Quitting Med School to Try Again: Where Are They Headed?

Here is the first piece of news for Morning Hot Topic.

"I am quitting medical school."

There was a common trait among a majority of students who dropped out of medical school last year.

According to a survey, 8 out of 10 of these students came from medical schools outside the capital area.

When an entrance exam academy analyzed the public disclosure data from University Alimi, the number of students who dropped out from 39 medical schools nationwide last year totaled 383.

A dropout refers to cases where students leave school midway due to voluntary withdrawal, failure to register, or failure to return to school.

Among them, 301 students were enrolled in medical schools outside the greater Seoul area.

Dropouts in Seoul stood at 48, while Gyeonggi Province and Incheon saw a mere 34.

The number of dropouts from medical schools outside the capital area has been on an upward trend every year.

What is the reason behind this?

Many analyses suggest that medical students outside the capital region are heading back to medical schools in the Seoul metropolitan area.

The admissions industry believes that with the expansion of regional talent quotas, more top-tier students in regional areas are first entering local medical schools and later re-entering medical schools in the capital region.
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