<p>Lived here for ... 8 years and applying as a Freaking International : D Hooray for decreased chances!!!!
Accepted at UIUC , deferred at Umich, waiting for UW. Life is freaking awesome : )... not -_-;... God this sucks so much.</p>
<p>hey janeassi,</p>
<p>Are you applying for premed? I too am waitlisted from WashU.</p>
<p>Which school has the bigger korean population - UVa or CMU?</p>
<p>Probably UVA but i guess they should be about the same. Why do you even care about the population though? I personally think that too many koreans in a school create many conflicts...</p>
<p>Btw I want to ask what you all feel about the korean culture in having to use "존댓말," the polite expressions in your speech. I find it really disturbing, especially having to say it to someone who is in the same class but is 1 year older than me. OMG this is not Korea for goodness, why are you trying to implant a culture where there should be freedom of speech lol. Even worse, I get disturbed when a person born in December tells me to use the te expressions when he's like 4 months older than me. In America or and European schools if your birthday is after October then you attend classes with students that are born 1 year later. e.g if you were born in 1987 December then you have to attend classes with students who are born in 1988. Now that's the system here, so in fact he is not your big brother! Is anyone here who thinks like me lol. I have quite an ego and pride for myself, so when i usually see a classmate i directly use 반말 and thats that. if they reject then i would say "go away you sensitive ass" -_- but ofcourse i have respect for the hierachy and all that... it is vital for the human race!</p>
<p>comments?...</p>
<p>hullo, I'm also Korean without greencard or citizenship. Yay! (NOT)</p>
<p>Anyway, I got into Dartmouth, Rice, UVa, Northwestern, UMich, UW, but they're not well known internationally. Maybe UMich is most well known of them all.</p>
<p>What do you guys think about Dartmouth? I noticed none of you applied there.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is a lot better than UMIch, even with honors in my opinion
And Korean employers know all the IVIES, including dartmouth and its internationally recognized</p>
<p>I'm worried that people in Korea will compare WashU St Louis with the one in Seattle or George Washington University. You should have nothing to worry about, go to Dartmouth.</p>
<p>BTW kiwi_lady UIUC is a GREAT school, and you're in a far better position than those in Korea who are dreaming to go to SNU when UIUC is a much better school. Be happy with your acceptance to UIUC!!!</p>
<p>Korean citizen, studying in Canada (as an international student; I've been in Canada for about 6 yrs now)</p>
<p>asked for financial aid to all universities</p>
<p>Accepted:
- Princeton (with $38000/yr financial aid)
- Cornell (received the "likely admitted" email)</p>
<p>Waitlisted
- Yale</p>
<p>Rejected
- Harvard
- MIT
- Caltech
- Stanford</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>Full IB Diploma</p>
<p>SAT: 2260/800/800/790
GPA/rank: 99%; 1/109
EC's: volunteering, research, basketball team, instruments, grad council, math/science competitions, etc.
Essays: excellent
Recs: one good, two excellent</p>
<p>I'll be going to Princeton :)</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got accepted to their universities!</p>
<p>congrats coolness_rookie! btw, did you get any FA from Cornell? I heard it was a super stingy school.</p>
<p>thanks JetX :)</p>
<p>haha with Cornell I was really retarded, </p>
<p>so basically after I finished all my applications on December 31/January 1, I was like "I am Finally done!!!!" I thought financial aid application packages were due like Feb 15 or something. And then, I realized in February that Cornell's was actually due January 1, same date as the actual application -_-; </p>
<p>Well I did indicate that I needed financial aid on Cornell's application, but anyway...when I got the "likely admitted" email, I asked them if I could still apply for financial aid. They said no :P I can't afford $50000 per yr lol.</p>
<p>dash, I kinda want to attend a school with a big korean population because I hadn't experienced that in HS. I think it's just my preference for something 'different' from HS.
