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Who are celebs taking college exams Thursday?
A number of K-pop celebrities are sitting for the nationwide College Scholastic Ability Test, Korea’s college entrance exam, on Thursday.
A number of girl group singers born in 1999 will be taking the tests this year, including Weki Meki’s Kim Do-yeon; Momoland’s Nancy, JooE and Daisy; Oh My Girl’s Arin; Cosmic Girls’ Yeoreum and Dayoung; and CLC’s Eunbin.
Kim Do-yeon (Mnet) |
Momoland's Nancy (Wikimedia Commons) |
Momoland's JooE (Yonhap) |
Momoland's Daisy (Twitter) |
Boy group members taking the exam are Rainz’ Seo Sung-hyuk, Hong Eun-ki and Byun Hyun-min.
Rainz' Hong Eun-ki (Herald Pop) |
Rainz' Seo Sung-hyuk (Instagram) |
Rainz' Byun Hyun-min (Mnet) |
Some celebrities have been accepted into colleges early. Wanna One’s Park Ji-hoon was accepted to the Chung-Ang University’s theater department, while actress Kim So-hyun has been accepted to Hanyang University’s theater department.
Wanna One's Park Ji-hoon (Herald Pop) |
Kim So-hyun (Herald Pop) |
Cosmic Girls’ Yoo Yeon-jung has been accepted by Dankook University’s musical department.
Yoo Yeon-jung (Herald Pop) |
Some 18-year-old celebrities will not be taking the exams, including Red Velvet’s Yeri, Gugudan’s Mina and Kim So-hye of Produce 101. Actress Kim Yoo-jung previously announced she will not be going to college.
Red Velvet's Yeri (Herald Pop) |
Gugudan's Mina (Herald Pop) |
Kim Yoo-jung (Herald Pop) |
(doo@heraldcorp.com)