Korean slang profile
세특
seteuk
A shortened name for the school-record section documenting academic attitudes, inquiry processes, and characteristics not easily conveyed by subject grades alone.
A shortened name for the school-record section documenting academic attitudes, inquiry processes, and characteristics not easily conveyed by subject grades alone.
- Expanded form
- 세부능력 및 특기사항detailed abilities and special remarks
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Sep 2, 2025
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
수업에서 탐구한 과정이 세특에 어떻게 드러나는지 상담했어.
I discussed how the inquiry process from class appears in my 세특.
02Documented history
- September 2025뉴시스 listed admissions terms, giving the full name and explaining it as a section recording students’ characteristics.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for ‘세부능력 및 특기사항’ (detailed abilities and special remarks). A 2025 source from 뉴시스 confirms this formation or explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The formation and usage were checked in the source. Who first coined it and when it was first used need further comparison.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- "수능 최저는 뭐고, 전형은 왜 이리 많아"…알쏭달쏭 입시용어 총정리[2026 수시] (뉴시스)Published Sep 2, 2025Original source checked Nov 13, 2026