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hmm jeg tror at det viktigste er å skrive hvorfor du har valgt akkurat Yonsei, hva din tilknytning til Korea er, og hvordan du fant på at du ville studere koreansk. En annen ting som er viktig å få med er hvilke fremtidsutsikter du har, og hva du vil "gjøre" med en evt grad fra KLI. (for eksempel at du ser for deg å bli koreansklærer i Norge, eller at du rett og slett vil begynne på en universitetsgrad i korea etterpå og dermed trenger språkkunnskapene til det). Men skriv gjerne utfyllende om deg selv, så de får en idé om hvem du er. Jeg tror de lettere tar inn elever fra Europa rett og slett for å få litt mangfold, for det er voldsomt mange kinesere og japanere på skolen! Så lenge du skriver en god stil så stror jeg ikke det er noe problem for deg å komme inn :)
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Takk :) Jeg tror ikke de vurderer deg bare utifra karakterene. Det var en del elever når jeg gikk der som ikke akkurat var de "skarpeste knivene i skuffen" for å si det sånn, så de kan umulig ha tatt inn folk bare basert på karakterer. Jeg tror personlig at essayet du blir bedt om å sende inn med søknaden teller ganske mye!
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hello :) in my opinion, the environment in Seoul isn't that bad. In the summer you can sometimes smell the sewage system from the streets, but I've never experienced any bad-smelling toilet drains in any apartments. At night time, especially in areas with a lot of students, there will be some trash in the streets and it looks messy because of people throwing around lots of cards advertising for nightclubs or callgirls. However in the morning, it's all cleaned up and nice. the yellow dust is supposed to be quite the problem, but I've never actually noticed or been bothered by it in any way.
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hi, thank you for such kind words about my blog ^^ to answer your question; no, you do not need to know korean in order to study at the KLI. If you don't know any korean, you will be put in level 1, and you'll be learning korean from scratch! :)
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hi~ sorry for replying so late, I guess you're already in Korea by now..! But to answer your question, I think most of the things you use in your everyday life, you'll be able to find in korea too. Just be sure to bring very important things, or things that you'll be needing right away (that you don't have time to go out looking for in korea). Other than that, packing too much clothes is not a good idea, as you'll probably be shopping a lot once you're there. Also, notebooks and such are unnecessary to bring, since there are so many cute and cheap ones to buy in korea (for example if you go to Kyobo bookstore or Artbox). that's pretty much all I can think of :)
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hello, sorry for the late reply! if there is anything specific you are wondering about, don't hesitate to ask, and I will do my best to answer quickly ^^
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Hi :) yeah, I can speak korean quite well now. I finished level 5 in Yonsei KLI, meaning 5 semesters with a duration of about 3 months for each. Actually, just taking the class isn't enough to get to the level I am at now, using korean in my everyday life has helped me a lot to improve. If you are going to take the language class, I also suggest either making a lot of korean friends (and communicating with them only in korean!!), or getting a korean language exchange partner. As for what you can do after having studied the language, I didn't graduate the KLI (I had one semester left and didn't see the point of taking it), so I don't think I'm qualified for teaching korean, but that was never my plan either. I have some chinese friends that graduated and are now teaching korean in China, so yeah you can absolutely teach as a teacher afterwards.
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hi, sorry for such a late reply! I haven't checked my formspring in forever. At Yonsei KLI I took the regular course and finished level 5. There are two types; the course that goes over 6 semesters, or the course that takes 8 semesters to finish (meaning the 8-semester course is just slower but you learn the same in a longer amount of time). Most people take the 6 semesters course :)
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Hei! tror det var ditt spørsmål jeg fikk for et par dager siden ja, rakk bare ikke å svare :P Jeg tok ingen vaksiner før jeg dro, og det har gått helt fint. Det er ingen krav om å ta noen som helst vaksiner for å dra til Korea, men det går an å ta noen for sikkerhetsskyld hvis man har lyst til det. Da må du nesten høre med en lege om det eller noe, for jeg aner virkelig ikke (siden jeg som sagt lot være å ta vaksiner, liker ikke de noe særlig). Jeg synes ikke egentlig man trenger det for å dra til Korea, hadde vært noe annet hvis det for eksempel var snakk om Afrika eller noe. Når det gjelder X-rays, så regner jeg med du mener chest x-ray og sånn som man må ta for å bo på dormen? Jeg bare gikk og spurte i resepsjonen på dormen i Korea når jeg kom, om hvor det var greiest å få gjort det. Så fikk jeg en veibeskrivelse og gikk for å gjøre det. enkelt og greit. Husker ikke hvor i huleste det var forresten, var et lite legekontor tror jeg.
Og så spurte du om alien registration i det forrige spørsmålet, sant? Det er også noe du ordner når du har komt til Korea, du kan gjøre det etter 2 måneders tid, men FØR 90 dager har gått. Foreigner registration card får du laget hos Seoul Immigration Office (som ligger i gåavstand fra Omokgyo subway station). Da må du ta med en del dokumenter som bank statement (som sier at du har nok penger til å fortsette å være i Korea), skolebevis (dette får du i resepsjonen på skolen), passbilde, passet ditt osv. Må også fylle inn en registration form. Kan være du trenger et par dokumenter til, men husker ikke hva det skulle være.. Jeg dro hvertfall bare dit og spurte han i resepsjonen hvilke dokumenter som var nødvendige! -
Hi Michelle! Yes, I would very much recommend Yonsei KLI. I really enjoyed studying there! As you are already decent in both speaking and writing korean, you would have to take a placement test first, and then see what level you should start on. I had quite a few classmates like you when I attended the KLI - koreans born/grown up overseas who already knew a little korean, thus started at a higher level. Some started on level 3, some as high as level 5 :) Also, after level 6 there are more levels up to 8 (which are not that intense), so afterwards you could attend those as well to become as fluent as possible!
