solely on grades, it is not easy for students to predict acceptance or rejection based solely on their student records. Therefore, students tend to predict acceptance or rejection based on the most familiar quantitative indicator, grades. The difference in the importance of quantitative indicators that universities consider and the importance of quantitative indicators that high schools consider is still significant. However, one thing is clear: the more students and schools prepare for better student records, the higher the acceptance rate. Therefore, for students who apply for the comprehensive selection of student records for the early admission, previous actual data on admission is important. Let's judge some important qualitative evaluations that are important indicators for judgment in the comprehensive selection of student records by judging them with our own student records. The following items become very important judgment criteria in the comprehensive selection of student records.
General judgment criteria when applying for the comprehensive selection of student records
If there are many school activities such as communication and cooperation, how self-directed and actively participating is the content? Is the self-directed learning attitude being maintained and steadily improving? And are you making every effort? How much willingness and passion do you have for your major? Are you making steady efforts to improve your grades even if your academic performance is not as good as you want? Are you showing your academic enthusiasm through presentations or reports in performance evaluations and additional activities? What is the student's level of thinking ability? What is the student's attitude and posture toward academics? What subjects have you taken and what grades have you received?
Specific judgment criteria when applying for the comprehensive selection of student records
Let's judge what level of university it is. The grade cut-off line for student record-based admission can be used as a major material for dividing universities. If the student record is more impressive than the average of other students in the same grade, it is possible to raise the grade cut-off line for student record-based admission to grade 1. If the student record is very excellent compared to the average, it is possible to raise the grade cut-off line for student record-based admission to grade 2. If the student record is very excellent, there is also a possibility of raising the grade by 3-4 grades at most. The more upward support, the lower the acceptance rate for local national universities and the higher the acceptance rate for metropolitan universities. It is unclear whether the same trend as metropolitan universities is increasing in private universities in the region due to the decrease in the school-age population. If the average grade of the admission cut-off line for the curriculum-based admission is lower than the average grade of the document-based admission, the type of admission with an interview is more advantageous than the type of admission with only documents.
In the case of universities with the lowest score for the College Scholastic Ability Test, whether the lowest score for the College Scholastic Ability Test is satisfied is the most important. There is a tendency for national universities to attach importance to grades in student selection. Grade 1 in the student record-based admission cut-off line is highly likely to be the final line. Of course, there are exceptions at any time. However, to be an exception, the student record must be excellent. The higher the student record with excellent capabilities, the higher the probability of admission. When judging the probability of admission, evaluate based on four criteria: academic ability, suitability for major (field), personality, and potential for development. When evaluating, give 40 points for academic ability, 30 points for suitability for major (field), and 30 points for personality and potential for development, giving a total of 100 points. However, if you give each basic score like the school's performance evaluation, you can evaluate it to some extent. If the score is high in this evaluation, you can know which university you can apply to by judging the level of each activity, the level of thinking ability, etc.
Selection method for comprehensive student record-based admission for mid-to-high ranking universities
Universities that operate the comprehensive student record-based admission in two ways, document-based and document-based + interview-based, include Kwangwoon University, Seoul National University, Sungkyunkwan University, Sejong University, Sookmyung Women's University, Chung-Ang University, and Korea University. Universities that select by document include Sogang University, Ewha Womans University, Hanyang University, and Hongik University. Representative universities that conduct step-by-step selection include Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and Korea University. In the case of step-by-step selection, 3-5 times the number of applicants is selected in the first step, and in the second step, 30-60 points are given to the first step score and interview score to make the final selection. However, Seoul National University's general selection only selects 100% by interview in the second step.
The reason why some universities have many first-round selections is that many students who have been admitted to other universities give up registration and leave. Therefore, it is not uncommon for all first-round successful applicants to leave and all final successful applicants to be additional successful applicants. This phenomenon frequently occurs not only in lower-ranking universities but also in higher-ranking universities. Ultimately, the more the first-round selection multiplier, the more successful applicants leave for other universities, which means that the higher the recruitment unit, the higher the probability of admission if only the interview is passed in the first round. Note that from the 2024 admission, Chung-Ang University's comprehensive student record-based admission, Davinci-type, has changed its name to CAU Convergence-type Talent and Research-type Talent.
Expected increase in competition rate for major student record-based comprehensive selection in 2024
Compared to the previous year, the increase in competition rate in the student record-based comprehensive selection was 3.33:1 for economics, 3.13:1 for software, 2.48:1 for bioscience, 2.43:1 for Japanese/Japanese education, 2.05:1 for artificial intelligence, 18:1 for Korean, 1.63:1 for Chinese, 1.41:1 for accounting/administration, 1.04:1 for English, and 0.78:1 for medicine/Oriental medicine/Chinese medicine/veterinary medicine. On the other hand, big data, nursing, media/newspaper/advertising, semiconductors, administration/police, new materials, mechanical engineering/automobile/shipbuilding, Japanese/Japanese education, and pharmacy all declined. It was difficult to find a clear trend between the rising and falling departments in the student record-based comprehensive selection. Big data was the only department that declined for three years compared to the initial competition rate. However, if you think about whether it will decline in 2024, the possibility seems low.
The biggest reason is that the department has become a social issue, and the effect of being selected as a government support project cannot be ignored. In addition, the competition rate for 2024 is very likely to increase compared to the previous year, as the competition rate is very low compared to other popular departments. However, in the case of other departments, it is difficult to see them as advanced industries. Although artificial intelligence has risen, it is not clear that there is a clear trend, as big data, which is in the same advanced department, has declined. If you predict the competition rate for 2024, the concentration in the metropolitan area is likely to continue for the time being, so the competition rate is likely to increase overall compared to the previous year.
