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| I'm so glad to be the writing crew of Minjok Herald |
I got accepted to Minjok Herald as a writing crew. This is my first article for Minjok herald July about the SAT cancellation in Korea.
SAT Cancellation in May and June
Confuses KMLAians
Kim Ye-Suel
Writing Crew, 18th
wave
SAT
is a standardized test widely consulted as an integral factor in college
admission. Despite this importance, the May SAT and the SAT Biology subject
test in June were cancelled in Korea. This sudden cancellation agitated
KMLAians.
On May 1st, Collegeboard, which holds SAT(Scholastic Aptitude Test), cancelled the May SAT in Korea. They also cancelled the June SAT Biology subject test in Korea. Furthermore, on May 25th, some applicants received an email from Collegeboard informing them to not come to the test center. Doubts that Korean SAT academies have stolen previous exam questions were broached, leading Collegeboard and ETS to cancel the SAT in Korea.
As
the May and June SATs were the last tests before the early application for US
colleges, 16th wavers experienced difficulty due to their
cancellations. There were some 16th wavers who even decided not to
respond to the interview. 16th waver Kim Hong-Soon, who took his SAT
US History test in Japan on June 1st, expressed his discomfort to Minjok Herald. ”I was really annoyed
when I heard SAT was cancelled because some academies broke the rules,” he
said. He chose to take the test in Japan because he was nervous that the June could
suddenly be cancelled as well. He added, “The cancellation cost me more time
and money. Those academies made the effort of other students who invested long
time meaningless and potentially damaged all of the Korean students preparing
for US colleges.”
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| SAT Academies' inappropriate behaviors |
On May 1st, Collegeboard, which holds SAT(Scholastic Aptitude Test), cancelled the May SAT in Korea. They also cancelled the June SAT Biology subject test in Korea. Furthermore, on May 25th, some applicants received an email from Collegeboard informing them to not come to the test center. Doubts that Korean SAT academies have stolen previous exam questions were broached, leading Collegeboard and ETS to cancel the SAT in Korea.
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| Some students went to Japan to take SAT, paying even more money. |
Among
all of the SAT subject tests, SAT Biology was the only subject test cancelled
in June. Several 16th and 17th wavers who planned to take
SAT Biology were bewildered. 17th waver Lee Gina told Minjok Herald,
“I was really disappointed and angry at the situation. I thought I won’t need
to take any SAT or AP Biology test after June, but was annoyed when I found out
that I needed to prepare for SAT Biology test until October.”
When
interviewed about the SAT cancellations, Head Counselor Jung Key-One said, “Cancellation
of SAT in May is of course perplexing for seniors who are looking forward to the
scores for their college applications, and it is expected of their schedules to
have suffered damage.” However, to the question of the influence of SAT
cancellation to college entrance, he answered, “I cannot hastily tell my
opinion about how this will affect international college entrance since the changes
will vary for each university.”
Similar
doubt of leakage of SAT questions by Korean academies was brought up several
times before, and cancelling the test in whole Korea indicates the gravity of
situation. Other Koreans also say that as a same Korean, SAT Cancellation due
to the cheating behavior is so embarrassing. Due to the irresponsible behavior
of some test takers and the late inform by Collegeboard, several KMLAians
experienced difficulties and were annoyed. Despite the
desire to get higher score, there shall not be more obstacles for students and
test-takers due to cheating.
Damnㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠno SAT Reasoning on January ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
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