Then the high schools will decide whether or not to accept the student by looking at a combination of his or her middle school record and entrance-exam scores. When high school students plan on entering college, there are more tests waiting for them. To get into a national or public university, they have to take an entrance exam administered across the entire country. About half of all private universities also require this unified exam. Over 540,000 students took the test in 1998.
Nervous students get ready to take their entrance exam.