Yonsei University caught cheating on 'smart glasses' in early admission..."Emergency" for college entrance exams
![Candidates who completed the essay examination for early admission held at Yonsei University in Seoul on the 10th are leaving the correction.[Yonhap News]](/images/2881/bb873726276a8e63c81ae28fd734daa764fcaccf8e5732399118ac7f6ef4c4f1)
사진 확대 An examinee who tried to use smart glasses equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) functions was caught by a supervisor in an essay test at a major university in Seoul.
According to a report by the JoongAng Ilbo on the 13th, a supervisor caught a test-taker wearing smart glasses during the natural and integrated math essay test that began at 10:30 a.m. on the 10th at Sinchon Campus in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul.
This is the first time that cheating attempts using smart glasses have actually been caught in domestic university entrance exams.
The supervisor, who discovered that the examinee was wearing smart glasses during the exam, collected the glasses at the scene. After the test, the test-taker reportedly admitted to the school that he used smart glasses.
In Yonsei University's essay screening held on the same day, 14,452 people applied for 288 recruitment, recording a competition ratio of 50.18 to 1.
In the occasional essay examination of the University of Seoul, a testee who cheated using smart glasses was also caught.
University of Seoul also announced on the morning of the 3rd that it had detected a test student wearing smart glasses at a natural essay test site.
At that time, the supervisor was suspicious of the thick-rimmed glasses that the examinee was wearing, and the cheating was revealed when he asked the Admissions Office's examination headquarters to check them.
The department that the examinee applied for was 120 students, with a competition ratio of 24:1.
The University of Seoul immediately discharged the examinee from the test site and prevented him from taking the test for the next three years.