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00:00 Intro
00:39 Information About the University
01:27 Website and the Application Guide
03:11 Eligibility and the Requirements
04:41 Announcements and the Application Portal
06:18 Creating an Account
08:16 Personal and Academic Information
13:31 Applying for a Scholarship
14:15 Uploading Documents
16:01 Educational Background
18:03 Personal Statement
18:55 Application Fee
20:12 Ending
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Hi everyone, it's global scholarships
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and I'm your host AZ. I hope you're all
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doing well. I hope everything is going
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great. And today we'll see the
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application procedure of Soul National
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University in South Korea which is one
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of the most popular universities. You
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guys always ask about this like
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tutorials for this. Um but the problem
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is the application period is very short.
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So I'll try to make this to upload this
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like as soon as possible. So this is our
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page for this university uh global
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scholarships.com. where free platform
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sharing free information about
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universities around the world and
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scholarships etc. I'm going to share
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this link with you uh in the description
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and the top comment. You can just go and
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see pretty much all the information you
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can need um about location, population,
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number of scholarships. You can scroll
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down to see the scholarships here. Uh
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full funding here as you can see full
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tuition, full tuition, etc., etc. Some
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other um like external scholarships as
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well. Here we have scholarship recipient
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stories, stories from people who have
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earned scholarships in this university.
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We have FAQs. We have a video for every
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scholarship in this university. You can
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click here to watch that as well and
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like more stuff. Tuition fee is here. Uh
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the admission deadlines are here. As you
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can see, it's March starts at March 3
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and March 6 is the deadline. So very
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short. Uh if you have any questions, you
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can just leave them in our comment
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section here as well. And as you can
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see, Hanley, who is the founder of
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Global Scholarships and our main expert,
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answers all of them. As you can see,
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every single question. Anyway to start
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off our application procedure what do we
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do is we go to the admission part in our
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page right for some reason only masters
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is here but you can click on that uh
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which will take you to the university's
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page for admissions right so here this
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is for graduate you can just click on
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undergraduate here and as you can see
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here admission for undergraduate
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guideline for application undergraduate
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you can just click on one of these to
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download or you can just wait for this
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to load which can take a a little time.
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All right. So, this is in Korean, but
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you can scroll down uh for the English
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section. And here it is. Yeah, here.
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Undergraduate admission guide uh for
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international students, timeline,
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eligibility and requirements, admission
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code, admission criteria, precautions,
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original documents, and notorized
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translation. Read all of this. This is
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just for like this is just about 20
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pages or something. Now, here we have
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tution table as well. Let's scroll down.
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timeline online application March 3
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March 5 so like very little time online
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application uh SNU office of admissions
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website at this link we're going to use
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that in a second upon payment of the
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application fee an application number
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will be assigned and the online
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application will be considered complete
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admission type one or two and the
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applied program cannot be modified um
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after payment and the application cannot
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be withdrawn online submission of
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recommendation letters comes after that
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I mean after you apply I of course and
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then applicants of college of fine arts
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etc etc online interview international
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admissions 2 only preliminary admission
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decisions submission of original
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documents final admission decisions
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Korean proficiency test etc etc so we
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have eligibility requirements here level
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of education individuals who have
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graduated from high school or possess
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education equivalent or exceeding that
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level education qualifications such as
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GED homeschooling or cyber learning will
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not be accepted Uh here we have I'm not
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going to go through the three go through
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every single detail here because that
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would make it too long. Uh but like here
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we have nationality requirements, level
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of education, um language requirements.
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Just lead read all of this very
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carefully. I'm just going to show you
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how to go through the scholar uh how to
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go through the with the application the
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actual like online application procedure
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because I want to put this video up as
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soon as I can. These are the required
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documents. Application form, personal
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statement and study plan, a
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recommendation letter, a language
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proficiency scores, official high school
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transcript. We're going to see about
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those in a second. So, international
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admission one is neither the applicant
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nor his or her parents are Korean
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citizens. And then uh for admission two,
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entire curriculum has been completed
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abroad. Applicants including overseas
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student overseas Koreans, foreigners,
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individuals have acquired Korean
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citizenship through marriage migration
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must meet the following level of
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education etc etc. Read all of this uh
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whichever uh suits you whichever is
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yours, admission criteria, admission
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koda etc etc. Right? So here we have
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online application after completing the
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application fee payment changes to type
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admission type and applied program etc.
