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     The Collage Scholastic Aptitude Test was taken on last Thursday. The Collage Scholastic Aptitude Test, CSAT has been considered the most essential part of university admission. Questions on the Scholastic Ability Test cover all academic subjects. Questions deal with current issues and theoretical. The Scholastic Aptitude Test takers will receive their test results individually. Currently, students enter university on the strength of their CAST scores.

In Korea, a person’s educational background is all-important. Therefore, South Korea students, parents are desperate to CAST. In other words, it is safe to say that going to college is the one and only goal in most students’ minds in Korea. But it has a lot of problems. First, our education system is overly weighted toward college admission. Our education system only emphasizes Language, English, and Mathematics. And Arts, Physical Education courses be ignored in our education system. We need to reform the education system that focuses only on college entrance exams. Second, parents are facing higher expenses for their children’s private education. As the economy shows no sign of reviving, a growing number of parents feel the burden of their children’s high private tuition fees. Despite the global economic crisis, which had huge impact on the domestic economy as well, private education expenses saw a gradual increase. Therefore, one of the many tasks of the Ministry of Education is to unarguably lower the costs a private education. Finally, excessive competition in entrance examinations has destroyed students’ moral fiber. The pressure of university admission fell heavy on student shoulders. Students suffer a great deal of stress due to competitive college prep environment, and the fast-paced lifestyle of students and pressures from the university entrance exams often make us all forget about our childhood innocence.