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Razvan007
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
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 Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:03 am Post subject: Question about the bachelor's degree program in South Korea? |
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Hi ! I have a question ,please help me 
I'm a graduating high school student and i want to start my higher studies to get my bachelor's degree (Bachelor's Degree Program - 3 or 4 years) in South Korea.Please tell me what are the specific tests (name all of them PLS even if some are obvious) that i have to take (and pass,obvious) to be admitted.For what it's worth,I am european,fluent in the korean language.
[[ I really need to know this,because i'm confused.I found a few sites giving this information,but it doesn't make sense! All of'em are saying that all i need to do is the TOEFL iBT(Test Of English As A Foreign Language),the TOPIK(Test of Proficiency In Korean) and to possess a HSC (High School Certificate),nothing more.But i really think that info is not good,because in my country i have to take six or seven exams to enter a university ]]
Thank you so much for your eventual answers,and for your time.  |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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You'd be best served by contacting the university you wish to enter and asking them the requirements.
The vast majority of people here, got their B.A (or B.S) in their home country back in the West. I doubt they'd know much about university entrance requirements in South Korea. |
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Jammer113
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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How do I prepare the required documents?
Form 1: Application Form
Form 1 contains your personal information.
Please specify your desired area of study. Download and use the file "Programs Offered for Admission" as a reference.
Undergraduate Freshmen Applicants: Indicate the college and corresponding admissions unit.
Form 2: Study Plan and Personal Statement
The Study Plan should state your academic goals and career aspirations. You may include questions that you hope to answer through your program of study and/or a timeline for how you plan to meet your objectives. It is advised that you review the requirements for the desired degree.
We recommend that you discuss your academic goals with a teacher or professor prior to composing your study plan.
Personal Statement is an opportunity for you to convey information about yourself and your accomplishments that could not be adequately expressed through other parts of the application.
Include family background, academic achievements, extracurricular commitments and accomplishments, volunteer work, employment experience, or your reasons for applying to SNU. You may even include personal interests and your taste in music and the arts.
Form 3: Recommendation
Two recommendations from teachers or professors are required.
Complete your part of this form and give it, along with a stamped and addressed envelope, to two recommenders who know you well. Be sure to give them adequate time to complete the forms before the application deadline. Recommendations should be sealed in an official envelope and signed across the back by the recommenders.
Your recommenders should give us their appraisals of the contributions you made in their classes or academic field. They are asked to give their personal impressions of your character, intellectual ability, aptitude in research, and the quality of your previous work and potential.
Form 4: Financial Certificate
Form 4 should list the available financial resources for your tuition and other expenses during the time of your study at SNU. No other documents related to sponsorship are necessary.
Note: Additional documents (bank statements, employment / business registration, tax payment information) may be required by the authorities for visa issuance.
Transcripts, Graduation Certificates, Degree Certificates
These documents detail your academic achievements and are required from every institution that you attended in the past.
Transcripts must provide a record of the courses you have taken in each year of study along with the final grades. If an institution cannot provide a year-by-year record, then the school official must at least provide us with a listing of the disciplines you have studied (i.e. English, Biology, History, etc.) and a summary of your achievement in each.
Please submit official transcripts as issued directly by the institutions you have attended. You must also submit official evidence of the conferrals of all degrees, diplomas, or professional titles showing the date of the conferrals (month and year).
Additional Materials
Other relevant material may be required, according to the policy of the specific college or department that you are applying to. Applicants to the College of Fine Arts, College of Music, and the Department of Physical Education should submit appropriate portfolios, videotapes, CDs, tapes, or other indicators of artistic or athletic ability.
English Proficiency
Applicants should submit a score report of a recognized English proficiency test (TOEFL, TEPS, IELTS, TOEIC, etc.). Native speakers of English are exempt from this requirement. N.B. Depending on the academic department, failing to demonstrate one�s English proficiency may adversely affect one�s candidacy for acceptance.
Note : We only accept TOEFL scores sent to us directly by ETS. The official ETS code of SNU is 7972. You may submit a photocopy of the Examinee's Score Report for review purposes only, but this is not a substitute for an official score report.
Korean Proficiency Test
Korean Proficiency Test scores are an optional component of the application. Based on the submitted application materials, the admission committee will decide whether each admitted student should take the test or not. Admitted students who are notified for the Korean Proficiency Test should refer to the test schedule included in the Certificate of Admissions for the date and location of the test. N.B. The level of Korean proficiency of an applicant does not effectively restrict nor delimitate his or her eligibility status; however, depending on the department or program of interest, it may serve as a determinant in the outcome of the admissions decision.
