[NB] High school students tighten study regimes for the D-50 college entrance exam

[GirlBye]

High school students tighten study regimes for the D-50 college entrance exam

 

Monday, September 21, 2015  college, nonentertainment  No comments

 

Article: Standing desks for the sleepy

 

Source: News 1 via Nate

 

1. [+389, -92] As I've lived life, I've come to realize that the college entrance exam... is just one process out of many. Don't be too obsessed with the exam. It might change your life but it doesn't mean you're a failure if you don't get into college either. There are still people who live life just fine without going to college and many who make money without relation to how well they studied...

 

2. [+230, -10] Manage your health well for the last 50 days, find strength to all of the test takers!

 

3. [+57, -4] Looks like it was a sneaky picture. No way would a student be caught sleeping if they knew their picture was being taken.

 

4. [+15, -5] With 50 days left... their scores are pretty much set at this point. All that's left to do is continue taking the practice exams and keeping your senses up to date. There's no point in trying to learn anything more to raise your score at this point in the game, unless it's like a second language or something. If you haven't got the basic foundations down by now, might as well just go out and play.

 

5. [+12, -3] While college itself doesn't determine whether your life is successful or a failure, whether or not you graduate does come with a lot of restrictions on your life in reality. So do your best. This is reality. Although do remember that there are other paths to success even if you don't go to college.

 

6. [+11, -2] I honestly wish they'd just let you sleep if you had to during after school studies. You know your own condition the best and if you'd rather get some shut eye before studying, then just leave me be.. but teachers always wake you up.

 

7. [+10, -2] Study ahrd so you can work under someone born into wealth

 

8. [+8, -0] Your lives will all turn out the same anyway unless you were born into wealth...

 

9. [+8, -0] Your life isn't dependent on this exam or your major in college so just work hard without regrets.

 

10. [+7, -1] When I was a senior, I thought the entire country was just as obsessed with the exam as I was. To me, that's how important it was... but now that I'm a year into college, I don't even remember when the exam date is.

 

[TaeyeonHK]

7. [+10, -2] Study ahrd so you can work under someone born into wealth

This makes me angry and sad.

[Athena]

I've always wondered...is the test that rigorous as they make it seem or is it just the SAT?

[Elle Eaux Elle]

 

 

7. [+10, -2] Study ahrd so you can work under someone born into wealth

 

8. [+8, -0] Your lives will all turn out the same anyway unless you were born into wealth...

 

yay for capitalism

[ScarletWhimsy]

I've always wondered...is the test that rigorous as they make it seem or is it just the SAT?

I'm pretty sure it's much more extensive than the SAT. I'm more familiar with the Chinese counterpart (which is hell too), so I can't speak entirely for the Korean version, but I do know the amount of studying these kids are doing must definitely correlate to a heck of a lot more content than say if they were studying for a test similar to SAT.

 

The thing is though, this test is all these kids have, most of the time. American kids do the SAT, sure, but they may also get essay and interview opportunities to boost their chances.

[GirlBye]

I've always wondered...is the test that rigorous as they make it seem or is it just the SAT?

Here's a sample test. The reading and comprehension doesn't seem to be any more difficult but the math is much more detailed. It also has waaaayyyyy more sections than the SAT lol. We have it easy compared to Asian countries. It's pretty much all the AP tests put into one exam. 

 

"The subjects of 2014 were: National Language, Mathematics, English language, Korean History, Social Studies/Science/Vocational Education, and Foreign language/Hanja. Students can choose from all or some of the subjects. The subjects National Language and Mathematics is also divided into type A and type B. Students can choose from which test to take. However, students can only choose 2 B tests to take out of a possible 3, and taking the Korean B test with the Mathematics B test is restricted.^[20]

