It has been revealed that 133 students who were accepted to Seoul National University this year have abandoned their registrations. Due to the increase in the number of medical schools, they may have chosen to go to medical school instead of Seoul National University.
According to Jongno College, 133 students (6.1%) of the successful applicants to Seoul National University for the 2025 academic year withdrew from the program. The number of students who withdrew from the program this year is 1.2% higher than last year.
This is a decrease from 160 (7.3%) in the previous year. By faculty, 17 (2.4%) students from humanities faculty abandoned their registrations, slightly down from 19 (2.6%) last year, and 115 (
The number of unregistered students was 8.6%, down from 141 (10.6%) in the previous year. The departments with the highest rates of unregistered students were the Department of English Literature (22.2%), the Department of Japanese Literature, and the Department of Religious Studies (11.1%).
The top three were the College of Applied Biochemistry (26.9%) and College of Pharmacy (23.3%). Of the 95 students admitted to the College of Medicine at Seoul National University, none gave up on registering. However, the College of Pharmacy saw a higher rate of non-registration than the previous year.
The rate for the dental school rose from 14% last year to 23.3% this year, and from 14.7% to 47.1%. A source from Jongno College said, "The reason for the decline in the number of students abandoning their registrations in the natural sciences department compared to last year is that excellent students
"It appears that students applied to local medical schools rather than to Seoul National University's natural sciences departments," the report said. "A considerable number of medical schools have had cases of students abandoning their registrations due to multiple acceptances, and additional acceptances are being made.
"We expect a chain reaction of abandoning registrations," he added.
2024/12/20 07:03 KST
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