Yonsei University will take an additional test on the 8th of next month.

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Yonsei University, which has been in a legal battle with the test takers due to the controversy over the leakage of essay questions, said it will conduct an additional test on the 8th of next month.

It is said that all students who passed each of the two tests will be selected.

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Reporter Yoon Woong Sung! Please convey Yonsei University's position in detail.

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Yes, Yonsei University issued a statement today (27th) at around 2 p.m. titled "Decision to Conduct Additional Tests for Nature-based Essay Screening for Occasional Recruitment".

First of all, he said he humbly accepts the criticism that he did not follow up quickly after the controversy over the leakage of essays, and apologizes to the test takers and their parents.

After the essay test, an emergency committee was formed to understand how the situation occurred, problems, and ripple effects, he said, adding that he has been proceeding with the judgment by the court as protecting the interests of most test takers.

However, he said that it became difficult to get a court ruling within a short period of time, and that he decided to implement an additional test, or a second test.

The second test is planned to be held on the 8th of next month, and the subjects are all the test takers who took the first test except for those who failed.

Yonsei University will select 261 successful applicants as scheduled in the first test held on October 12, and will also select 261 successful applicants in the second test.

The announcement of successful applicants for the first test will be announced on December 13 as originally scheduled, and the announcement of successful applicants for the second test will be announced before December 26, when the occasional recruitment closes.

In addition, he emphasized that regardless of whether you pass the 1st or 2nd exam, you will be selected as a successful candidate for Yonsei University's essay examination this year.

While no selection plan has yet been decided for duplicate passes, the maximum number of successful applicants will double than expected.

The examinees, who have been suing for re-examination of essay tests, expressed a positive stance on Yonsei University's action.

[Kim Jeong-sun / Test takers' legal representative: It's nothing bad for students, so it's like taking the retest again and increasing the number of people.]

However, the Ministry of Education said it will take strict measures against Yonsei University, which caused confusion in entrance exams, depending on the results of the investigation.

In addition, Yonsei University's additional recruitment following the second test is due to university negligence, adding that it is possible to order a reduction in the number of recruits for the 2027 school year according to the standards for handling excess recruitment of new students.

I'm YTN Yoon Woong-sung from the Ministry of Social Affairs.