Note: The following individuals are exempt from the Korean Proficiency Test:
1) Applicants admitted to the Graduate School of International Studies for International Commerce,
International Cooperation or International Area Studies.
2) Admitted applicants holding a Bachelor�s degree from SNU.
3) Admitted applicants holding a Master�s degree from SNU.
4) Admitted applicants who have completed and passed Level 5 or above at the SNU Language Education Institute.
5) Admitted applicants who have received Level 5 or above on the Korean Proficiency Test administered by a Korean Embassy or Consulate.
Students whose Korean proficiency is below the level required to effectively participate in class (i.e. Level 4 and below) will be required to take Korean language classes at the SNU Language Education Institute (http://language.snu.ac.kr) at their own expense. Whether or not this rule is applied will be determined by the prospective department of the applicant.
Supplementary Materials
1) Records of tests and various awards attained in high school will be considered in the admissions decision if submitted.
- The relevant country�s qualifying test for high school graduation or university admission test: British GCE A-Level, Japanese Admission Center Exam, Chinese Unified Exam, German Abitur, French Baccalaureate, etc.
- Standardized tests and other indicators of academic achievement: IB Diploma, IB Certificate, AP, SAT, AICE, AEA, etc.
- Records of accelerated and rigorous coursework: AP, IB, Honors, etc.
- Official letter or other document by the high school that indicates the applicant�s class rank or percentile (if not stated in applicant�s academic transcript)
- Proof of language proficiency: Korean Proficiency Test (KPT), TEPS, TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC, HSK, JLPT, DELF, ZD, DELE etc.
2) Official school introduction/profile(s) published by the applicant�s high school or the government education ministry will be considered in the admissions decision. The introductory document may include information on the high school�s curriculum, availability of accelerated and rigorous academic tracks, size of student body, grade distribution of enrolled students, distribution of standardized test performance, student selection process (admissions requirements, etc.), ratio of students entering higher institutions and the quality of relevant institutions.
Important Notes
- For Undergraduate Freshman admission, foreign applicants whose parents are also both foreign nationals may indicate up to three different majors
(ex : 1st Anthropology, 2nd : Mathematics, 3rd : Business Administration)
- Art, Music, or Physical Education major undergraduate applicants, however, are not subject to the multiple major application options.
SNU does not generally acknowledge international schools located in Korea as foreign schools.
All documents should be in English or Korean. Documents in another language should be accompanied by a notarized English or Korean translation.
If any of the submitted materials contain false information, admission may be rescinded.
Original documents should be submitted. Should they be unavailable, however, copies must be authorized by the originating institution before they are submitted.
Students whose graduations were pending at other institutions during the time of application should submit their Graduation Certificates and the Certificates of their degrees to their departments within 15 days after their enrollment at SNU. Failure to submit this document may revoke the admission offer.
Undergraduate transfer applicants (international as well as those of Korean origin) must submit the entire record of their Certificate of Facts Concerning the Entry and Exit. In case of submission of false or unverifiable information (especially those resulting from multiple passport handling) or failure to submit all of the requisite records may adversely affect one�s candidacy for acceptance.
All international applicants must submit official documents notarized by their respective governments indicating parent-child relationship between the applicant and his/her parents (N.B. undergraduate transfer applicants are exempt from this requirement).
Be sure to make and keep photocopies of all completed forms. Submitted documents become the property of SNU and will not be returned to the applicants. The application fee is non-refundable.
Admitted students may not defer enrollment to a later semester. Students who wish to defer enrollment must reapply.
Korean citizens who hold dual citizenship are considered �Applicants of Korean Origin.� They are not eligible to apply as foreign students.
Those applicants who were previously admitted to SNU through international admissions and intend to apply to a master's or doctoral program are exempt from submitting the following:
- Official certificates of graduation and transcripts from schools and/or universities outside of Korea
- Certificate of Facts Concerning Entry and Exit
- Copies of applicant�s and parents' passports
Applicants exempt from submitting any of the above documents should submit the Certificate of Attendance at SNU instead.
