Mexican students take college entrance exam amid pandemic

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Held each year, it’s the exam of a lifetime and and an annual rite: Only about one in 14 students will get into the undergraduate degree program.

“Some did come, but outside the stadium there is a big enough space so that they could keep a safe distance,”said Macarena Blando of the UNAM press office.

Students lined up at a safe distance and were allowed into the stadium one by one. Each exam-taker — some take the annual exam two or three times before passing — entered with just a pencil and photocopies of their ID; each had his or her temperature taken and was given hand sanitizer gel. The surreal scene — a huge sports stadium with thousands sitting about 6 feet from each other in complete silence — reflected the sheer scale of the UNAM’s main campus on the south side of Mexico City.The 435-acre main campus serves about a quarter-million undergraduate and graduate students.

Even so, with social distancing, not all could fit into the stadium and many will be tested on other days.

 

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