PHOTOS National college entrance exam

A group of students enter Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School, a test site for the national college entrance exam in Seoul, Nov. 17. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A student enters Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School after saying goodbye to her mother in Seoul, Nov. 17. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A student runs to Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School for the national college entrance exam in Seoul, Nov. 17

A student borrows a watch from a school official before entering Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School, a test site for the national college entrance exam in Seoul, Nov. 17. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A mother prays for her daughter who's taking the national college entrance exam, in front of Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in Seoul, Nov. 17. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A mother cheers on her daughter, a student, who enters Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in Seoul to take the national college entrance exam, Nov. 17. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A student gives a media interview in front of Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School, a test site for the national college entrance exam in Seoul, Nov. 17. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A student enters Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School, a test site for the national college entrance exam in Seoul, Nov. 17. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A spectacle is left on a boulder slab just outside the main entrance gate of Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in Seoul, Nov. 17. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul