Attending a Korean University | Sogang University

[@debstrout1844]

It's good to see your video regarding your campus. Very interesting and enjoyed getting to see a different aspect of korean life.

[@VisuallyGreg]

Deb Strout thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed the film

[@gracelilly4103]

I just wanna say thank you for making this video so understanding and enjoyable for me

[@VisuallyGreg]

No problem at all ^^

[@YasmeenMO]

The campus look huge

[@VisuallyGreg]

Yasmeen MO did it? Haha I wondered if it was or not because I felt like the universities in America I visited were bigger but I totally could be wrong haha 😂

[@YasmeenMO]

@@VisuallyGreg true because I visit in America just gets bigger and bigger or smaller and just looks bigger to me

[@VisuallyGreg]

Yasmeen MO haha true! I’ve been to a lot of campuses in California and they were really big hehe 😉

[@YasmeenMO]

@@VisuallyGreg i agree

[@_hymnix]

Apparently sogang is one of the smaller sized unis:o

[@subrina-fij6600]

Your blog was great, you explained very well, thank you😻❤️🇮🇷🇰🇷📚

[@VisuallyGreg]

Your very much welcome ^^

[@sbear6798]

What really struck me in a positive way, was that almost none of the students you filmed on campus had their faces buried in cell phones like here in America. I really enjoyed seeing the campus; great job Greg!

[@VisuallyGreg]

Lolol that is actually not true hahaha but I must’ve captured all of the good sides of everyone then hehe.

[@erikap7105]

Thanks for the video, I'm really looking forward to studying at Sogang this fall. I'm not taking the language program but I'll say hi if I see you on campus!

[@VisuallyGreg]

erika p oh you must already be advanced at korean hehe! Oh that would be nice! Trying to figure out my next plans but if I’m still there, please do say hi if you see me ^_^

[@Anne-kz4fi]

thank you for this tour! So many memories from Sogang... Could you also do a tour or a walking tour of Yonsei, it's in a walking distance from Sogang.

[@iambeautiful.soareyou8474]

Greggggg!! 🥰 your hair made my day 😂🤣 thanks for the tour, i can also read hangeul but don’t know what im Reading 😅

[@VisuallyGreg]

i am beautiful. so are you! Lolol my hair was such a mess one side was curled and the other day was uncurled lol. I suck at doing hair but I’m trying lol. Maybe someday I’ll be good at it. Oh you can read it too!!! Nice lol now we got to learn to understand it haha 😂

[@iambeautiful.soareyou8474]

Visually Greg aha well practice makes perfect no worries 👌🏽 💜. Yes we really need to understand 😅 but at least we took the first step👏🏽👏🏽

[@VisuallyGreg]

i am beautiful. so are you! Yes we are on a roll! Will be fluent in no time haha ^_^ 😁

[@iambeautiful.soareyou8474]

Visually Greg 😆😆

[@TheSkullbones17]

Very breathtaking and a sight to behold!! 😊 You attend one wonderful University with such a variety of things to offer on campus!! 🙌🏽😀

[@VisuallyGreg]

Savage Luffy yeah today they had many different things to look at so it made the video that much more better and had more people outside too

[@TheSkullbones17]

@@VisuallyGreg O well what a perfect way to make a video. Glad it was a coincidence, I'm guessing...? 😂

[@VisuallyGreg]

Savage Luffy haha I was like maybe it will be quiet and ummm there was a fair going on hahaha

[@TheSkullbones17]

@@VisuallyGreg Lol, it be like that sometimes. I know what that's like from my own experiences as well. 😌

[@VisuallyGreg]

Savage Luffy I think it spiced up the tour haha. At least the school was dead but I’m sure everyone was like what is he doing haha! KZbinR???? Lol

[@Chrisomeify]

you sir earned yourself a new sub. Love the videos when you walk around and talk.

