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Middle School

The stage where grades start going on the record. Exam preparation and choosing a high school, covered together.

Total 10 articles
Career Path

From Vocational High School to a Free College Degree: How an Employment-Conditional Contract Department Works

If a vocational high school graduate is hired within three years through a work-…

Lee Do-hyun·2026-09-06 Career Path

What Ninth Graders Should Check Before Applying to a Specialized High School — Grade Weighting and Job Placement

Application timing, how grades and non-subject factors are weighted, and the emp…

Lee Do-hyun·2026-08-30 학교생활

Using a Phone in Class Became Unlawful in March 2026 — The Three Exceptions and What School Rules Decide

Article 20-5 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act took effect on 1 Marc…

Lee Do-hyun·2026-08-18 Career Path

High school admissions already start in August — the early and late rounds, and the double-application ban

Applications to science and other early-round high schools open in late August, …

Lee Do-hyun·2026-08-14 Career Path

How middle schools are assigned — school groups, middle school districts and regional differences

Middle school assignment is not uniform across the country. What a school group …

Lee Do-hyun·2026-08-01 Study Methods

Why Year 7 suddenly feels hard — what actually changes between primary and middle school

The same child struggles on entering middle school. What really changes at the t…

Lee Do-hyun·2026-07-29 Career Path

Choosing a type of high school — what actually differs between general, autonomous private, special-purpose and vocational

Four types everyone can name but few can distinguish. Curriculum and selection, …

Lee Do-hyun·2026-07-28 Study Methods

A four-week countdown for middle school exams — what to do, and when

Why starting two weeks out is too late. What to do week by week from four weeks …

Lee Do-hyun·2026-07-28 Exams

Middle school grades are not settled in exam week — how to find the performance assessment weightings

The split between written and performance assessment is set by the school. Where…

Lee Do-hyun·2026-07-27 School Grades

Year 7 grades now count towards high school entry — what changed from the free year to the free semester

"Year 7 grades do not count" is no longer straightforwardly true. The shift to t…

Lee Do-hyun·2026-07-27