South Korea's education fever to get into good universities | Undercover Korea 

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Kota is even more Stressful. The competition here is much higher than South Korea. Our population is huge and everyone is completing with each other. 80+ students have scored full marks in NEET this year. Students aren't getting AIMS Delhi even after scoring such good marks. A perfect score that too in NEET is crazy.

@@amorastudiesneet ug or pg? That’s crazy either way because i heard they have negative marking for wrong answers…☠️☠️☠️

@@amorastudies i know right omg. i commented this before the neet results were out. and it got me so shocked lol

@@perrytheplatypus699 dk abt neet pg or ss. but yes, they do have negative marking for wrong answers in neet ug. i sat for the exam this year and the scam has affected my rank as well

I was thinking the same thing.

I recently watched SKY castle and Penthouse. It makes me sick to stomach that people are this extreme towards studies.

You need to remember that TV series exaggerate the reality. Anyway, there is still too much obsession and pressure in South Korea when it comes to Academics and studying. I also feel uncomfortable with this level of extremism. I have seen SKY castle and a lot of other Korean high school drama, lots of them are to do with the pressure and extreme competition. May I ask where are you from? @@TheKlore

It's quite similar in other Asian countries as well. Very high competition with very high merit in universities.

Well, let's see, all of the major decisions in life, such as getting a good job, wife (although, not husband), kids, house is heavily reliant on education in Korea, so you decide.

Yes, also a follow up with adults who have burned out studying in high school, studying for university and then burning out at work.

@@fuzzytree4717 after college, they have to cram for a few years studying for exam to qualify to be a public worker.

Yes because they’re trained to stay up until 6am at work

It's not about whether it's worth it, imo it's more about can you live with the consequences of not?

Blame your gov for not creating enough affordable Colleges for their large population. So most people can go to colleges even though not everyone can go to the top 5 uni. If the majority of the people have High Education The Industry, jobs, better life will come by itself

@@imzamahera2013 dude at first , the seats in the top colleges are increasing as govt . is opening universities , but still u need to look at the population also if the seats are increasing the population is also increasing.........and one more thing this data is for the universities for getting into engineering sector , for diff fields there are diff. examinations and diff. universities , its not like china , that all the students write the gaokao exam to get into any university ,but still the competition is very in any exam due to increasing population......and wen u say blaming the govt ......... in korea or any other country china , india etc.....its not like all the students will get the university its only the top rankers who are actually able to qualify u can't create millions of seats dude even if u create , the population would still increase ....

@@ayushi2540 the competition is always be there, the smarter the population the harder it is. And ofc not everyone can go to colleges but higher education does not always mean top degree at uni. There are also community colleges and vocational studies for those who are prepared to be a workforce. And these are the colleges that gov like japan, south korea, german creates as many as it can so majority of the people can apply to. Most developed countries have 1 common thing. Their population have high education. With what you say about your country when chances to go to colleges only 1%. Then dont ask why getting a job is hard bcs most people have no idea what to do. What Industry they can creates, have no knowledge to creates jobs. ... Don't get it wrong, the competition in China and south korea are more fierce for top colleges but it easier for regular ones. It is hard for top colleges bcs the smartest from the already smart population compete. but for the regular, it easy bcs there's abundant opportunity for everyone

@@imzamahera2013 dude this 1 percent is for the top colleges one , i m not talking about regular ones , everyone wants to go to top colleges only, but that doesn't mean u can't do or avail higher education , of course you can go to any universities or college, there are so many private universities also, but most of the students wants to go the centrally funded one where the fees are much lower and education level is much higher compared to others so competition increases here a lot and most of the students almost 99 percent try for centrally funded first and then go to other universities, just compare it with china , like they give gaokao foe selction top universities , for lower fees and higher education , but if they don't get selected there , then its not like u can't avail higher education , u can still d with the other universities there, basically who charges a lot of fees and whose university ranking is not that higher , like here in this video about korea the success rtaio is 2- 5 percent , now that doesn't measn that other 95 percent will not pursue higher education ...........r u understanding what i m trying to say.....this is i m talking about IITs - NITs, AIIMs , IIMs .....i hope u would have heard about world second toughest examination - IIT-JEE , there are other examinations also like GATE, CLAT.., ICAI- CA.........etc...

What's the world's hardest examination?

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The one joyful comment I found in the whole comment section 😂

it was so whimsical i almost expected a different kind of documentary to what we got 😹😹😹

Sounds very much the start of a Alfred Hitchcock Movie.

