I’m a senior in highschool and as a senior i have to worry about college admissions, but i have the feeling that i would atleast be accepted to a UC.
What i’m more interested in is if it would be possible for any korean college to allow students in their senior year to study abroad ?
I choose to study abroad in Korea because i feel that it will advance my knowledge in the entertainment field.
I would love to study abroad in my second year of college,but i feel that i need to prepare myself more. In school i’m an average B student and i started to learn the korean language in my summer break, which successfully worked since i learned the korean alphabet in just a week, but i feel that i can advance my korean studies by taking it as a minor.
I’ve also been interested in the entertainment field, South Korea known for their entertainment industries, would be a perfect setting to study abroad.
I’ve been contemplating alot, but finally decided that i would love to live/work there, yes i might be far from my family and home, but if I’m perfectly going to be honest, I’m sick and tired of the same routine. I’ve lived in my hometown throughout my life and i would just love it if i were to expand my horizons.
Im just excited with the idea of going to college and studying abroad.
I’m going to state the question again, is their any possibility that i can study abroad in my last year of college and if not would it be better to study abroad in my junior year of college?
I would like to hear any reply and would take any opinion to account. Thank You to those who read my passage.
This is off topic a bit, but you say you are an average B student and expect to get into a UC? As an International applicant, you are required to have a minimum 3.4 UC GPA to even apply to the UC’s and even then, your chances are low for UC Merced.
Where are you attending HS now? Are you an International student or US resident? Check on the study abroad programs available at your target colleges to see if Junior vs Senior year programs are the best. Not sure why you are worrying about this now since you have not even applied to any colleges.
It sounds like she’s a local HS student who wants to attend a UC, and she’s asking if any of the UC’s (or some other school presumably) has a program that will allow her to study abroad in Korea for a year.
Thank you for the clarification @ProfessorPlum168. Hopefully OP will come back to make sure that is what they are asking.
@Jung_Maria29: Here is a link for the UC’s study abroad programs. http://uc.eap.ucop.edu
Here is information specific for Korea Study abroad and the courses are taught in English:
http://eap.ucop.edu/OurPrograms/korea/Pages/default.aspx
A junior year abroad is much more common than a senior year abroad.
Whether it is possible to study abroad in your senior year largely depends on your major, or your department’s willingness to approve an alternate course arrangement for you. Many majors have requirements (like a senior seminar or a senior project) that have to be completed at your home university in your senior year.
Going abroad senior year would make it much more difficult to prepare for your post-graduation life in the US, should you decide to return. You can’t easily apply to US jobs while physically located in Korea, for example. If you miss the main hiring season for entry-level jobs, you will likely be unemployed for a while after your return. Would your parents be supportive?
An unrelated obstacle would be finding a good Korean university. Since you have a specific career goal in mind, I assume that you’ll be choosing a technical major, not a generic liberal arts major like “film studies”? Pre-approved study abroad programs probably won’t have a corresponding technical major for you. You’d either have to arrange your own study abroad experience and try to get that approved by your university, or your major needs enough flexibility that you can afford to take courses outside of your major for 1-2 semesters while you’re abroad.
Lastly, if your plan hinges on the possibility of moving to Korea permanently, I would urge you to research if that’s possible at all. Are you a Korean citizen? If not, how difficult would it be to obtain a work visa? Is that limited in time or indefinite?
I just wanted to add that at my D’s school you could not study abroad for credit in your senior year. I can’t remember why but your last credits had to be on campus