MEXICO CITY — Tens of thousands of prospective students hoping to get into Mexico’s largest public university on Wednesday began taking the notoriously competitive entrance exam for the National Autonomous University of Mexico, better known as the UNAM. 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. Lines of students wearing face masks and face shields sat at a safe distance from each other on the concrete seats of UNAM’s soccer stadium. Of the 84,000 students taking the exam, only 5,993 will get in. Students lined up at a safe distance and were allowed into the stadium one by one.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 19, 2020 19:18 UTC