My Seoulful Life

  Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog. Grades are one of the qualifications scholarship programs are looking into, especially fully-funded scholarships because they want to invest in you and they want to make sure that you are qualified and worth it for their offer. In this topic, we will assess the grade qualifications by Global Scholarship Program (GKS). Q: My General Weighted Average is 70%. Can I apply for this program? A: No, because as stated in their qualifications, you should have at least 80% or above to qualify for the program. Anyone below 80% will be rejected automatically. Conversion of Grades Open new Excel file or Google Sheets. You can convert your grades by: Step 1: List down all your grades with their corresponding units Step 2: Multiply Grades with Units, then make another table for the product. Step 3: Sum up Units and Sum up Total Product. Step 4: Divide the (Sum of the Total product) with (Sum of Units) = GPA per sem. sample To get CGPA , simply do an averag...

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog! As we all know, one of the requirements in applying for the Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) is the Diploma and TOR. I will be talking about this since these documents are crucial and also will not be RETURNED  to you. DIPLOMA Your Diploma certifies that you are a graduate of that certain school and have successfully passed all the academic requirements for you to reach graduation. Now, other schools do not issue the DIPLOMA more than once - except when you lose your diploma (you will get affidavit of loss). The alternative to diploma in which GKS also accepts is the Certificate of Bachelor's Degree. This certificate states that you are a graduate of that University in the year____ and bears your school logo with seal. This document is a sample only, since I have submitted the original, I just kept a photocopy just in case. TOR Transcript of Records (TOR) is also a very important requirement. This "original" document can be requested from...

  Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog. :) We all know that the pandemic has started last year, 2020, and it did affect us all, including us, scholars. I have been awarded this scholarship during the peak spread of the COVID-19. I thought that I would still be able to go to South Korea last August 6, 2020, given the fact that I was a scholar of the Korean Government and that they invited me to go there through the Invitation Letter they have sent me. As things got worse, I was not able to go. I took a six(6) month Leave of Absence. So, once the student visa ban is lifted, this is what we are going to do or comply - the COVID-19 Testing Requirements That's it. :)

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog :) A lot of you are worried about the recommendation letter. I made this post to help you become calm and at ease. Recommendation letters are a crucial part of the scholarship application process but don't let that stress you out! Here are some information and tips on how you can prepare and complete your RLs. Recommendation Letter 1. How to Start? First, you may use the previous GKS Form for this section ONLY . This is to help you become prepared as they usually open the scholarship application around 2nd week of February and then closes about 3rd week of March. Last year, they posted February 11~March 15, 2020.  The deadline depends if you are EMBASSY TRACK (depends on the Korean Embassy in your country) and if you are UNIVERSITY TRACK (depends on the university you are applying to). Sample Recommendation Form 2. Go to your previous university - print out that form and ask your professors to fill in the details and attach additional paper for h...

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog! If you already have seen my previous posts, you already know that I was a recipient of the Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) 2020 . To tell you, I am not yet in South Korea. I was supposed to be at my University last August 5, 2020 . We have been affected and the student visa processing was temporarily banned. Countries banned were the Philippines, Indonesia, Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Kyrgyzstan. Now, other countries such as Pakistan, Russia, and Indonesia are able to process student visas but we, here in the Philippines, are still temporarily banned. I just don't understand the basis of this restriction. I know we have this pandemic but why other countries that have the most number of COVID-19 cases were able to process? In my case, I already took a Leave of Absence for six (6) months in my university. NIIED allows LOA for one (1) year provided you have a valid reason. Other universities offer online classes but once you take online cl...

Hello again, future scholars! Here we are on Part 4 of How to Apply for Scholarships. Basically, any scholarship has the same documents they need/require in order to assess you as a candidate for the scholarship. Almost all scholarships require these - your Statement of Purpose, Study Plan, and Future Plans. We will tackle all about this here :)  Statement of Purpose: Ask yourself, "Why do you want to Study in Korea?". Please do not say these things: - I love K-pop - I love K- Drama . . .It is a BIG NO! You should have a reasonable reason why you want to study in Korea (i.e., They value education a lot, state-of-the-art facilities, etc.). You can highlight what Korea has that you do not have in your home country. Also, put here why do you want to take up a Masters/Doctorate Degree and that particular major. State its significance to your home country and Korea. What's in it for them? Study Plan: Here, you should state what are you going to do actually when in Korea? Like...

Hello there!~ Hope you are doing well. 😄😄😄 So, you've decided to apply. You finished the application forms and attached all the requirements placed in a portfolio. Sent it to the embassy (embassy track) in your country or directly to the university (uni track). The scholarship committee reviewed your application and tadah. . . you are qualified. You passed the document screening! Congrats! What's next??? - INTERVIEW. INTERVIEW *Note: ONLY selected applicants or applicants who passed the document screening will be able to proceed to the interview phase. The university/embassy will be contacting you via email.* I applied via UNIVERSITY TRACK . So I sent my documents directly to my university. Then, after screening, they contacted me via email for my Skype Interview. I was really disappointed by the internet connection at that time that I really cried after the interview! My interview was cut actually, and I thought they will never call again. Glad, they called me again after 5...