코로나 19 때문에 바뀐 세계 대학 입시... 학생들 대혼란<br /><br />Due to strict social distancing orders imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world have been forced to make major changes to their university entrance procedures.<br />School exam timetables have been adjusted in the UK and the U.S.,... even leading to lawsuits against exam boards.<br />Our Kim Yeon-seung tells more.<br />Students around the world are trying to wrap their heads around the pandemic-forced changes that have been made to the university admissions process.<br />In the UK for example, A-levels subject-based exams that are mandatory for university admissions scheduled for May and June were cancelled entirely.<br />Instead, students received grades predicted by an algorithm.<br />But for many students, the grades they received were not what they were hoping for.<br />"In my most recent mocks I was given A-star, A, B, B. ... And the grades that I got back from the algorithm on results day, were A, B, D, E. So I missed out on my firm uni, I missed out on my insurance uni and I currently hold no place anywhere."<br />A whopping 40-percent of seven-hundred-thousand students received grades that were lower than their teacher assessment marks.<br />In response to widespread student complaints of the downgraded scores, the government has made a U-turn and will allow teacher assessment grades as a viable alternative.<br />But, uncertainty surrounding university admissions is not unique to the UK.<br />France cancelled this year's national university entrance exam, the Baccalaureat,... for the first time in its over two-hundred-year history.<br />The U.S. also delayed the SATs for May and June, and turned to online testing for their Advanced Placement exams.<br />But, some students had trouble submitting their answers because of a system glitch.<br />The U.S.' governing body for college entrance exams, 'CollegeBoard', said that "less than one-percent were unable to submit their responses," but one-percent of two million tests amount to 20-thousand.<br />Some of the affected students have since filed a lawsuit against CollegeBoard and can only hope that the pandemic won't further hurt their chances of academic success.<br />Kim Yeon-seung, Arirang News<br />