[@VisuallyGreg]

Stocktrader oh!!!!! Thanks for joining me ^_^ I really appreciate the sub

[@Diedeledie]

I studied at Sogang for 6 months last year. Hope you enjoy classes there! The teachers are very nice and helpful :)

[@VisuallyGreg]

SapphireBlueWorld I’m glad you really liked it ^_^. Seems like a mix of people not liking some things and liking some things. Did your korean improve a lot?

[@Diedeledie]

@@VisuallyGreg I learned a lot in a short time and was able to speak in Korean freely for a while, but forgot most of it when I moved back home and stopped studying (obviously). If you're planning on staying in Korea for a longer period of time I think Sogang is particularly good for practicing speaking and reading.

[@VisuallyGreg]

SapphireBlueWorld it’s crazy though because my friend said her teacher didn’t have them speak as much but my class we did so I think it depends on your teacher but so far I’ve seen an improvement in my speaking but I still have so many words I don’t know how to say so i would need to study more haha

[@shemflomo4385]

Nice video, please I'm interested in applying but on website, i can't understand. Could please Help me with the process and how is accomodation?

[@ear-me-now5602]

Hey Greg! :-) Is it fairly easy for a foriegn person to get student funding in order to attend the university from the Korean government or does one need to fund the courses themselves?

[@VisuallyGreg]

Kasumi DeeJaY if it’s just the language program then you have to find it yourself but if it’s for a degree then they have scholarships for that. Or if you parent or someone related to you is in faculty then you go can get a discount too. Also the government here does offer the free KIIP classes so that may also be why

[@Anthony-fz9ye]

Pretty good tour. Thanks :)

[@VisuallyGreg]

Anthony M thanks for watching and enjoying it ^_^

[@sleepyginkgo]

you can use your normal sogang ID to get into the library! i'm also only here as a kgp student and i just scan my ID to get in. :) also the campus does feel kinda small compared to bigger US universities!

[@VisuallyGreg]

JinTea crazy! I swear my teacher told us we got to get a different card when she took us on a tour haha. Well thank you for the update ^_^

[@amandahoepers2311]

hey, would ya guys pleaseeee help me? Im applying this year and I wanna study Korean Language and Literature, but I am so scared that they could reject me because I am not korean, do you think it is a possibility or they would like to have foreigners wanting to learn and spread their culture? idk I`m just so nervous lol

[@VisuallyGreg]

amanda hoepers you can totally get in. I think you only need to graduate from high school to go to the language school and then after you can transfer to regular classes or just take the program that helps connects you to a main major afterwards. You’ll be fine really as long as you have enough money to last you 6 months because you can’t work for that amount of time. Good luck ^_^

[@monicmainemendoza1581]

Hi! Do they have high school?

[@justsonjaatje]

Yay!! The video is here :) really liked your tour. Definitely looks like a huge campus compared to the other university I went to. Are you planning on doing a grad school in Korea? If so, are you considering sogang?

[@VisuallyGreg]

Sonja Rustveld I don’t think I’ll be doing grad school haha. I would totally need a plan to do grad school and my dream is to act, model, and sing so I’m just trying to make connections right now.

[@sarahwg2304]

Hello! Thank you for this vlog - that language program sounds very interesting! I just had a quick look at the Sogang website and language center admission requirements... however, I didn't read anything about an age limit. Do you know if there is one? As in "only students up to ages 30 or 35", maybe?

[@VisuallyGreg]

I actually don’t think there is an age limit. I’ve seen people of all ages so I think any age is ok. And as long as you pass high school you can enter. Just got to have enough money for your classes ^_^

[@sarahwg2304]

thank you so much for your reply. That sounds great. I've been thinking about visiting my friend in Korea and I read that you can take classes within your tourist visa so that sounds like the perfect option for me in the future. But yes, gotta save up (more) money haha

[@VisuallyGreg]

Sarah WG I would assume that that’s not the free government classes or a university but I’m sure at a hagwon you probably could take classes while hear on a touring visa

[@RuneAnime]

Are you just taking korean language course on the university or anything more?

