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Overview: What changes in South Korea’s 2028 admissions

The video explains how South Korea’s 2028 college admissions system will change for high school students—specifically the first cohort affected by the new high-school “credit/GPA” system and the evolving way universities evaluate applicants as the CSAT (and curricula) change.

1) 2028 admissions: diversification of selection tracks and factors

• Major universities plan to diversify admission types in response to changes in both GPA systems and the CSAT.
• The overall structure remains broadly similar:
  • About 80% via rolling admissions
  • About 20% via regular admissions
• However, universities adjust how much is taken through regular vs. other tracks:
  • Schools that previously relied heavily on regular admissions (around 40%) reduce that share to roughly 30%
  • More selection weight shifts to differentiated rolling tracks rather than heavily relying on CSAT

2) More “student record” (school life) evaluation—even in score-focused admissions

A key trend is that universities increasingly use student records and qualitative evaluations (not just grades/CSAT scores), including in admissions types that previously prioritized test scores.

• For subject-based admissions:
  • The video notes a decline in purely 100% subject-based options from 2027
  • Reason: universities cannot perfectly predict differentiation under the new 5-grade GPA system
• To compensate, universities strengthen differentiation by:
  • Using subject grades more qualitatively through student records
  • Adding minimum academic standards tied to CSAT
  • Changing how subject grades are reflected
• Motivation (per the video):
  • Universities want to assess students’ consistent diligence through the second semester of the third year
  • This is especially relevant because parts of the curriculum (e.g., some math/social science electives and elements described as “Calculus II”) are excluded from the integrated CSAT scope
  • Therefore, high school curriculum performance becomes a supplemental signal

3) Comprehensive screening: more minimum CSAT thresholds and/or stronger interviews

• Document-only comprehensive screening (100% documents) is decreasing.
• Starting with the 2028 exams, top Seoul universities increasingly add minimum CSAT requirements within comprehensive screening tracks.
• Many schools operate two versions:
  • A comprehensive track with minimum CSAT
  • A comprehensive track without minimum CSAT
• Framing from the video:
  • This creates stability and flexibility—universities can admit fewer students under strict minimum criteria, others via interview strength, and others through document screening, rather than using a single large document-based selection approach.

4) GPA conversion issues: restrictions on graduate applicants in some tracks

• The GPA system changes from 9 grades to 5 grades, so prior graduate GPAs cannot be reliably converted to the new scale.
• Even with conversion attempts (including statistical methods like z-scores), universities reportedly conclude that accurate matching isn’t feasible.
• As a fairness measure, several top universities restrict graduates from applying via certain grade-based academic achievement tracks starting in 2028.
• The video also notes an alternative approach some schools use:
  • Comparing subject grades more narrowly (e.g., among comparable textbook/content standards) to reduce conversion unfairness.

5) Regular admissions: CSAT score conversion becomes more department-by-department (and “choose-the-higher” models)

A major 2028 regular admissions change is that CSAT score conversion formulas become more complex and more specific than before.

• Instead of weighting mainly by broad academic “track/major area,” weighting varies by:
  • Department
  • Subject area
• Some universities compute multiple weighted versions and then use the higher converted score, described as:
  • One model favoring mathematics
  • Another favoring Korean

Impact on students:

• Predictability can improve for students whose strengths align with favorable conversion formulas
• But overall uncertainty increases because the gap between raw CSAT results and university-specific converted scores may widen

6) Does the overall burden increase? The speaker argues “not necessarily”

• Although the system becomes more complex—and may seem harsher due to new GPA/CSAT evaluation methods—the video suggests the 2028 cohort is relatively smaller than in larger cohorts from the past five years.
  • Therefore, competition may be lower.
• It also claims admissions may increasingly focus on subject-based selection, where students mainly compete within the same applicant pool rather than across broader groups.

7) Advice to students: choose subjects and apply carefully with third-year counseling

Because admissions tracks diversify and evaluation factors become more nuanced, students should:

• Not give up early due to weaker first/second-year performance
• Select subjects strategically
• Maintain diligence through the end, since student records matter
• Use career counseling in the third year to identify and apply to the most favorable track

Presenters / Contributors

• “We will continue with the standard guide to entrance exams…” (no individual studio name provided in subtitles)
• Teacher — speaker from Seoul Yeongdongil High School, referred to as “선생님”