About the polite korean expression thing...personally, I think it's important for us to keep and use these customs. It doesnt bother me at all..to me, it's just like bowing to elders haha</p>
<p>Hey NoFX,</p>
<p>I understand that, but I really feel uncomfortable bowing to fellow students when it should be more of a friend relationship. I think there is a perfect distinction between elders and fellow students and this polite expression just contradicts it. To be honest I never say "hyung" to a person in my class even if he was born 1 year early. You might think that I'm kinda spoilt or something but my friends here completely understand me. anyway :P</p>
<p>Both my parents were Korean immigrants, and I was born an American citizan. I'm still a junior, so I'm contemplating taking the SAT IIs in Korean after some studying over the summer. I've never had any formal Korean education nor am I fluent. I can understand almost everything the the exception of few vocabs and I can read pretty well (slowly though). I also know about ~100+ 한자s (Chinese characters) if that counts for anything. With this information, do you think I could score 700+? What skills do I have to have?</p>
<p>And something now for something not college related... Can anyone type out for me (in 한글, the Korean alphabet, or phonetic English) the lyrics to "고향의 봄" ("Hometown's Spring")? I don't know if that's the correct title... The first line is "나에 살든 고향은..." ("My hometown where I used to live...") or something close to that. I don't know any whole Korean songs by heart, but I want to.</p>
<p>And another thing I'd like to add about the honorifics of Korean. For some reason, I think that 존대말 (polite speech) is unfamiliar and "cold," but I still use to speak to my grandparents (and strangers of course). My dad too is traditional, so he expects the honorifics, but I don't want to use it because of what it means to me personally, so I speak with him in English. My mom and I are a bit closer because I've spent more time with her, so with her I use 반대말 (informal speech). Also, the only person I call 형 (older brother) is my own... no Korean-Americans I know use those familiar terms unless they're referring to their family.</p>
<p>감삼니다! (Thank you)</p>
<p>lol there are a few typos but anyway its good to hear that american-koreans like yourself still have enthusaism for korean. btw using 존댓말 to elders, especially to your grandparents is a must... there is no excuse for this, but i was actually pointing it out to ppl in my class... and fellow students.</p>
<p>anyway i personally don't think the admissions office would be stunned to see a korean get a 800 in korean SAT2. i would rather use that time to study in sat1 or other subject tests. if you still think you should take it, then go ahead but i think you will need some solid studying/practice in order to get over 700. I'm sure you'll do just fine, but it's all about practice.</p>
<p>Thanks dash. It would be a huge risk to take the Korean w/ Listening because it' only offered once in November, so it's a one shot deal. I'm scared of doing it, but I tihnk it would be a huge achievement for me personally.</p>
<p>Another Korean-culture question. What do Korean people think when a grown boy (high-schooler+) calls their parents 엄마 and 아빠? My mom said that when she was growing up, epople would've frowned upon it, but she doesn't know about it now since she hasn't been to Korea for a long time. I was taught as a child to call my dad 아버지 (my grandparents/father are traditional), but I still call my mom 엄마. I don't think I've met any other American-born Koreans who call either of their parents 아버지 or 어머니, so my parents never pushed it on me or my brothers.</p>
<p>there's really nothing to it. It's like calling your mom, mom or mother. just say whatever you want to say lol</p>
<p>All my guy friends (hs+) call their dads 아버지 but they call their moms 엄마. They use polite speech to both.
I call them 엄마 아빠 (and use informal speech) but I'm a girl and most korean girls call them 엄마 아빠.</p>
<p>I'm a guy and I call my parents 엄마 아빠, lol
and do you guys use 존댓말 to your parents?? I use it only when I'm in trouble, haha</p>
<p>And to guys a year older than me I call them 형 (hyung) and use 반말 (casual speech) with them. Sometimes I get annoyed when somebody younger than me start calling me "야!", hahaha but who wouldn't when the word 형 actualy creates a stronger and more immediate bond between people.</p>
<p>But again, I never bow or expect people younger than me to do so (or to use 반말 (formail speech)), which is also the main reason why I didn't join the Korean Club. Because they have a very disproportionate hiearchy, and the club seems more like a Korean mafia instead of a club for students. (now its a lot better with the smarter and nicer students coming into highschool)</p>
<p>i'm kind of interested in korean diaspora. it seems to me that the vast majority of koreans outside their homeland live in us/canada.</p>
<p>also, do koreans only study english as foreign language. what are the top 5 most popular foreign languages? i know japanese and chinese is in the top.</p>
<p>Hullo all.
I applied for full financial aid as an international student from South Korea.
I am sort of kicking myself because I was rejected/waitlisted at my top schools <em>sobs</em> and feel that I didn't prepare myself adequately; perhaps i shouldn't have decided to graduate a year early....and prepared myself more with awards and such. Sigh.</p>
<p>Well, the good news is I did get into Stanford University and Dartmouth College.
The latter with a full ride & "living expenses," as opposed to stingy (grr) Stanford and their poor financial aid package. But I can't say I'm too thrilled to be heading off to Dartmouth this fall (most likely), sigh, seeing as I wanted to major in a pure science/mathematics, not a liberal arts major, and I'm feeling as though Dartmouth betrayed me by accepting this imbecile of an individual as well. <em>shudders</em> Way to add insult to injury ;P</p>
<p>Anyway, I was waitlisted at Princeton, MIT.
Rejected without mercy from Yale, Caltech.</p>
<p>I hope the rest of you guys had better luck. =]</p>
<p>i think you should go to stanford... that is risking taking loan or something cause i think you are not doing the right thing, for choosing darthmouth over stanford...</p>