Among those admitted to Yonsei University's natural sciences early admission for the 2025 academic year, 99.9% declined registration.
On the 26th, Jongro Academy analyzed the final announcement of additional admissions for Yonsei University's early admissions and revealed that among the total 1,047 natural sciences students, 1,046 declined registration. This is an increase of 21.6 percentage points from last year's registration withdrawal rate of 78.3% (801 students).
Those who were accepted into the natural sciences at Yonsei University but did not register are analyzed by the admissions industry as those who were simultaneously accepted into medical schools or Seoul University's natural sciences. With the medical school enrollment quota increasing by 1,166 in early admissions, there were more applicants who were simultaneously admitted to both medical schools and Yonsei University's natural sciences compared to last year.
There were also more additional admissions for the pre-medical program compared to last year. This year, there were 37 additional admissions for Yonsei University's pre-medical program, an increase of 12 from last year (25 students). There were more students who left after being simultaneously accepted into medical schools such as Seoul University, compared to last year.
In particular, the advanced computing department had the highest registration dropout rate among the natural sciences departments. Although 95 students were recruited, a total of 162 students were accepted, including additional admissions, but none registered.
The situation was similar for the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Although 114 students were recruited, 188 students were admitted but declined registration. In the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 78 students were accepted for 53 spots, but none registered. In most natural sciences departments, none of the initially admitted students registered.
Up to six applications can be submitted for early admissions, and the impact of the increased medical school enrollment led to a concentration of top-tier applicants applying to medical schools, resulting in many dropouts, according to the academy's analysis.
Im Seong-ho, CEO of Jongro Academy, noted, "In the case of departments (majors) with a relatively high registration dropout rate in the first exam, it is likely that many students who initially failed were accepted through additional admissions," and estimated that "a significant number were likely admitted to multiple universities in the first and second rounds."
This was the last day for all universities nationwide to announce additional admissions for early admissions. Students must register by 10 p.m. on the 27th at the universities where they received acceptance notifications. If a student receives an acceptance notification from any of the universities to which they applied for early admissions, they cannot apply for regular admissions.
Universities will carry over unfilled positions that arise after student registration closes at 10 p.m. on the 27th to the regular admissions.