The subject Social Studies is further divided into Life and Ethics, Ethics and Thought, Geography of Korea, Geography of the world, History of Eastern Asia, World History, Law and Politics, Society and Culture, and Economics. Students can choose two subjects out of those. In the Science section, students can choose from Physics 1, Chemistry 1, Biology 1, Earth Science 1, Physics 2,Chemistry 2, Biology 2, and Earth Science 2. Students can choose two subjects out of those. Vocational Education is divided to Agricultural Science, Industry, Commerce, Oceanography, andHome Economics. Students must choose one subject. However, the subject Vocational Education can only be taken if the student had completed 80% of the expert studies. Foreign Language is divided into German language, French language, Spanish language, Chinese language, Japanese language, Russian language, Arabic language, basic Vietnamese language, and Hanja. Students can choose one subject."

 

Thank god I'm more in America. Just reading about the exam makes me stressed.

 

 

 

http://www.scribd.com/doc/72348189/CSAT-2010

[seoIhyun]

Meanwhile I have yet to study for the SAT and I apply for colleges next month,

 

 

I am just too slay.

[ehmy]

I've always wondered...is the test that rigorous as they make it seem or is it just the SAT?

 

The test is as difficult as it is competitive. It isn't that the test is ridiculously hard as it is that the students have to compete with their scores. They want to get the best score to show that they are better than everyone else. Studying around this time becomes not only about learning whatever else they can, but also sometimes even sabotaging others' scores. Students here always study like it is life and death though. Even my students in 1st and 2nd grade will throw fits when they don't get perfect scores on quizzes. 

[Athena]

I'm pretty sure it's much more extensive than the SAT. I'm more familiar with the Chinese counterpart (which is hell too), so I can't speak entirely for the Korean version, but I do know the amount of studying these kids are doing must definitely correlate to a heck of a lot more content than say if they were studying for a test similar to SAT.

 

The thing is though, this test is all these kids have, most of the time. American kids do the SAT, sure, but they may also get essay and interview opportunities to boost their chances.

 

 

Here's a sample test. The reading and comprehension doesn't seem to be any more difficult but the math is much more detailed. It also has waaaayyyyy more sections than the SAT lol. We have it easy compared to Asian countries. It's pretty much all the AP exams put into one exam. 

 

"The subjects of 2014 were: National Language, Mathematics, English language, Korean History, Social Studies/Science/Vocational Education, and Foreign language/Hanja. Students can choose from all or some of the subjects. The subjects National Language and Mathematics is also divided into type A and type B. Students can choose from which test to take. However, students can only choose 2 B tests to take out of a possible 3, and taking the Korean B test with the Mathematics B test is restricted.^[20]

The subject Social Studies is further divided into Life and Ethics, Ethics and Thought, Geography of Korea, Geography of the world, History of Eastern Asia, World History, Law and Politics, Society and Culture, and Economics. Students can choose two subjects out of those. In the Science section, students can choose from Physics 1, Chemistry 1, Biology 1, Earth Science 1, Physics 2,Chemistry 2, Biology 2, and Earth Science 2. Students can choose two subjects out of those. Vocational Education is divided to Agricultural Science, Industry, Commerce, Oceanography, andHome Economics. Students must choose one subject. However, the subject Vocational Education can only be taken if the student had completed 80% of the expert studies. Foreign Language is divided into German language, French language, Spanish language, Chinese language, Japanese language, Russian language, Arabic language, basic Vietnamese language, and Hanja. Students can choose one subject."

 

 

http://www.scribd.com/doc/72348189/CSAT-2010

Whoa. I always assumed they were just taking the SAT (international date) and that the amount of studying seemed surreal. But now I get it. That is a lot of material. It seems unnecessary. I mean the SAT is already pretty unnecessary (post-high school) for American students and it seems much easier.

 

I thought the pdf seemed relatively decent/easy until I got to this:

 

 

Loooooooooooorrrrdddd

[ANTI]

Here's a sample test. The reading and comprehension doesn't seem to be any more difficult but the math is much more detailed. It also has waaaayyyyy more sections than the SAT lol. We have it easy compared to Asian countries. It's pretty much all the AP tests put into one exam. 

