A college aspirant is escorted by police to a high school, a test site for the national college entrance exam, in Seoul on Nov. 14, 2024. Approximately 520,000 high school seniors, graduates and ...

A high school student is hunched over textbooks, tired but determined as they prepare for what South Koreans call a “life-defining moment” — the national college entrance exam, or Suneung.

after taking the National College Entrance Examination, or gaokao, select and apply for their preferred universities and majors based on their gaokao scores and interests. Qi noted that college ...

This month, millions of Chinese high school students will take the National College Entrance Exam, also called gaokao or the big test. Last year, 9.4 million students sat for the test. Notoriously ...