National University Acceptance Exam

National University Acceptance Exam

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Acronym	EXACUN
Type	Competitive paper-based university entrance exam
Developer / administrator	Ministry of Eduction
Knowledge / skills tested	Several
Purpose	Determine wether a student may bypass conscription and enter university directly; Qualify a student to enter university
Year started	1950 (1950)
Duration	10 days, variable hours per day
Score / grade range	Fundamentals: 0–1,326 Electives: Variable Specialists: Variable Military: 0–180
Score / grade validity	Indefinitely
Offered	Annually in October
Restrictions on attempts	If passed: Cannot be retaken If failed: Cannot retake until military service complete, afterwards, no restrictions on attempts
Countries / regions	Creeperopolis
Languages	Atlántidan Spanish, Castillianan Spanish, Creeperian, Quebecshirite
Annual number of test takers	381,448 (2020)
Prerequisites / eligibility criteria	Complete secondary education or be in final year of secondary education
Fee	₡2,000 colóns (₵500 credits)
Scores / grades used by	Ministry of Eduction, colleges and universities
Qualification rate	58%
Website	www.exacun.gov.cr

The National University Acceptance Exam (Creeperian: Examen de Aceptación Universitaria Nacional, abbreviated as EXACUN) is the highest-level government exam administered by the Ministry of Education of Creeperopolis which qualifies students to enter college and university early and completely skip military service or if the student has to do military service. Passing the test is mandatory for acceptance into colleges and universities.

Possession of and/or distribution of EXACUN tests and test materials, even of old tests, is strictly illegal and carries a penalty of two years imprisonment and a ₡200,000 colón fine.

Requirements for qualification

The National University Acceptance Exam has several requirements a student must meet to qualify to take the exam:

1. Either, (a) be in the final year of secondary education, or (b) have completed secondary education and have completed military service.
2. Either, (a) be a citizen of Creeperopolis, El Salvador, or the State of the Church, (b) be a legal resident of Creeperopolis, El Salvador, or the State of the Church for at least five years, or (c) be a foreigner with a valid exam pass issued in the exam's present year.
3. Have at least one teacher recommendation to take the exam.
4. Have no more than ten detentions on student record.
5. Have no more than two suspensions on student record.
6. Have no expulsions on student record.
7. Have no relatives in charge of administering the exam, monitoring exam takers, or having any sort of connection to the exam of the present year.
8. Have no felonies on criminal record and have no more than two misdemeanors on criminal record.
9. Pay the ₡2,000 colón (₵500 credit) fee to take the exam.

Skills tested

The exam contains fundamental, elective, specialist, and military subjects. Fundamental subjects are those that a student must take in order to pass the exam. Electives are subjects that students may elect to be tested on, which each student requiring to select four electives. There are four foreign language electives, but students are only allowed to pick one. Specialists are subjects that are needed by a specific group of students where a simple paper exam would not be sufficient to test the skills of students. Specialist subjects are also required to enter specialist schools. Military subjects are those required for students looking to become commissioned officers in the Creeperian Armed Forces.

The structure of the exam has been mostly the same since its creation in 1950. Notable additions overtime of the exam's existence were the four foreign languages which were added in 1970, the addition of Engineering and Technology in 1978, the addition of a second writing section in 1990, and the removal of Mathematics – Trigonometry in 2005 and its later readdition in 2006. The test has always had 1,326 fundamental questions, in commemoration of the year 1326 when King Miguel I captured Almadinat Almuqadasa after a lengthy siege. From 1950 until 1968, the percentage needed to pass the exam was 50% in each subject, but in 1968, it was raised to 60%.

Fundamentals

• Biology
• Economics
• Geography
• Government and Political Science
• Law and Law Enforcement
• Literature and the Creeperian Language
• Logic and Reasoning
• Mathematics – Algebra
• Mathematics – Calculus
• Mathematics – Geometry
• Mathematics – Trigonometry
• National Catholicism and Theology
• National History
• Romerism, History and Values
• Writing I
• Writing II

Electives

• Anthropology
• Astronomy and Astrology
• Chemistry
• Engineering and Technology
• Foreign Language – Andaluzian
• Foreign Language – Jackian
• Foreign Language – Quebecshirite
• Foreign Language – Salisfordian
• Geology
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Statistics

Specialists

• Art – Drawing
• Art – Painting
• Art – Photography
• Art – Sculpting
• Cooking
• Journalism
• Medicine
• Musical Performance
• Preforming Arts
• Sports and Athletics

Military

• Military History
• Military Logistics and Organization
• Military Tactics

Test scheduling

Testing always begins on the first Monday of October and ends on the second Friday of October.

