Council of Rectors and Ministry of Education give the go-ahead to the University Selection Tests

13/12/2011
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This year, approximately 271,000 students are taking the PSU exams from Putre to Puerto Williams.

Among the innovations promoted by CRUCH for this process, the entry into force of the PSU Score with validity for two years stands out.

At the Teresiano Enrique de Ossó School, the Minister of Education, Felipe Bulnes, together with the rectors of the University of Chile, Víctor Pérez and of the University of Santiago, Juan Manuel Zolezzi, officially launched the process of administering the University Selection Tests (PSU).

This year, more than 271,000 young people are taking the PSU (University Selection Test) at 605 schools from Putre to Puerto Williams. This extensive coverage was further strengthened because students from Lonquimay, Purranque, and Futaleufú will have their own testing centers, eliminating the need to travel to neighboring cities as they did in previous years.
During the event, Rector Juan Manuel Zolezzi, executive vice president of the Council of Rectors, urged students to have confidence that the school protests should not affect their results. “The content assessed by the PSU (University Selection Test) is primarily concentrated in the first three years of high school. In the final year, only some content from the first semester is evaluated, and these questions represent no more than four or five of the total,” explained Rector Zolezzi.
It was also highlighted that this year the PSU Score came into effect with a validity of two years, meaning that those who took the tests in 2010 can use their score to apply to universities affiliated with the admission system of the Council of Rectors.
Regarding the distribution of those taking the PSU, as in previous years, the locations with the most registered young people are Maipú (10,265), Puente Alto (9,923), and La Florida (8,466), while the locations with the fewest registered are Juan Fernández (9), Putre (12), and Cabo de Hornos (16).