In the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book, the most important thing is the academic record and the record of the school life record book. Among the items listed in the school life record book, “detailed abilities and special skills” are the most important. In other words, the academic record and the record of detailed abilities and special skills have a decisive impact on whether or not you pass the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book. The items listed in the school life record book include personal information, attendance status, qualification and certification acquisition status, award history, creative experience activity status, voluntary/club/service/career activities among the self-directed/club/voluntary/career activities, academic development status including academic grades and detailed abilities and special skills, reading activity status, behavioral characteristics and overall opinions, and other matters. However, it is not true that all of these items have the same importance. It means that the importance varies depending on the item listed in the school life record book. Among them, the most important item is academic development status. This is where subject grades, i.e., academic records, are recorded. However, there is another item that is as important as academic records, and that is detailed abilities and special skills. Since the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book is based on the record of the school life record book, it is important to note that the record of detailed abilities and special skills has a significant impact on whether or not you pass. There is a big concern among students preparing for the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book about whether to focus on academic records or extracurricular activities. However, this is a wrong concern because the record of academic development status includes a record of academic activities. Detailed abilities and special skills are an item that records activity during the course of study, so it is closer to academic activities. However, proactive activities such as creative topic activities, which are extracurricular activities, become the basis for comparison. Therefore, if you have to divide the direction of preparation for the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book into two, it should be whether it is academic records or activities.
Many people say that academic records are more important than the record of school life record book activities even in the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book. Of course, academic records are very important. This is because it is an important evaluation factor that can see the student’s academic ability and diligence. However, it should not be overlooked that in the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book, which is based on the record of the school life record book, there are many cases where pass or fail depends on the record of school life record book activities. In addition, there is a fatal limitation to academic records. This is because the academic level varies from school to school, so it is impossible to evaluate students’ academic grades with the same standard. Therefore, in the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book, it is necessary to know that the “activity record” of the school life record book has the highest discrimination, and to have an attitude of actively and faithfully participating in class activities to win in the record of detailed abilities and special skills. The most important items among the evaluation factors of the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book are detailed abilities and special skills and academic records. Next, you can hear about club activities and behavioral characteristics and overall opinions among creative topic activities. Club activities are mainly related to activities related to the desired career, so you can check the student’s major suitability and exploration ability. In addition, the record of behavioral characteristics and overall opinions plays a role similar to that of a teacher’s recommendation letter and can show the student’s overall school life. Next, you can hear about career activities, reading activities, award history, self-directed activities, and volunteer activities. However, considering the fact that there are cases where students who have passed have ignored the least influential volunteer activities, there is no item that can be ignored among the items listed in the school life record book.
The order of importance of the items listed in the school life record book is academic records, detailed abilities and special skills, club activities, behavioral characteristics and overall opinions, career activities, reading activity status, award history, self-directed activities, and volunteer activities. Let’s review the evaluation criteria for the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book by area of the school life record book. The school life record book area is divided into academic and extracurricular areas. The academic area refers to information such as actual scores, subject averages, standard deviations, completion status, rank grades, and number of completions. Specifically, academic development status including subject completion status, unit number, academic grades related to the applied department, and detailed abilities and special skills by subject are recorded in the academic area. In the extracurricular area of the school life record book, there are voluntary activities, volunteer activities, club activities, career activities, reading situations, behavioral characteristics, and comprehensive opinions. Through the contents recorded in these two areas, students’ academic ability, suitability for majors, potential for development, social and personality, self-directed learning ability, diversity of experience, etc. are evaluated. Let’s take a look at the evaluation factors and standards for the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book by area. Academic ability (basic mathematical ability), potential for development (possibility of qualitative improvement of current situation or level), suitability for major (interest and passion for major, aptitude), social/personality (quality of empathy and consideration and sociality in community life), self-directed learning ability (motivation and initiative of activities and willingness to know oneself), diversity of experience (diversity and faithfulness of creative experiential activities), academic ability (basic mathematical ability), potential for development (possibility of qualitative improvement of current situation or level), suitability for major (interest and passion for major, aptitude), social/personality (quality of empathy and consideration and sociality in community life), self-directed learning ability (motivation and initiative of activities and willingness to know oneself), diversity of experience (diversity and faithfulness of creative experiential activities) In general, academic performance is an important variable for admission in rolling admissions. Even in the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book, which evaluates qualitatively, it is difficult to receive a good evaluation comprehensively if the academic ability shown in the transcript is not sufficiently proven. For this reason, students with poor academic performance are said to prepare for regular exams, but it is true that the SAT is burdensome to consider only regular exams. Then, what is the rolling admission that students who are not confident in their transcripts can aim for? Let’s take a look at the strategies for rolling admission that can partially offset the disadvantage in the transcript.
The extracurricular type of the school life record book is a type that has a very strong influence on the transcript even in rolling admissions. Moreover, in the case of universities located in the metropolitan area that students prefer, many places reflect the rank grades for Korean, English, mathematics, social studies, or science courses in the subject type. However, some universities calculate grades by reflecting only some subjects, not all subjects. These are universities that students who are not uniformly excellent in the grades of major subjects or who have received good grades in some subjects should pay attention to. Gachon University calculates grades by semester and reflects only four excellent semesters. For these four semesters, it is reflected in the ratio of 40:30:20:10 in order of excellent semesters, making it advantageous for test-takers. Dongguk University is a subject type, but it shows differentiation from other universities by reflecting document comprehensive evaluation. Although the subject reflection ratio is high at 70%, it only reflects the top 10 subjects in the subject, so if you have been faithful to school life and received good grades in some subjects, it is worth a challenge. In addition, the difference in reflection scores between rank grades 1st and 2nd is 0.01 points, and between rank grades 1st and 3rd, it is only 0.05 points, so the influence of document evaluation is greater than that of subject grades. Duksung Women’s University, Seoul Women’s University, and Korea Aerospace University reflect only some of the top subjects by subject. First of all, Duksung Women’s University reflects only the top three subjects among Korean, English, mathematics, and social/science courses. In the case of high school recommendation type, all subjects of the top three subjects are reflected, but in the case of 100% school life record book type, only 12 subjects, four top subjects for each of the three subjects, are reflected. Seoul Women’s University also reflects only 12 subjects, but unlike Duksung Women’s University, it reflects only the top three subjects for Korean, English, mathematics, and social/science courses. Korea Aerospace University reflects the top five subjects by subject for Korean, English, mathematics, and research courses, evaluating a total of 20 subjects. In the case of the exploration course, the engineering department units (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Smart Drone Engineering, Department of AI Autonomous Driving System Engineering, Engineering Department) reflect science courses, and the science and social science department units (Department of Software, Aviation Logistics Department, Department of Aviation Operations, Free Major Department, Department of Business Administration) reflect science or social studies courses that have more total completion units in high school. When reflecting only some subjects like this, it is important to refer to the previous year’s admission results to explore the possibility because the grades of applicants are generally high. In addition, many universities require a minimum qualification standard for the College Scholastic Ability Test or conduct interviews, so you should not relax until the end.
In most rolling admissions, academic performance is an important factor, but the essay type is an exception. Although many universities that conduct essay types reflect academic performance, the influence of the transcript is relatively small, and there are also universities that do not reflect the transcript at all. After Konkuk University, Duksung Women’s University, Sungkyunkwan University, Yonsei University, and Korea Aerospace University selected freshmen based only on essay scores last year, Kyung Hee University and Ewha Womans University also select freshmen with 100% essays this year. Dongduk Women’s University, which has newly established an essay type, also operates the type 100% as an essay. Sogang University, Sookmyung Women’s University, and Hongik University reflect academic performance, but the reflection rate is only 10%, so the influence of the transcript is not significant. Hanyang University reflects the comprehensive evaluation of the school life record book in addition to the essay score in the essay type, but evaluates the student’s school life diligence based on attendance, volunteer activities, etc., not the transcript score, and even this has a low reflection rate of 10%. Therefore, if you hope to attend these universities and have prepared well for the essay, you can apply without burdening your transcript. Students who are judged to have a low probability of passing the rolling admissions due to poor transcript grades often turn to regular exams late. However, there are cases where students with relatively low transcripts pass the admission cut line depending on the university’s transcript reflection method, minimum qualification standard for the College Scholastic Ability Test, etc., where the score difference between transcript grades is very small, or where the minimum qualification standard for the College Scholastic Ability Test is set high, so it is recommended that you actively explore universities and admission types that are advantageous to you.
