Top South Korean College to Accept Gamers as Student Athletes

  • 4 April 2014
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Some of us have probably only dreamt about this and it's now a reality! Starting next year, Chung-Ang University (one of South Korea's top-ranked universities) will be considering eSports for admissions into it's Department of Sports Science.
 
 
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The trend has been growing fast in US colleges too. Esports Scholarships have become popular in NYC and college athletic departments are now searching for gamers.

 

What it's like to go to college on an esports scholarship by cheapessaywriter Joanna Nelius

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René A. Guzman wrote about it in the article: College athletic departments go recruiting for gamers for esports teams.

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