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SKY (Korean language: 스카이 대학) is an acronym for the three most prestigious universities in South Korea: Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University.[1] The term is widely used nationwide in Korea, in the Korean broadcast media and even by the universities themselves. [2] [3].
Regardless of the academic standing of the SKY universities internationally, inside Korea, admission to one of them is widely considered as determining one's career and social status.[4][5] Many Korean politicians and policy makers have a degree from a SKY university. The President's cabinet is usually filled with SKY graduates (predominantly from Seoul National University). Likewise, the judicial world in South Korea is dominated by SKY graduates. According to the statistics, 80% of judges appointed from 2003 to 2008, were SKY graduates. During the same time, 70% of prosecuters appointed were SKY graduates.[6]
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[edit] See also
- Ivy League, a group of United States universities
- Seven Sisters, a group of liberal arts women's colleges in the US
- Russell Group, a group of British research universities
- Group of Eight, a group of Australian universities
- Group of Thirteen, a group of Canadian universities
- Big Three, collective term for Harvard, Yale, and Princeton
- Oxbridge, collective term for Oxford and Cambridge
- IDEA League, a group of European universities specializing in engineering and science
- LERU, a group of research-oriented European universities
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- ^ Asia Times Online :: Korea News and Korean Business and Economy, Pyongyang News
- ^ [1], [2], [3], [4], [5],[6]
- ^ [7], [8], [9], [10], [11] (articles in English)
- ^ New York Times, "A Taste of Failure Fuels an Appetite for Success at South Korea’s Cram Schools" [12]
- ^ *"Life and death exams in South Korea" by James Card, Asia Times Online, November 30, 2005, retrieved December 18, 2005.
- ^ 판사 80%, 검사 70% `SKY' 출신 독식(80% of Judges, 70% of Prosecuters dominated by SKY), http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LS2D&mid=sec&sid1=102&sid2=257&oid=001&aid=0002322151