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Hei! Jeg studerte ved Yonsei Korean Language Institute (for å lære meg koreansk). Her er linken; yskli.com! Søkte meg inn på "Regular Program", der begynner man på level 1 og er ferdig etter level 6. Du kan ta så mange av levlene du vil, ett level tar ca 3 mnd å bli ferdig med. Jeg tok i alt 5 levler, og synes ikke at jeg trengte noe særlig mer enn det :)
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Thank you! For the New Years Eve, I know they hold some sort of big event with ringing of a huge bell at midnight and lots of fireworks and such, I think it's held at City Hall. Other than that I'm really not sure, I don't think there are that much other things to do (that's probably why there are SO many people attending the event with the bell and fireworks, I guess). However I'm sure a lot of foreigners have their own events or parties and such, I haven't checked though.
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hei! beklager VELDIG sent svar, må ha oversett spørsmålet ditt eller noe.. Men uansett, det er veldig mange som har spurt om akkurat dette med hvor mye penger man trenger for et studieår her, så jeg har svart på det mange ganger før. Det er ikke noe fasitsvar på dette - det er utrolig forskjellig hva folk bruker penger på (f.eks bruker noen flere tusen i mnd på drikking og festing, mens andre bruker flere tusen på shopping, mens andre igjen ikke bruker penger på noen av delene). Ettersom det er veldig individuelt råder jeg alltid folk til å sette seg ned og regne litt på det selv - man vet jo tross alt godt selv hva man kommer til å bruke penger på i løpet av en mnd. Jeg har gitt masse svar på hva forskjellige ting koster, som leie, spise ute, ta buss/subway osv, så hvis du blar litt i spørsmålene mine så finner du alt du trenger for å regne ut hvor mye du sånn circa vil trenge for ett år i Korea! og hvis du lurer på kostnader for noe annet, så er det bare å spørre :)
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I'm sorry, I really don't know much about this.. There should be a lot of art/design schools here (I don't know of any though) - but if there are some schools that has an english program for foreigners, they will have a website too. So just try to find what you're looking for through google :) Usually every school has some scholarships, but they're mostly for students with either really good grades or those who come from really "poor" countries. The school website should have some information about this, and if not then just send them an email and ask :)
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Actually, most foreign students in Norway prefer to stay in so-called "student apartments". They are big buildings with many affordable apartments inside (all for students only). Unfortunately renting something outside of that is a little difficult, as you'd have to probably stay in Norway for a few weeks first to look at apartments and such (the house owner will usually not let you rent the apartment by agreeing on it through the internet, they want you to come look at it and they want to see who you are etc). Also, you'd be competing with all the other norwegian students (from other norwegian cities) who are also looking for a place to live.. and there are MANY of those students, sometimes there are 20 people coming to look at one apartment at the same time..
So if you really want to rent a 70 square meters apartment in Norway, you'll have to do that probably a few months before the start of your studies in order to have a chance at all (and it's gonna be quite expensive as well!! probably around 8000nok per month or so - convert it online to what you want to compare it to). The student apartments however, are actually reserved for as much foreign students as possible, so that the foreign students who wants to live in those apartments are guaranteed one upon arriving in norway before the studies starts. Of course you'll have to apply for a student apartment though, so that they know you want one. They should be from 3500nok to 6000nok for the best ones. They're not as big as 70 square meters, but most of them are really nice :) -
Actually, I don't have an apartment in Norway. My parents have an apartment in the city in addition to their house in the countryside, and they love to stay in their house in the countryside during the summer when the weather is good, so I'm free to use the apartment in the city during that time. My parents mostly stay in the apartment during the winter since it's closer to their workplaces and commuting is less of a hassle from there.
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thank you, what a nice thing to say ^^ I'll continue blogging about Korea for as long as I'm here!
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I really don't remember the exact amount, but I had probably saved up a lot more than I needed (just in case). I had enough money to eat out whenever I wanted, go shopping as much as I wanted and so on. If you're wondering how much money you'll need, look at some of my answers to monthly living expenses in Korea (I've answered it many times), and try calculating it based on what you know you'll be using money for and how many months you'll be staying. And don't forget to add the cost of the plane ticket :)
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man må ikke kjøpe ny telefon nei, men hvis den norske telefonen din er bundet til en kontrakt i norge, så kan du ikke bruke den i Korea. Det er mange norske telefoner man ikke kan bruke i korea (pga båndvidden eller noe, tror jeg det var), men for eksempel Iphone eller Samsung skal nok gå greit. Har en venninne som fikk ordnet sin HTC så den kunne brukes i Korea, men det ble visst litt dyrt. Ellers kan du jo bare kjøpe en enkel brukttelefon for rundt 200kr, og bare bruke den :)
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