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We read this. Anyway, let's scroll up,
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right? And when we started here in the
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timeline. So, this is where we are right
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now. Online application. So, we're going
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to use this link. Uh this is their
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admission link to go and see uh so we're
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going to use this link to go and see the
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announcements. Now, this is for uh
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graduate as you can see this one and
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this one is undergraduate. online
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application for 2026 fall undergraduate
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international admission begins. Uh now
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obviously like a lot of you will not be
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able to watch this in time for like this
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intake but maybe it will be useful for
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upcoming like next intake or whichever
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you are applying for right now. So we're
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going to click on online application for
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2026 fall under graduate here as you can
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see after deadline you will no longer be
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able to write or modify the application
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etc etc etc etc these are attachments
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that we've already seen so go to online
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application click so part of this is in
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Korean part of this is in English select
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the language below to see the detail
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admission schedules I'm going to choose
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English this is pretty much the same
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information we've just seen this is like
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that notice uh timeline etc etc. As you
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can see we have uh four different
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sections notice application payment and
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confirmation application part is the
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real like the main application procedure
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and we're going to go through that
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today. Uh you can download uh admission
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guideline here payment method uh etc
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notice etc etc. to proceed to the next
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page which will be application right so
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welcome to the application website for
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SNU international student admissions uh
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here we're going to click on sign up to
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create our new account for this
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university if you've never applied
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before like if you have applied you
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probably know about this already agree
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agreement for service user usually
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whenever you see Korean uh there is like
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also an English counterpart for that as
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well okay create an account name
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throughout this application. I'm just
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going to give them some fake information
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like madeup information because in the
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end I'm not going to send the
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application submit the application
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anyway. So this is just for
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demonstration purposes. Keep that in
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mind. But to make sure your uh
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information that you give is correct and
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it's like it's true etc. You get the
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idea. This is just for demonstration.
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Let's just make something up. So this is
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ID by the way. This is um email. Your
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email address will be used as your ID.
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Uh so I'm going to use a temporary email
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here which is why uh like if you are if
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your email is not one of these like MSN
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or G Gmail or Nate or some something
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like that uh input full address. So you
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can also put in this section. Okay. So
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this is my temporary email address and
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then I'm going to choose a password here
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must be 8 to 12 characters long and
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include alphabets, numbers and special
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characters. Okay, I've chosen my
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password as well. Let's click on
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confirm. Uh please check agreement
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above. Uh right this one sorry. Oh yeah
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right right. First you have to check ID
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and this ID is available and then now we
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can click on confirm. So our account is
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created. Uh please login to continue
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your online application. Click on login.
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So we're going to use our again ID is
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our email and then password we just
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created. So we're going to use those to
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login. Click on login. What? No.
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Okay. Right. All right. Don't do not
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show this message today. It keeps
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showing that to us again. We are in the
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notice section. Uh proceed to the next
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page. But this time we have logged into
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our account. So this is the application
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part. Okay. So personal information
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policy. Do you agree with the terms and
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conditions for collection and
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utilization of personal information? I
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can read all of this. Uh do you agree
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with the terms and conditions above for
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the admissions guide? Click on agree. Uh
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terms and yeah releasing information to
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a third party. Yes. Uh dual enrollment
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do you agree? Dual enrollment
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registration prohibition in accordance
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dual enrollment or registration is
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prohibited after being admitted to our
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university. Applicants cannot be
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enrolled in or take a leave of absence
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from more than one domestic or
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international university at the same
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time. So let's agree to that. I mean you
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have you kind of have to. Okay. So
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academic year uh only one is available.
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Admission type. I'm going to choose one.
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Neither the applicant nor his or her
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parents are Korean citizens and the
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applicant is a high school graduate or
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has completed a curriculum equivalent to
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high school. Undergraduate freshman.
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Desired program study. Okay, it's you
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can see it. Uh these are the programs.
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College of Education, College of Human
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Ecology, College of Music, Engineering,
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Agriculture and Life Science, Nursing,
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Natural Sciences like Chemistry,
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Mathematical Sciences, uh Social
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Sciences. I'm going to choose economics
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which is my area of study. Please
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confirm whether the information Yep, it
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is. You cannot change the admission type
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desired. Yes. Thank you. Uh okay.
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Language proficiency after the
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announcement of announcement of
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preliminary admission decisions.