No one wants to fight you where did u get that idea

@@alfredhitchcock45 well people nowadays tend to get triggered easily even though they have no idea what's REALLY going on

@@alfredhitchcock45 I wonder if ‘Fighting’, is what was meant. It’s a phrase that means do my best or something similar.

Hard work is never enough. Luck is everything. Without luck, you're not going anywhere. However, luck has to find you working. Otherwise, it is very likely that you will not be successful in life.

There is working hard and working smart.

Wtf Malaysia is a poor country what’s to be blessed about

I envy you 😢😢

Korea is a small homogeneous country. America is diverse with strict laws on equality and diversity

@@alfredhitchcock45 lol, equality / diversity laws have nothing to do with state residents getting into state schools. State taxes subsidize state colleges.

What are good schools with low ish requirements?

​@@stephet3683 Every State in the US has their "upper" tier public school. Sounds silly, but it's usually University of "xxx" State, but there are a lot of exceptions + different campuses. I grew up in Maryland. University of Maryland is the good school with lowish requirements. It accepts about 45% of the applicants. UNC Chapel Hill, U of Michigan Ann Arbor, UT Austin are all great schools with acceptance rates of 20% (UT is a bit higher). There is a trick though. If you do terrible in high school and get your act together. Go to a state junior college and get all As. Doesn't negate bad test scores, but wipes your high school grades clean. (from the internet) _I transferred with a lousy high school record. I went back to school at Alamance Community College NC which had a transfer program to UNC-Greensboro. However, after research, I found a list of courses that transferred to Chapel Hill. I took these courses and received grades from the community college and the UNC at Greensboro. Pretty cool. I then applied to UNC-CH and received part time status. After another year and a couple of battles with the deans (who were excellent folks) I was accepted full time. I was a high school drop out with a GED. I am now a published archaeologist. Poor but happy._

Korea doesn't have school shooting, or drag queens or lgbt teachers, they have no devils, they don't fuck with 100 people in 1 time, They have honor, karakter, disiplin. What do you have pizza!? 😎

The total person is a myth. Because a normal functioning adult can will himself to be a total person but whoever does that? The majority are concerned with only carnal pleasures

High school is the toughest phase of life. Keep going!

Nah HS is not tough

Korea learns more advanced math in a forceful vs US where you can’t force the kid to study due to “child rights”

@@alfredhitchcock45 does everyone need that kind of advanced math? In ten years, I guarantee, if you don't use it you will forget it. You will remember the bare minimum, which everyone will do, no matter how much time you spent craming

@@kirill4531 This type of "advanced mathematics" is exactly the same as in European countries or in countries like China or Japan. The US is one of the few countries in which the educational level at the pre-university level is shameful. Look at the entrance exams to France's grandes écoles, for example.

​@@kirill4531 bro you're using your phone which is made up of maths

The competition is even worse in India. Even after scoring 720/720 students are not getting the top collages 😭

SAT is not hard, idk about other parts but the maths section is like 6th grade maths 😭 stop the hype

@@amorastudiesIKR? im also asian maybe its the reason but i was so suprised when i saw sat first? I thought it was exams for middle schoolers to get in highschool

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Prestige, connections, and job opportunities. A degree from Seoul University is probably like seeing someone have Harvard or Stanford on their resume in the states.

@@stephet3683 o shit

Train to Busan

Trust me south korean student are waay better than American students

i was thinking the same thing....i bet even in kota or delhi students don't study like that...and they showed people memorising vocab whenever they are eating or walking..like idk i never felt the need to memorise the vocab and i have given some tough english exams also..there has never been a moment in my life where i couldn't understand english(this doesn't mean that i am weak in hindi,i am very well versed in hindi also)but i never studied like the students in the video...i think they really need to make some changes in their education policy.

​@@mannapatel4552 it's obvious cause Indians have a higher iq genetically than south koreans. So we don't need to spend a lot of time in studying. We don't have to memorize the Vocabulary, it just comes as natural.

Naur no other educational exam is harder than jee adv.

Dont generalise it. Some people like me take time to understand something and phir questions lagana. It takes time.

No Korean society has been like that since time immemorial

no, I go to daechi every weekend and this looks pretty recent

nah nah farmgate of bangladesh

@@businessacc-id9zw and those too XD

Can you barely speak Korean?

Its not anout learning fluent english, its about getting good scores on english tests

@@skmidc1124 That makes it more ironic lol

@@TheKlore i agree lol

English is not a parameter of learning. These people have their own language as much as the Japanese or Chinese.