1st Monday (Day 1)

• Biology (8:00am–9:00am; 40 questions)
• Economics (9:30am–10:30am; 50 questions)
• Mathematics – Algebra (11:00am–12:30pm; 70 questions)
• Anthropology (1:00pm–1:30pm; 30 questions)
• Astronomy and Astrology (1:45pm–2:15pm; 30 questions)
• Foreign Language – Jackian (2:30pm–3:30pm; 60 questions)
• Art – Drawing (4:00pm–6:00pm; 3 tasks)

1st Tuesday (Day 2)

• Geography (8:00am–9:00am; 70 questions)
• Government and Political Science (9:30am–10:30am; 60 questions)
• Mathematics – Calculus (11:00am–12:30pm; 60 questions)
• Chemistry (1:00pm–1:30pm; 30 questions)
• Engineering and Technology (1:45pm–2:15pm; 30 questions)
• Foreign Language – Quebecshirite (2:30pm–3:30pm; 60 questions)
• Art – Painting (4:00pm–6:00pm; 1 task)

1st Wednesday (Day 3)

• Law and Law Enforcement (8:00am–9:30am; 110 questions)
• Literature and the Creeperian Language (10:00am–12:30pm; 160 questions)
• Mathematics – Geometry (1:30pm–2:30pm; 40 questions)
• Geology – (3:00pm–3:30pm; 30 questions)
• Art – Photography (4:00pm–6:00pm; 10 tasks)

1st Thursday (Day 4)

• Logic and Reasoning – (8:00am–9:30am; 110 questions)
• Philosophy – (10:00am–11:00am; 60 questions)
• Physics – (11:30am–1:00am; 50 questions)
• Cooking – (1:15pm–1:45pm; 1 task)
• Journalism – (2:00pm–2:45pm; 1 task)
• Medicine – (3:00pm–3:45pm; 1 task)
• Art – Sculpting (4:00pm–6:00pm; 1 task)

1st Friday (Day 5)

• Military History – (8:00am–9:00am; 60 questions)
• Military Logistics and Organization – (9:15am–10:15am; 60 questions)
• Military Tactics – (10:30am–11:30am; 60 questions)
• Musical Performance – (12:00pm–1:00pm; 1 task)
• Preforming Arts – (1:15pm–2:15pm; 1 task)
• Sports and Athletics – (2:30pm–4:45pm; 10 tasks)

2nd Monday (Day 6)

• Mathematics – Trigonometry (8:00am–9:00am; 50 questions)
• National Catholicism and Theology – (9:45am–11:45am; 150 questions)
• Foreign Language – Sacramatian Spanish (1:00pm–2:00pm; 60 questions)
• Psychology (2:30pm–3:30pm; 40 questions)
• Sociology (4:00pm–5:00pm; 40 questions)
• Statistics (5:30pm–6:30pm; 40 questions)

2nd Tuesday (Day 7)

• Foreign Language – Salisfordian (8:00am–9:00am; 60 questions)
• National History (10:45am–1:00pm; 150 questions)

2nd Wednesday (Day 8)

• Romerism, History and Values (9:00am–12:30pm; 200 questions)

2nd Thursday (Day 9)

• Writing I (9:00am–12:00pm; 3 questions)

2nd Friday (Day 10)

• Writing II (9:00am–12:00pm; 3 questions)

Logistics

Fees

The National University Acceptance Exam has a fee of ₡2,000 colóns (₵500 credit) to purchase and take the exam. The fee covers the expenses of payment for student residences, food for the students, student transportation, compensation to cities, payment to universities, and other minor expenses. The fees cover around 35% of the total expenses, with the remaining 65% of the expenses being paid for by the Creeperian government. The average total expense for organizing the exam is 6 billion colóns (750 million credits), as reported in 2019.

Frequency

The exam occurs every October beginning on the first Monday of the month and ending on the second Friday of the month. The exam has occurred every single year since 1950, only ever being canceled once in 1988.

