That's a bit of a caricature, but it used to be pretty much like that. Slowly changing though. One of my recent students, not from any of those 4 unis, got hired without a problem by Samsung.

What do you do if you don’t attend a top 4 school? 

The major Korean companies only hire from graduates from the top 4 colleges, if I’m not mistaken. Quite an immobile society in that sense

cryotosensei

Bell_curve

While future in one exam 

Sounds extreme 


science

[Daily puzzle] Find the area covered by the blue shade

south_korea_ln

Curious about that PSLE questions. 

Happened here too for 수능, university entrance exam. Some questions end up being too difficult. And because one's whole future sounds depends on a single exam, this can lead to big emotions...