연세대학교 의과대학 편입학 학생들의 GPA 분석

Abstract

Yonsei University College of Medicine is about to adopt a new admission system in 2009 for postgraduate medical school, in which 4-year college graduates apply to it, instead of applying of high school graduates to undergraduate medical school. For preparing the new system, now, an admission policy is being intensively investigated. In the present admission system in Yonsei College of Medicine, college or university graduates with diverse majors such as pharmacy, biochemistry, engineering, social science and so on other than a medical major can be transferred into the undergraduate medical course when vacancy for enrollment is available. This study was performed to analyze the academic achievement of the t1ansferred students for establishing a new adrnission system. In this study, the GPAs of 94 medical students transferred for 1998 to 2006 years were analyzed regarding academic and personal background, and compared with those of untransferred medical students. The results showed some features. Particularly, the GPAs of transferred students with the majors of art and social sciences were not lower than those with the major of natural sciences while transferred students with majors of pharmacy. Veterinary science, nursing science, and biotechnology had their high academic achievements during the undergraduate medical courses.