Please be sure that the University issues only the Certificate of Admissions for student VISA(type:D2) application for the admitted students. However, for information on submitting the Approval Number of Visa Issuance for the Chinese students, please refer to the Office of International Affairs website (http://oia.snu.ac.kr/Info/Visa/index.html)
All applicants must submit the immigration record showing the dates of entry into and departure from Korea.
Verification of Academic Record form will be part of the application you will be printing after submitting it online |
From the SNU website. Look under "supplementary materials" for info on tests. While records of your entrance exams aren't absolutely required, they can help. They aren't going to make you take a Korean entrance exam... Unless you've lived here for years and studied your butt off, you'd fail it anyways. The universities already know that.
As everyone else said, it's better to check with individual universities. Try to get someone on the phone, too. These universities actively recruit foreigners. Going through this process is going to take a lot of work on your part. You should be spending at least 10 to 20 hours per week working on this stuff. That's 4 hours per day, monday through friday. |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 1:59 am Post subject: |
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Depending on what country you are from and if you plan to return....a korean degree is not looked upon as being any good.
Let's say you have a number of job applicants applying for a job in the U.S. or Canada...and one of them has a degree from korea and the others are from Australia, or England, or....the U.S or Canada.....you can bet your life that the person hiring will not hire the person with the korean degree.
Especially if the position is for a FedGov job or a state job.
Even korean nurses are having a hard time using their korean degree in getting jobs in the nursing field. Passing the exam is difficult....so alot of good their degre does. |
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Razvan007
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:37 am Post subject: Reply |
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Thank you so much for all your replies,people!
TheUrbanMyth : i don't know yet witch uni i want to enter,that's why i didn't add that info in my original post.I wanted to know IN GENERAL what are the tests,and how to,that's all.
Jammer113...wow !  i never imagined it would be that complicated! that's a lot of work,isn't it?
hellofaniceguy. i know that my degree would not be that valuable outside Korea.The thing is i want to stay there,i don't plan to return,and i'm serious about it.
Thanks again for your kind answers.
I guess it's not that easy to study there for a Bachelor's Degree after all...
any aditional info would be great,btw. .
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 8:49 am Post subject: |
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Razvan007
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 6:49 am Post subject: :( |
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tzechuk: I would love to,but i can't.
I'm new here,so :
"You must have written a minimum of 25 posts
before you can initiate contact with other members
by email or private message (PM). Sorry!"
I guess i can't do anything but wait for u to enter this post again,by chance,and see my reply 
YOU can send me a PM,with your email-adress in it,and i will send my message there.
Thank you so much. |
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Jammer113
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| Jammer113...wow ! i never imagined it would be that complicated! |
It's really not that complicated. It's just a lot of hoops to jump through. The large amount time you have to spend is just because there's so much information out there and you have to spend a lot of time to figure out what you're actually looking for. Remember that I also gave you the requirements to the best university in Korea.
I personally recommend shooting for one of the three "SKY" universities. (I think that's what they are called.) They are what every Korean aims to go to. They think of them like Harvard. When a Korean sees someone who went to one of those universities and then has some crappy job, they go "Wtf just happened here? They went to a SKY university..." Exactly what the universities' names are and which ones are the best at what, I don't really follow. The only one I really always hear about (when people are gossipping about someone going to the best university) is Seoul National University.
Koreans have to be somewhere in the top half a percent to top 1 percent to get in, in general.. higher if they want to go to medical school.. but as a foreigner, you don't have quite the same stringent requirements. It still might be a challenge, but aim for the top. They're looking for foreigners.
Make sure when looking that you dot all your i's and cross all your t's. Do EVERYTHING they ask you to do. Start now with writing your essay on your plan for education and whatever else all the universities always ask for... it's not something you want to throw together at the last minute. The readers can tell... Unless you're really, really good at Korean, I'd suggest just writing it in English or whatever your native language is if you're from a well-respected country. You want to be compared with your peers, not Koreans who have spent years honing Korean academic language. I'm sure you're ethnic Korean if you speak fluently, but you probably don't have years of training in academic writing. Do whatever the Universities suggest, though.
Other than that, it's just a bunch of steps you have to go through.. and just do them methodically. It's a pain in the butt, but it's good practice for life. You'll have to do the same thing again when you choose your major (maybe) and again when you graduate and again whenever you apply for jobs.
Specifically about test scores, what I would do personally is...
....whatever the university suggests....
Having said that, if the test scores are good... include them. If they are mediocre, don't include them. |
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