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Preliminarily admitted applicants must
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submit the original score report by post
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or order score reporting service. If
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you're unable to submit an official
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proficiency test score, you may submit a
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document clarifying certifying that
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you've completed your entire high
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school. like if your if your high school
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education was in Korean or English, you
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can just use that. So we have topic uh
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test of proficiency in Korean, we have
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ILTS, TOEFL. Um you can just like
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whichever is relevant for you which kind
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of depends on your program. Uh you can
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choose that or this uh or multiple let's
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say for example this is let's say let's
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give them some registration now. Let's
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say this this and this doesn't matter
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like this is just for demonstration
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anyway. Personal information, dual
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nationality of Korean and other foreign
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citizenship. No, I have never had a
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Korean citizenship. And then you choose
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nationality. I'm from Turkey, so I'm
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going to type in Turkey and click on
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search. And here it is. Place of birth,
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use my nationality. Passport number,
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please check none if you don't have a
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passport. Or you can just type your
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passport number in. English name, let's
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check, let's say Korean name if any. I'm
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going to choose none. Date of birth. And
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for date of nationality acquired, let's
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use our date of birth and then choose
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mail. Okay. So for foreigners, our
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resident registration number is so this
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is for our birth date. And depending on
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the year, let's say if we are 2007 is
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our birth year, which obviously it's not
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for me. We're going to choose this one
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because we are male. So yeah, this is
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this is my registration number. Uh you
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pick yours. according to your own
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situation. Do you have an alien
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registration number? No. Please provide
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valid contact information for the
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applicant, their family or relatives.
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The application is respons the applicant
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is responsible for any disadvantages
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resulting from the inability to
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establish contact. Mailing address,
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something random, a random phone number,
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a random cell number. Make sure that you
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get the all of these right. If they
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cannot contact you, that will be a
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problem for you, not for them. Right?
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Our email is here. Family information uh
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we can choose father nationality. I'll
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click on search. Sorry about the
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drilling noise. There is renovation
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upstairs. Not much I can do about that.
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Turkey
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parent stores, they can just give them
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the information or not use that. Online
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recommendation letter submission. Okay.
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Only one recommendation letter should be
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submitted and recommener must submit it
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through the designated online website
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from Tuesday March 3 to Friday March 6.
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During this period recommenders
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recommenders may write a recommendation
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letter and if necessary upload the
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applicant's enrollment certificate
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graduation certificate. Uh depending on
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the recommener's email account the
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request email may not reach them. Please
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ensure that the recommener has received
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the email. We recommend that the
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recommener's email be their official
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school account rather than a personal
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account such as Gmail etc. can be
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modified until March 6. However, once
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the recommener is writing or has
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submitted a letter, their information
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cannot be modified. After completing the
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application fee payment, a guide email
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will be automatically sent to the
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recommener. If you need to resend guide
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email, please click or say get the idea.
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So, recommenders uh their name, email,
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and applicant pin. um recommener email
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something random doesn't matter and then
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applicant pin you decide this just
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something with eight characters 8 to 10
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characters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 let's not
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use so this should be fine uh I want to
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apply for a scholarship applying for a
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scholarship will not affect the
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evaluation and admission decisions
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please select no if you don't wish to
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apply for SNU scholarship due to reasons
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such as receiving an external
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scholarship uh recipients will be
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notified provide individually when the
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admission decisions are announced, etc.,
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etc. We're going to choose yes. There's
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no additional information here.
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Supplementary materials. Uh, please
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provide details of the applicants in
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school and extracurricular activities
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like volunteer work, club activities,
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awards during their high school years.
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This is important. And upload supporting
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documents in the upload document,
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supplementary material section. You can
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just choose something here academic
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award um academic activity non-academic
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activity like volunteer work and then
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just give them the information or not
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anything at all. Upload documents. Okay.
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All the documents uploaded at the bottom
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during the application period period
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will be considered for evaluation.
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Submitted by in person or post will ex
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will be excluded from the evaluation.
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These are required. These are optional.
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Uh you have a lot of information here.
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Okay. are the ones with one star u
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they're mandatory these are mandatory
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these are opt language proficiency
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scores uh I'm just going to upload some
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something random here some random uh
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document but make sure your uh documents
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that you upload are like in order
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correct they're true and make sure they
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are all they're all in accordance with
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these these guides here like make sure
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not include any special characters when
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you save and upload files etc etc
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official transcript an official expected
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graduation certificate for high school.
