چطور ۱۵،۱۶ ساعت در روز درس میخوندم

What is the “konkur” in Iran?

Asked how he studied fifteen or sixteen hours a day, the speaker insists anyone can: «توی دوران کنکورم، ماه‌های آخر، ۱۴ ۱۵ ساعت» (“during my konkur period, the final months, 14 to 15 hours”). The کنکور (konkur, from French concours) is Iran’s national university-entrance exam, a single high-stakes test that can define a teenager’s future.

A whole culture surrounds it: کنکوری (a student in their exam year), اردوی مطالعاتی (study camps), and shelves of prep books. The clip’s point is that the marathon hours became routine, then impossible to keep up once the pressure lifted. کنکور is shorthand for the most stressful year of an Iranian life.