▁National ▁Re const ruction ▁established ▁an ▁early ▁form ▁of ▁CS AT ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 3 . ▁It ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁qual ification ▁test ▁for ▁the ▁students . ▁However , ▁due ▁the ▁small ▁number ▁of ▁students ▁passing ▁the ▁tests , ▁the ▁colleg es ▁soon ▁had ▁a ▁short age ▁of ▁students . ▁The ▁process ▁was ▁also ▁critic ized ▁to ▁have ▁led ▁to ▁an ▁in efficient ▁selection ▁of ▁students , ▁Due ▁to ▁this , ▁the ▁government ▁scra pped ▁the ▁policy ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁A ▁similar ▁policy ▁was ▁adopted ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁by ▁the ▁Third ▁Republic ▁of ▁South ▁Korea . ▁The ▁new ▁test ▁was ▁called ▁Pre lim inary ▁College ▁En tr ance ▁Ex am ination ▁( 대 학 입 학 예 비 고 사 ). ▁This ▁policy ▁continued ▁mostly ▁un changed ▁until ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁the ▁policy ▁was ▁significantly ▁changed . ▁The ▁test ▁name ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁Pre lim inary ▁College ▁Pre par ations ▁Ex am ination ▁( 대 학 예 비 고 사 ). ▁The ▁cut line ▁policy ▁was ▁scra pped . ▁At ▁this ▁time , ▁h ag w ons , ▁or ▁cr am ▁schools , ▁were ▁also ▁out la wed . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁the ▁test ▁name ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁College ▁En tr ance ▁Str ength ▁Test ▁( 대 입 학 력 고 사 ). ▁ ▁The ▁current ▁system