 

"The subjects of 2014 were: National Language, Mathematics, English language, Korean History, Social Studies/Science/Vocational Education, and Foreign language/Hanja. Students can choose from all or some of the subjects. The subjects National Language and Mathematics is also divided into type A and type B. Students can choose from which test to take. However, students can only choose 2 B tests to take out of a possible 3, and taking the Korean B test with the Mathematics B test is restricted.^[20]

The subject Social Studies is further divided into Life and Ethics, Ethics and Thought, Geography of Korea, Geography of the world, History of Eastern Asia, World History, Law and Politics, Society and Culture, and Economics. Students can choose two subjects out of those. In the Science section, students can choose from Physics 1, Chemistry 1, Biology 1, Earth Science 1, Physics 2,Chemistry 2, Biology 2, and Earth Science 2. Students can choose two subjects out of those. Vocational Education is divided to Agricultural Science, Industry, Commerce, Oceanography, andHome Economics. Students must choose one subject. However, the subject Vocational Education can only be taken if the student had completed 80% of the expert studies. Foreign Language is divided into German language, French language, Spanish language, Chinese language, Japanese language, Russian language, Arabic language, basic Vietnamese language, and Hanja. Students can choose one subject."

 

Thank god I'm more in America. Just reading about the exam makes me stressed.

 

 

 

http://www.scribd.com/doc/72348189/CSAT-2010

wtfffff that looks so intense... i wouldn't last in korea 

[GirlBye]

Whoa. I always assumed they were just taking the SAT (international date) and that the amount of studying seemed surreal. But now I get it. That is a lot of material. It seems unnecessary. I mean the SAT is already pretty unnecessary (post-high school) for American students and it seems much easier.

 

I thought the pdf seemed relatively decent/easy until I got to this:

 

 

Loooooooooooorrrrdddd

Yeah I was scrolling through it and was like "this ain't bad" and then I saw some of the math and how many sections there were. Lord have mercy on their hardworking souls. 

 

[ScarletWhimsy]

Whoa. I always assumed they were just taking the SAT (international date) and that the amount of studying seemed surreal. But now I get it. That is a lot of material. It seems unnecessary. I mean the SAT is already pretty unnecessary (post-high school) for American students and it seems much easier.

 

I thought the pdf seemed relatively decent/easy until I got to this:

 

That's the thing, though :( The exam is pretty much all they're being judged on, so of course it has to be super hard and intense to identify the "top students". These entrance exams literally draw lines to the decimal points to group students into levels of competence. And then the top universities only take those who score at the top.

 

Meanwhile, in China...a similar process occurs. You can get a sense of how much material that's being covered:

 

 

 

 

[Deâ„“phina]

I've always wondered...is the test that rigorous as they make it seem or is it just the SAT?

 

Who the hell studies for the SAT though ? 

 

Here's a sample test. The reading and comprehension doesn't seem to be any more difficult but the math is much more detailed. It also has waaaayyyyy more sections than the SAT lol. We have it easy compared to Asian countries. It's pretty much all the AP tests put into one exam. 

 

"The subjects of 2014 were: National Language, Mathematics, English language, Korean History, Social Studies/Science/Vocational Education, and Foreign language/Hanja. Students can choose from all or some of the subjects. The subjects National Language and Mathematics is also divided into type A and type B. Students can choose from which test to take. However, students can only choose 2 B tests to take out of a possible 3, and taking the Korean B test with the Mathematics B test is restricted.^[20]

The subject Social Studies is further divided into Life and Ethics, Ethics and Thought, Geography of Korea, Geography of the world, History of Eastern Asia, World History, Law and Politics, Society and Culture, and Economics. Students can choose two subjects out of those. In the Science section, students can choose from Physics 1, Chemistry 1, Biology 1, Earth Science 1, Physics 2,Chemistry 2, Biology 2, and Earth Science 2. Students can choose two subjects out of those. Vocational Education is divided to Agricultural Science, Industry, Commerce, Oceanography, andHome Economics. Students must choose one subject. However, the subject Vocational Education can only be taken if the student had completed 80% of the expert studies. Foreign Language is divided into German language, French language, Spanish language, Chinese language, Japanese language, Russian language, Arabic language, basic Vietnamese language, and Hanja. Students can choose one subject."

