According to the survey, 30% of the new students at Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University (SKY University) are from Seoul this year, which is twice the average of Korean four-year universities.
According to the university information disclosure website on June 30, Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University admitted a total of 13,141 new students this year, of which 4,202 graduated from high schools in the Seoul area (32%), which is twice the average.
By school, 1,361 of the 3,746 new students admitted to Seoul National University this year (36.3%), 1,466 of the 5,037 new students admitted to Korea University (29.1%) were from Seoul, and 1,375 of the 4,358 new students admitted to Yonsei University (31.6%) were from Seoul
In stark contrast, the percentage of students from small and medium-sized cities in Korean metropolitan cities, special municipalities, small and medium-sized cities, and rural areas is significantly lower than the average, and the survey shows that 30.2% of the freshmen at SKY University are from small and medium-sized cities, which is lower than the overall average (41.3%), and the proportion of students from metropolitan cities and special municipalities is 15.9%, and the proportion of students from rural areas is only 12.3%.
Among the freshmen of Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University, 7,275 (55.4%) graduated from regular high schools, followed by self-regulated private high schools (14%), foreign high schools (9.3%), foreign Chinese high schools (8.2%), and elite high schools (3.9%).
*High schools in Korea can be divided into general high schools, specialized high schools (similar to vocational high schools in China), special purpose high schools (foreign Chinese language high schools, arts, science, and sports high schools), and self-discipline high schools (which do not follow the national curriculum and train students in self-discipline).
In this regard, Song Kyung-won, director of South Korea's private education policy office, said: "In Seoul, more children from wealthy families from Gangnam are crowded into SKY University, which eventually leads to the same phenomenon of university rankings and family economic rankings, and the driving force of South Korea's economic growth comes from class movement, and as the phenomenon of class solidification continues, the vitality of South Korea's economic growth is being broken, and from the perspective of society and the country as a whole, it is necessary to provide opportunities for balanced selection for the bottom strata of society and expand balanced selection between regions." ”