"You're Admitted to Medical School": 11 Extra Students Accepted Due to Mistake, Ministry Responds

The first hot topic is a truly absurd incident.

It has been belatedly confirmed that Soonchunhyang University accepted 11 more medical school freshmen than intended this year due to an administrative error by the staff in charge.

According to the Ministry of Education, Soonchunhyang University selected 113 students during the additional recruitment process for unfilled medical school spots for the 2026 academic year in February of this year, which was 11 more than the quota.

The staff member miscounted the successful applicants while calling additional recruitment candidates to check their enrollment status, resulting in 11 extra students enrolling.

The university only realized this after notifying the successful applicants.

It was reported that the university self-reported the incident to the Ministry of Education.

Deeming it difficult to cancel the enrollment of students who have already entered, the Ministry of Education took measures to reduce the medical school recruitment quota by 11 students for the 2028 academic year.

This is because the recruitment guidelines for next year, 2027, have already been finalized and announced.

In addition, the ministry requested the university to issue a warning disciplinary measure against the staff member in charge.
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