Chung-Ang University has diverse renowned departments which have long histories, great curriculums and faculty members and so forth. However, particularly the Department of Theatre and Film Studies of CAU is the best among all the same departments in Korea. There are a lot of actors and directors who play important parts in the Korean theatre and movie industry. In the past, most of those actors or directors tended to debut and become successful after their graduation. However, unlike the past, a considerable number of new students these days are already stars who have successful careers. The trend of young stars' college entrance results from the fads ofthat teenage idol singers or actors have increased. For instance, 'Luna', one of the members of popular idol girl group, 'F(X)', Lee Min-ho who was a child actor and Jin Se-Yeon the actress are the stars who passed CAU's entrance examination, utilizing their career and they are going to be soon to be freshmen next year. This phenomenon is not limited to our university., Mmany other universities in Seoul, such as Dong-Guk University, Sung-Kyun-Kwan University, Kon-Kuk University and so forth also will have stars attending. The problem is the public's recognition of celebrities' admission is inclined to theinfluences the public’s opinion that they used their popularity, not their grades or ability, to gain admission.

 
Examples of celebrities' special admission of university
- Ko As-Sung, freshman inof the Ccollege of Ssocial Ssciences, Sung-Kyun-Kwan University
Ko Assung is a famous actress who played a key role inthe a movie, ‘The Host’, which was amade a huge success. She got an accepted toance from Sung-Kyun-Kwan University by using the ‘self-recommendation selection’, which is Sung-Kyun-Kwan University’s unique selection process and one of early admissions. Her case became a huge issue because right after her acceptance, lots of testimonies thatsuch as her Grade Average Point and, CSAT score were severely low came out. and Eespecially because Bong Jun-Ho, the director of the movie ‘The Host’, wrote a recommendation letter for Ko Assung so she could have passed the entrance examination. Her admission is a typical case of failing the celebrity’s own failing ability as a university studentmember.

 

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