Hi there! This is my first post so I'm going to introduce myself and this blog! Get ready...
Ok I know it's not funny but at least I tried :')
So.....I'm an Indonesian girl who loooooves Korea. Anything about Korea. The k-pop, the culture, the movies, the dramas, the beautiful places and of course the hot guys people. That's why I'm heading to Korea soon to study there. Yay me! I can finally meet hot guys! Or....maybe I can study my a$$ off. Yeah.
Since I'm gonna study there, I figured out I can use this blog to give you guys a picture of what it's like to study and live there. There are lots of blogs telling stories about living in Korea but most of them are told by exchange students. Now, here I am as a degree-seeking student trying to help other international students who want to study in Korea as other degree-seeking students!!
As a short intro, education in Korea is considered to be rigorous, so the students there work hard and fight their way to get into the most prestigious universities. These universities are known as the SKY, short of Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University. I applied to those three universities, aspiring to major electrical engineering. I'm not trying to brag here but I got accepted to the three universities :) So if you have anything to ask, I'm always here!
I heard it's easier for foreigners to get into SKY universities compared to Koreans. You wanna know why? It's because the universities want to be more globalised so they accept more and more foreigners throughout the year.
There's also a famous university, which is KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). KAIST is young compared to the SKY universities because it's still under 50 years old. As far as I know, KAIST is also the only university in Korea that uses 100% English for its lectures. I applied there with the hope of studying electrical engineering too but I got rejected....
Thankfully I did quite well with the rejection....
For those of you who are interested in studying in these universities, I put the link to their websites down below if you want to check it out. If you are also interested in other universities, just google it!
Seoul National University: en.snu.ac.kr
Korea University: oia.korea.ac.kr
Yonsei University: yonsei.ac.kr/eng
That's it for now. When I arrive in Korea, I'll try to update this blog. Maybe not regularly but I'll try my best to keep you guys posted. Once again, if you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask me!
