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The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) published on Wednesday the reference scores that will determine which applicants must take an in-person control exam, a measure adopted after detecting atypical results in their first online bachelor's degree admission test.
Mexico's largest university released a table with the so-called "2021-2026 minimum," corresponding to the lowest number of correct answers with which it was possible to enter each degree program, campus, and modality in any of the last six admission processes.
¿Quién debe repetir el examen?
Using this criterion, UNAM will call to retake the evaluation not only those applicants who initially obtained a spot, but also those who, even without having been admitted this year, achieved a score equal to or higher than the historical minimum recorded between 2021 and 2026 for the degree program they applied for.
¿Cómo saber si me toca hacer examen de control?
To know if they must take the control exam, applicants will have to compare the number of correct answers they obtained this year with the value published for their degree program. If their result is equal to or higher than the "2021-2026 minimum," they must take the test again.
¿Qué carreras tienen los puntajes más altos?
Among the degree programs with the highest reference scores are Medicine, with 111 correct answers to study it at the Faculty of Medicine at University City; Aerospace Engineering, also with 111; Computer Science, with 102; and Actuarial Science and Biomedical Physics, both with 101.
The publication is part of the extraordinary measures adopted by UNAM after a technical commission detected atypical results in the admission exam applied for the first time remotely.
The anomalies raised suspicions about a possible misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) tools or other mechanisms to obtain answers during the evaluation.
¿Cuándo será el examen presencial?
As part of the review strategy, the university determined that the control exam will be applied in person between August 12 and 19 at locations in Mexico City, León, Oaxaca, and Tijuana and will be a requirement to confirm the admission of those who are called.
The measure affects about 58,000 applicants, of whom approximately 22,000 will finally obtain a spot in a degree program, according to the institution.
The review occurred after specialists identified an unusual increase in the scores obtained on the exam.
While in previous processes about 3.5% of applicants surpassed 100 correct answers, this year the proportion rose to more than 16%, a situation that led UNAM to temporarily suspend new student enrollments, create a commission of 16 experts, and order a new evaluation to verify the results.
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