9 Tutoring Academies, $3,500/Month, 4 Hours of Sleep — The Brutal Reality of Getting Into Seoul National University

Aerial night shot of Daechi-dong Gangnam Seoul streets lined with brightly lit hagwon tutoring academy signs stacked floor after floor in every building, with students visible through windows studying late at night

A freshman at Seoul National University’s Collegeof Dentistry — one of the most competitive programsin South Korea — just pulled back the curtain onwhat it actually takes to get in. The answer is both fascinating and deeply troubling. Meet the Student From Daechi-dong Daechi-dong is a neighborhood in Seoul’s Gangnamdistrict. If you know anything about … Read more