 

Thank god I'm more in America. Just reading about the exam makes me stressed.

 

 

 

http://www.scribd.com/doc/72348189/CSAT-2010

Meh, comprehensive exams sound a lot harder than they really are. And APs are a walk in the park compared to university. 

[sakurahanabira]

That's the thing, though :( The exam is pretty much all they're being judged on, so of course it has to be super hard and intense to identify the "top students". These entrance exams literally draw lines to the decimal points to group students into levels of competence. And then the top universities only take those who score at the top.

 

Meanwhile, in China...a similar process occurs. You can get a sense of how much material that's being covered:

 

 

 

 

 

And I think these college entrance exams in East Asia are only held once a year, so if they fail, they'd have to wait another year to retake it? I remember learning about it in my Japanese class. Meanwhile, the SAT is held 6-7 times a year, so American high schoolers can retake it as many times as they want. 

[palechibi]

 

 

5. [+12, -3] While college itself doesn't determine whether your life is successful or a failure, whether or not you graduate does come with a lot of restrictions on your life in reality. So do your best. This is reality. Although do remember that there are other paths to success even if you don't go to college.

 

yes~

[GirlBye]

wtfffff that looks so intense... i wouldn't last in korea 

[GirlBye]

Who the hell studies for the SAT though ? 

 

Meh, comprehensive exams sound a lot harder than they really are. And APs are a walk in the park compared to university. 

Obviously AP courses and SATs are easier than university courses, hence why you take them in high school and are used as a tool for measuring someone's intelligence and capability before college. Can't compare AP courses to college courses. 

[NiNiBear]

7. [+10, -2] Study ahrd so you can work under someone born into wealth

8. [+8, -0] Your lives will all turn out the same anyway unless you were born into wealth...

 

Why is this such a sad reality?  

[get2herheart]

meanwhile i live in america and barely study everyday

[GirlBye]

meanwhile i live in america and barely study everyday

I studied for two days for the SAT and they have a "D-50" countdown lol. 

[s4a]

Whoa. I always assumed they were just taking the SAT (international date) and that the amount of studying seemed surreal. But now I get it. That is a lot of material. It seems unnecessary. I mean the SAT is already pretty unnecessary (post-high school) for American students and it seems much easier.

 

I thought the pdf seemed relatively decent/easy until I got to this:

 

 

Loooooooooooorrrrdddd

If that was on a normal test and I had time and less pressure, I could figure that out.

 

But on a standarized test that basically helped to determine my future that I couldn't retake for an entire year? NOPE

[ScarletWhimsy]

And I think these college entrance exams in East Asia are only held once a year, so if they fail, they'd have to wait another year to retake it? I remember learning about it in my Japanese class. Meanwhile, the SAT is held 6-7 times a year, so American high schoolers can retake it as many times as they want. 

Yep

[Midna]

I thank my lucky stars that getting into university in Ontario is incredibly simple

 

No standardized testing! Just get good grades for the courses that are required for the program and have a high overall average=admission (of course it depends on the type of program you're applying too).

[ì •ì§„ì˜�]

Yeri I hope you are preparing well for this exam.

[ScarletWhimsy]

I thank my lucky stars that getting into university in Ontario is incredibly simple

 

No standardized testing! Just get good grades for the courses that are required for the program and have a high overall average=admission (of course it depends on the type of program you're applying too).

Same here. I go to university in ON too. Though I had to write a separate essay application for the college that I wanted to belong to.