Rising Competition Rates in Medical School Admissions: Insights from Chungnam High School and More

2023-09-18 13:17:28
Third-year students at Chungnam High School in Daejeon are solving problems on the 6th, when the National Joint Scholastic Ability Test was conducted./News 1

In the 2024 college admissions rolling admissions, the average competition rate among the top 10 medical schools was 45.6 to 1, an increase from last year (44.7 to 1). In the case of some schools’ essay screening, the competition rate exceeded 600 to 1. Although the number of high school seniors has decreased, the preference for medical schools still persists, and this can be interpreted as the effect of N students, including retakers, flocking to medical schools.

According to Jongno Academy on the 17th, among the 10 major medical schools (Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University, Hanyang University, Chung-Ang University, Kyung Hee University, Ewha Womans University, Catholic University, and Ulsan University) in the rolling admissions application that closed on the 15th, Seoul National University had a competition rate of 10.5 last year. It rose from 1 to 12.3 to 1 this year. Korea University rose from 24.3 to 1 to 27.0 to 1, and Sungkyunkwan University rose from 118.2 to 1 to 125.7 to 1. Chung-Ang University (112.9 to 1 → 115.6 to 1) and Catholic University (87.4 to 1 → 89.1 to 1) also rose. The highest competition rate by admission was the essay screening at Inha University’s Department of Pre-Medicine, with 5,286 applicants for 8 students, recording a competition rate of 660.8 to 1. Sungkyunkwan University’s selection process for excellent essayists recorded 631.6 to 1, with 3,158 people flocking to recruit 5 students.

On the other hand, the competition rate in cutting-edge departments such as the semiconductor department was lower than the average for science departments. The average competition rate for semiconductor and high-tech departments at the seven major universities (Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University, Sogang University, Hanyang University, and Ewha Womans University) is 16.5 to 1, and the competition rate for all science departments at these universities (20.5 to 1) as well as medicine and pharmacy It was below the average competition rate for science departments (19.2 to 1), excluding departments. By department, Sogang University’s Department of Systems and Semiconductor Engineering recorded the highest at 43.3 to 1, and Sungkyunkwan University’s Department of Semiconductor Systems Engineering recorded 39.4 to 1.

Recently, as the issue of falling academic authority has emerged, the competition rate for regular admissions to university has fallen. The average competition rate between 10 universities nationwide and Ewha Womans University, Jeju National University, and Korea National University of Education for elementary education was 5.11 to 1. The downward trend continued following falling from 6.11 to 1 the year before last to 5.19 to 1 last year.

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