Don't tell anyone, just keep it to yourself!
The best university in Korea, Seoul National University, sent students to the College of Humanities, College of Engineering, and College of Medicine.
The queens of college entrance exams invite you to a secret college entrance exam talk!

Every parent facing their child's college entrance exams eventually returns to this question.
How can I get my child to Seoul National University? Do the children who get into Seoul National University truly benefit from exceptional motherly care from an early age? Or are only naturally gifted children who excel without their mothers' input capable of getting into Seoul National University? Is it truly so difficult to send ordinary children to Seoul National University? Facing this simple yet clear question, "The Mom Who Reads Entrance Exams," a master of entrance exams who has sent her children to Seoul National University's Departments of Korean Literature, Mechanical Engineering, and Medical School, offers this advice.
“Our children were also ordinary at first.
But, you know… … .” The three authors, who started out as mothers who knew nothing and ‘headed into the ground’ but eventually conquered the college entrance exam, have now become education journalists and college entrance exam experts.
Now, armed with the hard work of studying for the college entrance exam, long experience as an education reporter, and personal college entrance exam experience, they have become the "Queens of College Entrance Exams," and they want to easily reveal the "secret secrets of mothers" that neither academies nor consulting can teach to the mothers of their juniors who are feeling lost, as if it were a light chat.
“I’m only telling you this.
“Go somewhere else and never tell anyone else?”

This book contains the stories of three mothers who sent their children to Seoul National University's College of Humanities, College of Engineering, and College of Medicine, and their tears and laughter as they went through the entrance exams.
What was your mindset as you watched your child study until he or she was accepted to Seoul National University? How did you guide him or her when he or she felt lost? I hope that mothers just beginning their college entrance exam journey will read this book, not only gaining valuable information about the process, but also finding comfort and empathy in those difficult and frustrating moments.
--- p.5

If a certain academy branch advertised that it had 30 students enrolled in a 350-student high school, wouldn't parents see it and think, "Wow, that academy is amazing!" But if that's actually the national average, and that branch didn't send a single student, would parents really want to send their children to that academy? Of course not.
--- p.17

In fact, I interviewed nearly 100 Seoul National University students, and 80% of them said they didn't stand out academically in elementary school.
That doesn't mean that they only played around back then, but that they built up potential, such as thinking skills and creativity, that could grow explosively later on, even if they weren't visible.
Would students who've had that experience positively consider having a child who couldn't even get into college solve a problem that even Seoul National University students find difficult? Absolutely not.
In reality, the ability required for the entrance exam is not the repetitive memorization ability that the 7-year-old civil service exam forces.
Even in subjects that require memorization, questions are being asked that cannot be solved solely through memorization.
It would be absurd to make students take a test that even Seoul National University students do not recommend in order to get into Seoul National University.
--- p.25

Among the mothers who joined the team, there were many professionals and some who were busy with many big and small matters to take care of at home.
Then, it would be more comfortable and reassuring for mothers if someone stepped in and took charge of the children's care.
So I suggested that I would take care of everything, including picking up the kids, dropping them off at the academy, and dropping them off at home, setting up a 12-hour management schedule, writing evaluations to see if the kids were following the schedule well, and hiring team teachers, so I asked them to reduce their share of the tuition costs.
Is there a mother who dislikes such a suggestion? Not a single one.
Rather, there were mothers who wanted to take on the role of team leader first.
Through such efforts, we were able to reduce the cost, which would have originally been close to 5 million won, to around 2 to 3 million won.
Although it was difficult to be a team leader, I somehow managed to do it because I thought that all the hard work was invested in my child's education for his grades.
--- pp.33~34

I'm not saying you should just blindly enroll in academy programs like Ten to Ten or Locksmith Class.
As we have seen before, even without that, those who are going to send their children to Seoul National University strategically spend only the minimum amount of tuition.
What's important is the mother's judgment to decide based on the child's tendencies and needs.
--- p.52

Math academies only consider math, and English academies only consider English, and when these things accumulate, the result is that an impossible schedule is imposed on the child.
There was a kid who had a schedule that required 27 hours to do everything, even though there are actually 24 hours in a day.
It's not that the child is lazy.
For a child who has to take on all subjects at once, it's difficult to maintain balance without someone to coordinate their schedule.
Even if your mother does something for you when you're young, it can't last forever.
If a child learns how to study on his own, his grades will improve.
--- p.69

The Ministry of Education announced that it would increase the number of Korean language classes to improve literacy following the implementation of the high school credit system.
Of course, we must also consider the possibility that the number of descriptive and argumentative questions will increase.
However, after graduating from middle school, you cannot avoid attending academies for required subjects like English and math, and you will not have the time to physically attend a Korean academy.
The reason I said that elementary school is the golden time is because I know this situation well.
Especially in the upper grades of elementary school, this is the optimal time for mothers to be deeply involved in Korean language education.
--- pp.112~113

Mothers should objectively and thoroughly assess their children's abilities.
For that, please take a close look at your usual studies.
If you simply judge based on thoughts like, "My child is good at it," your child may follow the wrong path and fall behind on the long journey of college entrance exams.
If your child has the ability to attend a gifted high school and can easily follow the good deeds, there is no reason not to do it.
However, if a child is not at that level and the mother's greed causes the child to waste elementary school time by pretending to be good, the damage is fully reflected in the child's grades.
Blindly following others is the most foolish entrance exam strategy in the world.
Think of the child as the standard for everything.
It's not a shame to say it a hundred times.
The best curriculum is the one that suits your child.

--- pp.143~144