More than 240 thousand students take the PSU on its first day

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SANTIAGO.- At 08:15 AM this morning, more than 240 thousand students began taking the university entrance exam known as the "PSU" (Prueba de Selección Universitaria).

This year, 241,390 students signed up to take the test, which begins the 2008 Admissions Process.

After announcing locations yesterday, the exam began today with the tests for Language and Communication and Sciences. Tests for Mathematics and History as well Social Science will be given tomorrow.

In order to take the exam, students must take their school and national I.D. cards, a black number 2 pencil, and an eraser.

Cell phones, backpacks, MP3 players, purses and cameras are prohibited.

This year, ten new locations to take the PSU have been inaugurated, one of them in the Juan Fernández islands, where 16 students will take the exam.

Despite the accusations of leaked questions that preceded the exam dates, authorities have guaranteed that the process has been properly implemented.