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Where I'm headed to next

Hello hello!

I want to make this blog to explain and tell you about my experience of applying to study abroad and HOPEFULLY i can start to write about each and every university application process that i went through. But as of right now i just wanted to give a little update and tell you that I'll be attending Yonsei Underwood International College in Incheon, Korea!! super excited for the thrill ride of living alone in a foreign country. As of now, i'm working on getting my certificate of admissions by sending them documents through post and paying the tuition fee and after that, i should be able to work on my study visa. They sent the email about how to get the COA so suddenly and i literally only have one week to get it done (they do allow late submissions but that would mean that you would also get the COA late). The legalization requirement is the thing that's driving me crazy rn because 1 document has to undergo multiple steps of verification and i'm just impatient LOL.

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applying to universities abroad

To be honest, I started this blog too late. I'm mostly done with all my applications, the only thing I have left to do is an interview (which is happening in 2 days)

For some context and background, I am a fresh high school graduate from Jakarta, Indonesia. I studied using the Indonesian national curriculum and English isn't my first language but I'd like to believe that I have full professional proficiency.

This past semester. I have devoted so much time and effort into applying for universities abroad. I applied to 4 universities in total, which are:

Yonsei Underwood International College

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

University of British Columbia

National University of Singapore

I plan to major in Interaction Design so I chose whichever majors were the closest to it in every uni. Since I come from a middle-upper economic background with 2 other siblings that are also still financially dependent on my parents, I ought to seek scholarships in all of these universities.

The application process for most of these univs are relatively similar in that you have you fill out your identity, write essays and submit documents online. However, for Yonsei UIC, I had to print out my application and mail the documents straight to South Korea. Most of the documents are easy to collect (especially with the help of my brilliant Tata Usaha staff I love you pak Rubi, I owe you so much), but some documents require specific certifications (like notarization and apostille stamps) which penultimately is the most tedious part of the process, aside from writing the essays of course.

I started applying in November of 2022 and I am not finished up to this point so you best believe that my application process really took a toll on me MENTALLY 😂 bc of complications and all that jazz (I made sure it didn't affect my studies tho, to be able to graduate is ####1).

The last step I'd have to do is an interview for Yonsei UIC and it's happening in 2 days! wml guys😭🙏 I'll make sure to update about that.

Until then, gewdbye <3

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nice to meet you!

Hi, this will be a very much on-going archive of my journey to (try to) conquer the world!

I will be mostly posting about interesting experiences I thought I would share (mostly about university and studying abroad).