Student residences

The InterContinental Hotel in San Salvador is the most expensive hotel rented by the Creeperian government for the exam, being consistently rented every year since 1990.

Student residences are one of the largest expenses in organizing the exam. Students from across the country are instructed to travel to the capital city of their respective department, or for El Salvador and the State of the Church, to their national capital. The journey is paid for by the Creeperian government. In the departmental capitals, the government rents out entire hotels to accommodate the students. The renting out of entire hotels has previously costed the capital cities of the departments to see a notable decrease in tax revenue from tourists, and in 1989, the Council of Mayors passed a bill where the Creeperian government would pay compensation to each departmental capital for the loss of revenue.

The government would organize student transportation on buses, rented from local bus companies the cities, and they would be transported to universities and colleges in the city, starting from largest to smallest. During the two weeks of the exam, students of the colleges where the exam is occurring are given two weeks of vacation but the end of their semester is delayed two weeks to accommodate for the loss in October. The colleges and universities are also paid for the use of their campuses. On the Sunday during the two week exam, all students are mandated to attend a Church service. The local bishop or archbishop commonly presides over said mass, and the Pope has presided over the San Salvador mass every year since 1985. The final say of testing is the second Friday, and students return home the next day.

Results per year

Year	Test takers	Average Fundamentals score
1950	1,313	652 / 1,326
1951	1,986	644 / 1,326
1952	3,522	678 / 1,326
1953	4,566	688 / 1,326
1954	7,322	625 / 1,326
1954	10,559	676 / 1,326
1954	13,555	732 / 1,326
1955	14,226	742 / 1,326
1956	23,580	658 / 1,326
1956	17,533	732 / 1,326
1957	18,444	742 / 1,326
1958	20,568	774 / 1,326
1959	22,339	800 / 1,326
1960	23,582	812 / 1,326
1961	25,328	832 / 1,326
1962	26,333	859 / 1,326
1963	28,338	946 / 1,326
1964	30,458	984 / 1,326
1965	33,583	1,002 / 1,326
1966	34,538	994 / 1,326
1967	35,383	1,034 / 1,326
1968	37,329	853 / 1,326
1969	43,282	896 / 1,326
1970	45,339	833 / 1,326
1971	47,338	844 / 1,326
1972	47,595	853 / 1,326
1973	48,228	839 / 1,326
1974	49,448	874 / 1,326
1975	50,045	850 / 1,326
1976	51,558	870 / 1,326
1977	52,584	859 / 1,326
1978	54,339	831 / 1,326
1979	56,339	840 / 1,326
1980	104,228	448 / 1,326
1981	121,448	560 / 1,326
1982	134,233	677 / 1,326
1983	157,339	689 / 1,326
1984	169,933	650 / 1,326
1985	180,228	713 / 1,326
1986	189,228	745 / 1,326
1987	197,383	786 / 1,326
1988	Test canceled
1989	213,228	804 / 1,326
1990	220,448	766 / 1,326
1991	226,438	786 / 1,326
1992	224,338	832 / 1,326
1993	227,338	801 / 1,326
1994	230,383	808 / 1,326
1995	250,338	752 / 1,326
1996	254,333	770 / 1,326
1997	254,044	775 / 1,326
1998	256,383	777 / 1,326
1999	258,338	778 / 1,326
2000	212,448	863 / 1,326
2001	213,228	877 / 1,326
2002	234,228	848 / 1,326
2003	278,369	699 / 1,326
2004	284,679	733 / 1,326
2005	300,022	756 / 1,326
2006	312,449	800 / 1,326
2007	321,228	836 / 1,326
2008	332,118	823 / 1,326
2009	333,558	829 / 1,326
2010	334,669	830 / 1,326
2011	335,669	836 / 1,326
2012	337,393	835 / 1,326
2013	340,338	822 / 1,326
2013	367,339	799 / 1,326
2014	354,228	822 / 1,326
2015	355,339	821 / 1,326
2016	358,678	830 / 1,326
2017	360,844	841 / 1,326
2018	363,119	839 / 1,326
2019	364,229	835 / 1,326
2020	381,448	802 / 1,326
2021	TBD

See also

• Ministry of Education of Creeperopolis