[News Now] "160,000 people" for N students...520,000 test takers. "Day of Destiny".

■ Host: Anchor Jeong Ji-woong
■ Starring: Lee Man-ki, Director of Yuwei Educational Evaluation Institute,

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[Anchor]
Ask a professional about a hot issue. It's an issue call.

520,000 test takers, the day of the showdown.It's the college entrance exam.

Now I've taken two courses and it's time for lunch by now.

I hope you will show your skills to the fullest in the upcoming English test.

First, let's listen to the direction of the College Scholastic Ability Test chairperson's questions announced after the start of the test.

[Choi Joong-cheol / Chairman of the College Scholastic Ability Test: EBS's connection rate is 50% based on the number of questions, and we wanted to increase the connection experience. In addition, according to the Ministry of Education's measures to reduce private education, the so-called killer questions were excluded, and the questions were presented to ensure discrimination just by what was covered in the public curriculum.

This CSAT was the highest in 21 years, with more than 160,000 N students.

Considering that there are less than 350,000 high school seniors, the number of N students is half of those enrolled.

It amounts to one-third of the total number of test takers.

Analysts say that this is due to the increase in the number of medical school students next year and the concentration of top-ranked N students is expected to be fierce competition.

The biggest concern for parents is the difficulty.Unlike last year, when it was an "insufficient test," the mock evaluation in June and September was mixed. First of all, it is evaluated that the Korean language test in the morning was easy.

Let's point it out with Lee Man-ki and Yuwei, the director of the Education Evaluation Institute. You're out, aren't you?

[Exit]
Nice to meet you. It's Lee Man-ki.

[Anchor]
While the test is still in progress, the contents of the Korean language test have been released. First of all, warden, how did you see it?

[Exit]
The Korean language test was similar to the September mock test, which was very easy. The questions were somewhat easier than last year's CSAT and June mock evaluation. So, it's close to September and it's easier than last year's CSAT or this June's mock test.

[Anchor]
There are quite a lot of N students, half of the enrolled students. Some analysts say the increase in medical students is due to the increase in medical students, is this right?

[Exit]
Looking at the recent trend of test takers, I think that expectation is generally correct. Nevertheless, these days, test-takers tend to retake the exam, so it cannot be necessarily due to medical school, but medical school will be a big reason anyway.

[Anchor]
And there are continuous opinions that medical school can be entered even if the grade is not at the top, is this also true?

[Exit]
That's because of the local talent screening included in medical schools and pharmaceutical departments. Local talent screening is relatively easy to enter the general model, so even if the grade is slightly lower, it can be entered. I expect it, but I think grade 4 or 5 is a little too much. Anyway, I think it will be a little easier to enter than last year.

[Anchor]
Is it possible to divide the advantages and disadvantages of enrolled students and N students depending on the overall difficulty of the CSAT?

[Exit]
First of all, by group, if N students have good grades and students have poor grades, there is a more advantage for those with poor grades. But it's a general view from my perspective, and it's not actually a problem for students and N students, but it's classified as a friend with good grades and a friend with bad grades, and I think it's difficult to divide into groups.

[Anchor]
Even if the college entrance exam is over, the college entrance exam is not over. What should our test takers prepare first?

[Exit]
The most important thing for our test takers to do after the CSAT is to quickly and accurately score points. If the results of the CSAT are much more advantageous than the occasional admission, the essay test is given up and the regular admission is all-in. If not, it seems better to make a decision to take college-specific exams from time to time, so for now, the exact score is the most important factor.

[Anchor]
Isn't the schedule very complicated in the case of universities? Including early admission and regular admissions. I think I need to manage my schedule a lot.

[Exit]
That's right. In a way, it can be said that the entrance examination has actually begun today. So, since the essay test will be held immediately from this Saturday, it can be seen that one of the most urgent strategies for test takers is whether or not they should go to the essay test. In particular, there are quite a few universities whose recruitment guidelines have changed for each university, so it is advisable to review that point.

[Anchor]
There's a saying that it's not over until it's over.I wish you all the best. Until now, I was the director of the Evaluation Institute of Education and Evaluation of Youwei.Thank you.

[Exit]
Thank you.