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itiswhatitis
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 Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:50 am Post subject: Minimum GPA for GEPIK? |
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I notice that SMOE now has a minimum GPA, does anyone know if GEPIK also requires a minimum GPA?
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dairyairy
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| What is the minimum for SMOE? |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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patthebunny
Joined: 30 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| GEPIK does not have a minimum. EPIK has one starting this fall semester |
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Ruthdes
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| Out of interest, what do they do for countries that don't use GPAs? I'm from Australia and I'd never heard of them until I came to Korea and got to know a lot of Americans. |
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Ruthdes wrote: |
| Out of interest, what do they do for countries that don't use GPAs? I'm from Australia and I'd never heard of them until I came to Korea and got to know a lot of Americans. |
Plus how do they reject someone for getting lower grades in a much tougher academic program? How do they know which universities are better than others? The high school graduates who work at the education office are going to do this? It sounds like just another excuse to reject applicants. |
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| dairyairy wrote: |
| Ruthdes wrote: |
| Out of interest, what do they do for countries that don't use GPAs? I'm from Australia and I'd never heard of them until I came to Korea and got to know a lot of Americans. |
Plus how do they reject someone for getting lower grades in a much tougher academic program? How do they know which universities are better than others? The high school graduates who work at the education office are going to do this? It sounds like just another excuse to reject applicants. |
Uh, oh. Someone's asking logical questions about Korean policies.  How do they reject you for getting lower grades in tougher programs? That easy. They reject you for getting lower grades in tougher programs. They look at the number, and if it's lower than the minimum, they reject you. Pretty simple. 
This was already discussed last fall when SMOE started this policy. |
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crisdean
Joined: 04 Feb 2010
Location: Seoul Special City
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| What is the minimum for SMOE? |
The minimum was/is 2.5, my GPA was less than that (2.34 I think during my degree), and I've been working for SMOE for almost 3 years. They never even questioned me on it. I did however take an additional 2 years of open studies after that (I didn't feel like joining the real world and staying in school full time maintained my interest free status on my loans) and I had something like a 3.13 average for those courses, so maybe they just looked at that... |
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Weigookin74
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Can't remember my own GPA. Haven't looked at it in years. Average marks I guess. Some good, some bad. What if you already have experience working for EPIK and have good references? Wonder if they'd still reject you? Guess you'd have to apply directly to a POE through a recruiter maybe? |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Can't remember my own GPA. Haven't looked at it in years. Average marks I guess. Some good, some bad. What if you already have experience working for EPIK and have good references? Wonder if they'd still reject you? Guess you'd have to apply directly to a POE through a recruiter maybe? |
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Tyshine
Joined: 04 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I knew someone that just lied about their GPA, and it wasn't a problem. I thought SMOE was a 3.0 minimum, but I could easily be wrong about that. |
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| What if you already have experience working for EPIK and have good references? Wonder if they'd still reject you? |
Yes. But it probably depends on whether you're applying from within Korea or from overseas. If you're already here, you may be grandfathered in. From overseas, you're submitting your transcripts with your application. |
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Tyshine wrote: |
| I knew someone that just lied about their GPA, and it wasn't a problem. I thought SMOE was a 3.0 minimum, but I could easily be wrong about that. |
Naw, I think you were right. Pretty sure it is 3.0. I've taught several years (two in Korea) and have a TEFL but wasn't considered. Of course, the other thing to consider is a recruiter screening your application (or maybe they don't open the transcript?...if you're applying from overseas...). I was upfront about my GPA because I didn't believe they wouldn't waive that arbitrary standard. Oh, well. |
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