How idols manage going to school/college?

Don’t know but I remember one day I was shocked when I find out Yuna was going to school I thought idols were dropping school as soon they were debuting

A lot of idols go to performing arts schools or do performing arts majors.

Kind of hard to fail a person literally living the curriculum.

I wouldn't be surprised if they had tutoring experts for the CSAT though.

Same way some athletes and actors do it, they get private tutoring, enrolled in "easier" courses/modules and a lot of leniency with teachers. Nothing wrong with it if they're putting in the work but I wonder how many grads pass with little to no effort.

Also we get one one of the funniest GIFs I've seen lmao

I'm betting idols are the same as elite student athletes, they get supper easy work to not distract too much from their sport or career

they don't talk about it because they don't go to an average school like ours

most idols which i'm aware of have graduated the hanlim arts high school where they study dancing, singing, modeling, acting etc... it's not difficult to pass when you've already been a trainee and now a full time idol. everyone attending that school is there with the idea of becoming an entertainer so i doubt teachers are making surprised pikachu faces whenever a student tells them they're debuting

college less so unless they are pretty much already established but there's schools like SOPA and han lim that effectively cater to idols no?

Most go to a specific performing arts high school, the same way students here in the U.S. do. (Here in the U.S., child actors and models are also required to have on set tutors and time devoted to studies during their work schedules, just as they are limited on their daily work hours.) It's also entirely possible to manage a college degree with distance learning and/or night classes. Mostly, however, it seems like college comes for most later in their career or while they're out for injury.

Many EXO members don't just have college degrees, several even have advanced college degrees (masters' and Xiumin has a PhD.) I don't remember what they are all in, but several have MBAs IIRC (masters' degrees in business administration).

Kun is the only member of NCT with a college degree, which he earned during the time he was waiting for his debut in a permanent group. His degree is in Pop Vocal Performance.

TVXQ's Changmin also has a PhD, IIRC, which means he also has bachelor's and masters' degrees.

There's someone in a gg with a degree in mechanical engineering, but I don't remember who.

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do you guys know by any chance of idols who have studied something different than Arts or Acting, like a more "challenging" degree? (Nothing wrong with studying Arts)

I know for example that Sojin from girls day has studied mechanical engineering and she was just one out of 8 women in the program among 1000 students. That's imo very impressive for an idol.

I wonder if there are idols that like Sojin went for a more demanding course like psychology, medicine or natural sciences in general?

Onew did business degree, Taemin getting his MBA. JJong and keys thesis are both published in peer reviewed journals. Minho went to a prestigious school that is hard to get in.

They just took longer to take their degrees. Its understandable

Because they study the things they do in their every day life, like there is some kpop major in college? I know a couple of idols that are studying that

Not KPop, but a Japanese idol once said that since he was very young (he debuted as he was 11) he literally woke up at 6am to to go to school and after finishing school at 3pm he went home and was in his company at 5pm and than stayed their sometimes till 11pm and mostly went to bed at 1am. He said on weekends he spend mostly from 8am to 6pm in his company and he had no free days.

This guy said it mentaly fucked him and he only realised it as he went to university. He left the group almost 2 years ago and said he would join them again when he finishes

I think many Korean (and other Japanese) idols do the same. I also heared how fucked life must be for some underaged idols who still go to school but have concerts troughtout the week where they sometimes can't go to bed before 3am even tho they have school on the next day.

A few years ago I saw a documentation on TV where they asked a boy who was actor in my country how he handles it and he said he mostly films on the weekend and up to 2 days of the week, depening on what scenes they were doing. He is a good student and so he learns more for school on the days he goes to school and this is the only way why he was even allowed to become an actor. He said he wouldn't know how to menage acting if he would fully go to school. Maybe there are some smart idols who do the same and work extra on the days they go to school to be able to miss some days

Even though I was not working the time idols are but I also did my degree while working full time. Most idols need more than the usual student. It’s hard but most of them use subjects out of their jobs for their degrees and combine both. Remote universities also encourage people with jobs to do both and adjust their schedule

Their schedules are probably managed by the agency together with the school/university; plus some leniency.

TREASURE currently have two members in SOPA, and four members recently started a semester (degrees unknown). Some of them dropped out of highschool and took GED.

They don't, many hardly go to school.

Well, in one 123 IVE ep we could see Leeseo taking her course online. She also still goes to school especially when it's midterm.

She never shares how her studies are, but she has many friends and she likes to share what is popular in her school.