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Konkuk University has ordered a midterm exam retake for roughly 600 students enrolled in a course after a grading controversy in which a student reportedly received a score of 99 points from AI-based evaluation, according to information reviewed from 11 primary sources.
The controversy centers on a course at Konkuk University where AI was used in the midterm grading process. A student received a score of 99 points, drawing attention to how the AI-based evaluation was applied and raising questions about grading fairness among the large student cohort.
In response, the university reset the midterm results, requiring approximately 600 students in the course to retake the exam. The decision affects the entire enrollment of the course rather than individual students.
Details about the exact role of AI in the grading pipeline — whether it assigned final scores or assisted human graders — and the course's identity were not fully specified in the materials reviewed. The university's precise rationale for the full-cohort reset also remains unclear beyond the grading dispute itself.
The case has fueled broader discussion in Korea about the use of AI in academic assessment, particularly in large-enrollment courses where automated evaluation can have wide-reaching consequences. No regulatory action has been reported in connection with the incident.
The claim that a Konkuk University course used AI grading that gave a student 99 points and that about 600 students were required to reset their midterm is, on balance, Mostly True.
