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[minos]

So Some of my friends are thinking about this (specifically at a SKY school).

Certainly the English graduate programs....


Anybody know what the entry requirements are? My college grades aren't too amazing, but I could probably ace the GRE or any graduate program test.

Is getting into a SKY school as a foreigner difficult?

[dongjak]

Go to each of the website and search the requirements. Every university is different. Also some of the Universities, despite the program being taught entirely in English, require a certain level of Korean proficiency.

The GREs are for American Universities, I have never seen the test being applied to a Korean University but I may be wrong.

There are also, lots of scholarships available to foreign students.

A simple search of the University you want to attend can tell you what you need to get accepted and can help you with the application process.

[minos]

[dongjak]

I am going to a Korean Unviersity, but not for a Master's. Before I choose my university and my program this was my process:

1. I searched "Korean University" on wikipedia and found a list of all the Universities in Korea.
2. I narrowed my search down to the universities in Seoul.
3. I went to each of the websites, found out what programs they offered and what were the admission requirements
4. I choose the program I liked, made sure I met the requirements,gathered my documents and applied.
5. I went to the school interview and a few weeks later, found out I was accepted
5. I searched scholarships that were available to me and applied
6. I received a full scholarship and started my studies.

I searched the SKY university website before and I don't remember their application process or admission requirements being vague. They are all pretty straight forward.

That said, as a foreign student you have a high chance of getting a scholarship, especially if you are from the west, as Korean Universities are trying to internationalize their programs and want students other than the large amounts coming in from China, Mongolia or Southeast Asia. This means being from the West gives you a greater chance of getting accepted.

Just look again on the websites, Seoul National University has a pretty clear website with an admission guideline you can download and view in a pdf file, I believe Korea University has the same. Not sure about Yonsei.

Good Luck.

[Thiuda]

[coralreefer_1]

I think it might be more difficult than many may believe. I was rejected from grad school at Korea University for the spring semester( not the GSIS, but the normal graduate school), even though I finished my BA with a 3.94 gpa, have several years of management work experience under my belt, a native English speaker(i was applying for international business department) and turned in a level 5 TOPIK score.

Granted in that program GRE or GMAT scores were not required (but recommended) and I'm pretty sure I was rejected because of a formality with the financial support document that was sent from the US. I guess I will never know for sure, but despite that many will tell you that you can walk into those programs quite easily if you are western, I do not believe that is true anymore. Added to that all universities in Korea just changed some things to toughen the admissions process for foreign applicants to weed out more "unqualified" candidates as was said in the newspaper article I read abut it a few months back.

Even if the programs say GRE/GMAT/TOPIK are not required...you would be wise to submit as many of those as you can to increase your chances. Also, even though you may be a native English speaker, submitting a TEPS/TOEIC or some other type of English test score would be good as well. I found out I missed my chance at a 100% scholarship (if i had been accepted) because I didn't have a level 6 TOPIK, or even a TEPS score. As strange as it sounds, according to the scholarship policy of that graduate school, a satisfactory score on an English exam would have given me 100% scholarship.

[Hugo85]

To be noted that to apply for Ph.D. you pretty much need a Masters outside of the US.

[oldfatfarang]

[Hugo85]

[Thiuda]