<p>Yeah I'm thinking about applying to couple of universities in Korea. I'm trying to study for the math test but it's so advanced.. It's waaay beyond year 13 (grade 12) maths..</p>
<p>I've been living here since 7 or 8 and my parents said that i'll have some sort of advantage when applying..?
I doubt it though.. they also once told me that getting 1500 (old sat) would get me into HYP lol.
Is anyone else here thinking of applying to schools in korea?</p>
<p>I'm really attracted to seoul schools because of the whole 'relaxing' thing.. plus, I want to go back to korea after my education and I think going to SNU (and getting good grades ther) will get me a good head start.</p>
<p>eTHeReaLkEv
that's not true. they do study like hell.</p>
<p>imiracle911
"idk KSAT is kind of easier than old times"
our parent generations did not take the KSAT. KSAT started around 1992. Our parents took university-specific tests to get in after they take the "yea-bi-go-sa"(sounds funny but i cant type korean right now)</p>
<p>well technically yes. they took 대학입학고사 then took 정시 시험 at each college but 대학입학고사 is similar to KSAT so i don't see much of a problem saying that.</p>
<p>It's pretty much the same thing, so what the hell. Technically, the infamous tests administered by Collegeboard are now called the SAT Reasoning Tests and SAT Subject Tests respectively, but people still refer to them as SAT I and SAT II. Why aren't we arguing about that?</p>
<p>Hey, NoFX, if you can get into a decent school in US i.e. an Ivy or another school of similar calibre, then go there, even if you intend on making a living in Korea afterwards. The special admission for students that have studied abroad has become very difficult in the last few years, and a diploma from a good US school is a more scarce commodity than a SNU one, if you think about it. SNU turns out almost 3000 undergraduates every year; not nearly as many get an Ivy degree and return (the important part) to Korea. Also, most employers know these days that American schools work you a lot harder. Just be sure to read up on some Korean literature and news whenever you get the time.</p>
<p>Just so that you keep in touch with your Koreanness ;) I mean, you don't wanna seem like you're completely clueless about Korean culture or get a reverse cultural shock if/when you go back and work in Korea. Koreans in general don't look too kindly upon those who are Korean by blood but aren't so Korean i.e. whitewashed, twinkified, etc., either.
And I also suggest you brush up on your Korean, especially if you've lived there since 7. Plenty of people can speak either English or Korean, but what counts is the ability to speak both flawlessly.</p>
<p>Coming back from England after 5 years, I found that there were some things that I needed to catch up on, even though I had come home to Korea almost every vacation. And people noticed that I'd been abroad for a long time, because my Korean was audibly, though only marginally, stilted. It's been fixed mostly now, but I still remain an object of curiosity for the general population.</p>
<p>Ok thanks! culturely, I'm very korean (up to date with national news and soccer).. but yeah I cant speak korean 110% flawlessly.
Hopefully it'll improve!</p>
<p>read books like 삼대, 태평천하, 상록수(well maybe not this one). These are the long ones. the short ones are 감자, 운수좋은날, 홍염. These aren't like target lists, rather just suggested reading. If ur good u don;'t have to read them, but if u read these u'll have a deeper insight into modern korean history. oh yeh stuff old as 구운몽, 허생전(박지원 u should read for the taste of 실학파) will appear so read some old novels (pre-chosun) and 시조(u have to knock this one down). Basically u have to know some old words to the level where u can read 고려가요, 향가, 시조 these type of stuff. Also u have to study modern poems 자유시, 서정시. There r really a lot of people but the famous ones r like 윤동주, 이상, 박목월. A lot more but u have to be able to read the poems and get the author's intentions. The easieste i guess is to read 설명문 and 논설문. These will come up on 수능 always. So study these. There's listening too but u just listen nothing really major. I think that's basically it. THe tough thing i guess is that u can't do 언어영역 without korean history. literature goes with history so brush up on history esp. modern. some modern poems tend to have a blend of nationalism in it (some poems are even proletariat poems lol).
After 수능 next is 면접. It's basically interview, but more like oxford style rather than american style. They'll give u writings for u to read and discuss. For math and science i think they give u a problem and want u to explain to them how to solve it. i hope that helped.</p>
<p>I've read a couple of the above books but I had no idea about the whole poems thing!?</p>
<p>Thanks a heaaaap for the info imiracle!! But I thought I didn't have to take the 수능.. I heard that it was some other kinda test for foreigners..?</p>
<p>This is a cool thread. My name is Misoo...I was born in Taejon but I moved to the U.S......16 years ago :) But I'm still an international student <em>sigh</em> </p>
<p>I'd love to, but I can't... I have neither the time nor the money to take a 25-hour plane ride (with 2 transfers in between) each way. I'll get to see my new school in August anyway, so I'm not fretting too much.</p>