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When submitting transcripts with
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notoriized translations, please upload a
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file with a notorized translation placed
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in front in the front and original
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document in the back. Applicants
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nationality certificate. Upload that as
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well. Both parents nationality
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certificates which is important because
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you know it kind of determines your
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application type certificate of parent
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child relationship. And then we have
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standardized test uh scores or predicted
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scores, language proficiency scores
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other than Karina and or English,
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explanatory statement, supporting
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documents, school profile, supplementary
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materials. Uh these are optional so I'm
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not going to upload them. And then we
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have agreements. Uh please acknowledge
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that SNU may contact the document
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issuing organization. Yeah, click on
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save and next. We have some more stuff
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to do in the application section here.
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Okay, so this section looks good. Save
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and next. Okay. Academic information.
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Please enter in chronological order the
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names and addresses including the zip
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code of all the schools you have
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attended. For admission type one
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applicants, enter only high school. For
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admission type two applicants, please
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provide information for all levels from
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elementary to high school. Since we are
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applying only for admission type one
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here, I'm just going to give them uh the
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high school information. But like it
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should be pretty much the same like four
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years, four years, four years or just
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you know here you can choose uh this
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only shows high school because I've
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chosen admission type one. But if you
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have chosen admission type two uh there
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should be also like uh elementary,
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middle school, etc. Please enter your
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expected graduation date as the last day
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of your current or finally attended high
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school. Send you admit students for the
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spring semester. Yeah, you get the idea.
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Let's add our high school. It's 12
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years. Let's say we've attended from
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2021 to 2025. Okay, so we started first
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semester of first grade and uh second
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semester of fourth grade is when it it
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ended. We've graduated. Country of
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school, Turkey, city, state, name of the
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school. Let's click on search. So it
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gave me some un some high schools in
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Turkey or I can search for more. But if
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the school name is not listed, please
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select etc here at the bottom and then
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enter the school name directly. I'm
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going to choose that and let's say I
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don't know and then let's add that right
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zip code uh something something address
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website let's say not applicable
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telephone and facts and email address I
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don't think these are mandatory I mean
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who uses facts anyway and verification
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of academic records information entered
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below will be used to request an
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academic record verification from your
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high school I'm going to type in the
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same name of the office in charge. Leave
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a blank if none. School authorities
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email address. Teacher or counselor in
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charge. Not sure how you'll find this.
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Good luck with that. Uh, I'm just going
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to give them something random. Personal
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statement and study plan. Please enter
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in Korean or English. Please describe
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your motivation for your desired course.
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You may include information related to
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your preparation for the course and
18:13
relevant academic achievements. Please
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state your goals while studying at Soul
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National University along with your
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study plan. Additionally, you may
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provide a brief description of your
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personal characteristics. Just please
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please please do not use like something
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like AI or you know just like the same
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motivation letter or personal statement
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for more than one school. Just make them
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uh specific to the university.
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Disciplinary history. Have you ever been
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found respons responsible for a
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disciplinary violation at any
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educational institution you have
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attended from 10th grade for? Yeah, you
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get the idea. No. Have you ever been
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adjudicated as guilty or convicted of a
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misdemeanor felony or other crime? Let's
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say no. By completing the application
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fee payment, uh you will not be able to
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withdraw your Yeah, I get dude. Save and
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next. Okay, this section is also done.
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Now, I think I believe when we click on
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save and next, we're going to we're
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going to proceed to the payment section.
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The information below cannot be modified
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after the application. Yeah, please
19:15
confirm all of this is correct. full
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admission type is one undergraduate
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freshman and the program of study. Okay,
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now we are in the payment section.
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Payment details applying to university.
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Um so this is the payment edit personal
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information edit academic information or
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you can just choose the payment method
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account transfer credit card
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international credit card alipe alipe
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easy payment. If you choose
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international credit card, I believe you
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can pay with like yeah master or visa or
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whichever this is. So it's about $40,
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you can choose one of these and then
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give them your credit card information
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and then yeah when you pay again when
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you pay a lot of the a lot of the
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information like personal and academic
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information you cannot modify. So that's
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it. So make sure that before you pay the
20:04
application fee everything is in order,
20:06
everything is correct, everything is
20:08
true. just don't take any chances uh
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because they are very strict about
20:12
these. Anyway, this is as far as I will
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go. Obviously, I'm not going to submit
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an a fake application and I'm not going
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