Yonsei University Early Distribution of Admissions Essay Test Paper ’65 minutes early’,
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, ‘Controversy arises over leaked exam questions during the admissions essay test at Yonsei University, as test papers were distributed early at one exam site. There is speculation about the possibility of a retest.’,
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, ‘ According to the police on the 13th, during the admissions essay test for the 2025 academic year held on the 12th at Yonsei University’s Sinchon campus in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, the essay questions were leaked online about 1 hour before the test began.’,
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| Test takers leaving the exam hall after completing the admissions essay test for the 2025 academic year at Yonsei University on the 12th. Yonhap News |
, ‘ The day before, Yonsei University conducted admissions essay tests for humanities and social science majors in the morning and for natural science majors in the afternoon. However, during the natural science essay test scheduled to be held from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., the test questions were leaked. About 2,000 students took the natural science essay test.’,
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, ‘ The invigilator at one exam site mistakenly handed out the essay test paper about 1 hour before the test started, at around 12:55 p.m., without confiscating the test takers’ mobile phones. The exam was supposed to begin at 2 p.m., but the invigilator mistakenly thought it was at 1 p.m.’,
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, ‘ During this process, one test taker photographed the test paper and posted the short answer question 1 from the mathematics essay on an online community. Netizens who saw it also posted the process of solving the question.’,
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, ‘ It was reported that the invigilator of the exam site realized the mistake about 25 minutes later and retrieved the test papers.’,
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| View of Yonsei University Sinchon Campus. News1 |
, ‘ Yonsei University’s admissions office acknowledged the fact that the essay test questions were leaked and is preparing follow-up measures.’,
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, ‘ However, inevitable confusion among students and parents seems to be expected as a result.’,
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, ‘ A Yonsei University official stated, “The early distribution of test papers was clearly a mistake,” and added, “We are investigating whether there was a leak of the questions, but so far no confirmation has been made.”‘,
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, ” Meanwhile, during the essay test, on question 4-2, the symbol ‘a’ was mistakenly written as ‘b,’ and the school announced the mistake and extended the test time during the test.”,
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, ‘ The university explained, “After confirming the error, we announced the correction 30 minutes before the end of the test and extended the test time by 20 minutes for all test takers.”‘,
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