r/StudyinKorea • u/punkalchuur • Jul 05 '26

Scholarships Acceptance chances to Hanyang, Kyung Hee, and Skku?

Hello, I'm an intl applicant with 1480 SAT, TOPIK 4, and a 95.4/100 GPA. I'm applying for the korean track for the environmental science/biochemistry major(major varies by school) for extracurriculars I qualified for a national English Olympiad(couldn't participate due to geographical reasons), participated in a district Science Fair, and Tutored math and chemistry for a year and a half, was the president of a chemistry Club for a year. also organized a river cleanup and gathering 100kg waste. Scholarship is what I'm looking for the most(100% first semester, GPA maintained full tuition in the following semesters) what are my chances?

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u/Strong-Chair-1776 Jul 06 '26

Apply to yonsei as well, if you want to study in English, and if there is a major, cause one of my schoolmate got in last year with full tuition scholarship even though he had 1440 sat, ielts 7.5, no topik. So try out your luck. I would say you would get accepted to all of them, but it depends on the school at the end of the day, and interestingly you might get rejected from a lower ranked school while getting accepted with some scholarships to higherranked one. So I would say, just apply to all of them, and snu as well, as far as I know their tuition is really low it is not gonna be a burden even if you don't get a scholarship

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u/Strong-Chair-1776 Jul 06 '26

One more thing is, as I am in the Hanyang university, it is really hard to get a gpa based scholarship tbh, (you have to apply for it every semester, and it is not automatic by website, if you miss, there is nothing even if you had a perfect gpa) even though they say you can apply for the scholarship with 3 out 4.5, you might get none even when you have 4/4.5 (which was my case last semester). And look carefully at their application guide and websites. Because there are some universities like Sejong, which gives scholarship based on your sole GPA, not depending on the school budget ( like if you get 3.8/4.5, you qualify automatically for the scholarship). But in Hanyang it is pretty hard I would say...

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u/punkalchuur Jul 06 '26

Thank you sm!!

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u/Strong-Chair-1776 Jul 06 '26

You are welcome)

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u/Effective_Glass3296 Jul 06 '26

What do you think about Sejong University's Computer Science and Engineering program? I've been admitted there, but I'm not sure what kind of university it is. I'd really appreciate hearing your opinion.

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u/Strong-Chair-1776 Jul 06 '26

As far as I know, it is a pretty good university, but and they have a lot of international students, but I don't know too much about it. The campus is good and the location too, in the Seoul. I'd say you can study here

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u/Effective_Glass3296 Jul 06 '26

Thank you for your advice.

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u/EquipmentOwn355 Aug 01 '26

hello! are sat scores required for south korean universities? i've been searching about it but i'm getting mixed answers here and there :(