<p>Hi, so this is an area i can't find much info on and just wanted some answers/opinions.
Some basic info about me to start off: I'm a Caucasian girl from the United States and plan to apply for the 2015 undergraduate school year. My grades are average, as is my ACT. I do have a passion for Biology though.
While searching, i haven't really found anyone from the U.S. that's attending that is also just a regular undergraduate student (ie: not an exchange student). So, i was looking for some opinions/advice on the admissions process. Also, how difficult is International Admissions? Do you think it would help that i'm a girl applying? Any other advice would be useful!!!</p>
<p>KAIST is more suited for an engineering student than a biology student. If you want to major in biology, check out Yonsei, Korea, of Seoul National University. Foreigners are accepted with lower stats than Korean nationals because international acceptances do not skew universities’ stats. Admission won’t be difficult if your scores are in par for admission for top 30 US colleges. If you plan to apply to KAIST and pursue engineering as a girl, it would definitely help with admission. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice!! I was considering either Biological Sciences or Bio and Brain Engineering. If anyone else has applied or been accepted, i’m still open to other opinions/advice!</p>
<p><a href=“http://oasis.kaist.ac.kr/”>http://oasis.kaist.ac.kr/</a>
Check KAIST’s international students support center.
I’m very curious what intrigued you to go to KAIST, but you should know that Korean schools consider academic stats as the most important factor in admission process. Your GPA (called Naeshin in Korean, and has different way of calculating depending on schools you are applying to. Many selective schools calculate Naeshin with percentile rank.), Standardized tests, Research would be most of the things they consider to admit a student.
Also, you should know that while schools say that they are looking for prospective international students, Korea is not an English-speaking country, and you should be quite fluent with the language.
In Korea, the social atmosphere towards girls in science field is superb, as there aren’t really much girls in this field. Due to social stereotype that boys should do science and girls should do teaching, the boy-girl ratio stats are harsh. Thus, science communities in Korea are promoting girls to pursue science a lot. It would be a immense advantage for you.
Check parts on what you need for admission and how those are scored with the admission officer. That would be a most different thing from US admission, and perhaps the thing that you should check first.</p>
<p><a href=“http://oasis.kaist.ac.kr/”>http://oasis.kaist.ac.kr/</a>
Check KAIST’s international students support center.
I’m very curious what intrigued you to go to KAIST, but you should know that Korean schools consider academic stats as the most important factor in admission process. Your GPA (called Naeshin in Korean, and has different way of calculating depending on schools you are applying to. Many selective schools calculate Naeshin with percentile rank.), Standardized tests, Research would be most of the things they consider to admit a student.
Also, you should know that while schools say that they are looking for prospective international students, Korea is not an English-speaking country, and you should be quite fluent with the language.
In Korea, the social atmosphere towards girls in science field is superb, as there aren’t really much girls in this field. Due to social stereotype that boys should do science and girls should do teaching, the boy-girl ratio stats are harsh. Thus, science communities in Korea are promoting girls to pursue science a lot. It would be a immense advantage for you.
Check parts on what you need for admission and how those are scored with the admission officer. That would be a most different thing from US admission, and perhaps the thing that you should check first.</p>