[@VisuallyGreg]

Controls just the language classes

[@nataliyainmotion]

I picked to go to a smaller university, but one of the colleges that I applied to is around the same size as Sogang so I think it can be average for the US?

[@VisuallyGreg]

Nataliya In Motion ahhhh ok maybe just the ones I visited were huge but I went to visit colleges in the 11th grade and they were all pretty big. So big that we couldn’t walk around the whole thing during the tours haha

[@benjaminsia891]

Hey there, im planning to take the KLEC nxt year spring. Just want to ask are u renting an apartment or are u staying in the university's dormitory?

[@VisuallyGreg]

BENJAMIN SIA I was staying inside of a share house when I went. The on campus apartments were only for regular students and not the Kiev program when I went

[@benjaminsia891]

@@VisuallyGreg how long is the distance from the share house ur renting to Sogang University? How much is the renter there?

[@VisuallyGreg]

BENJAMIN SIA it was about $400 a month and I found one, close to the school. You might want to look into finding an accommodation close to school. Good luck

[@AsmoGhoul]

I wish I was able to go to a university in south korea, campus life seems so much fun 😩

[@VisuallyGreg]

Taft Euphoria you totally can! You could come here for a degree and that way you can at least apply for government scholarships and so forth! You can do it as long as you set your priorities to achieving that goal ^_^

[@morgane4582]

Hi ! I'm actually searching for universities to go in south korea for an exchange program, and there is something Im worried about : meeting people. Where did you let your friends? And do they have clubs? Are you in one of them ? Have a good day~

[@VisuallyGreg]

Morgane generally if you go to an exchange problem you’ll meet tons of people from other countries but not people of that home country. To meet people native to the country, you have to actually know the language and enroll into regular classes and that still depends on them wanting to interact with you unfortunately. There are clubs but most you need a specific level of language to join. I met the few friends I had that were korean through the meetup app but that too depends on the people and our relationship is a friend relationship and not I’m using you for language relationship so it’s really good. So no matter where you go abroad everything first depends on your language ability and then the people wanting to interact with you and most of the time you have to break out of your shell if you are shy, to meet new people! ^_^ you got this! Just stay positive and if things aren’t going the way you hope it’s best to just leave it be and move on to the next.

[@wgooglie8854]

Hi can you plz share how much minimum GPA requirement for admission?

[@VisuallyGreg]

I went for the foreign language program so there was no GPA requirement at all. If you are trying to transfer there or going for a masters or something like that then there probably is a required GPA but I’m not sure what that would be. You would have to look on the website.

[@wgooglie8854]

@@VisuallyGreg okhy Thank you♥️

[@IshikaShanai]

This place is huge compared to my art university. Granted mine's located in the middle of downtown so space is limited. However, this campus is on par with University of Toronto's Mississauga campus. xD. So yeah, I don't think this university is small at all. America just has really big universities I guess because the ones I saw when I was visiting family in L.A. were HUGE.

[@VisuallyGreg]

Ishika Shanai haha they are huge in America and there is still always limited space when you try to go haha.

[@natalie-dp8tj]

how did you make korean friends?

[@oh_ola9774]

Hey! Are there dorms for transfer students trying to do actual classes there?

[@VisuallyGreg]

Yes it is. But that would mean that your korean is already good to take the regular classes too.

[@oh_ola9774]

@@VisuallyGreg aren't there english classes? oh dear.. in some other countries there are english classes for different degrees.

[@VisuallyGreg]

@@oh_ola9774 they may have some but I’m not for sure. Some universities have that function but then you are limited on degrees that you can take part in

[@danieltan7682]

Is there a lot of homework?

[@VisuallyGreg]

Daniel Tan it’s not a lot really. Like a few pages a day. A lot was repetitive so the homework was the same and you ended up doing it twice basically because you already did it in class but had to do the same thing at home too. So it could be done fairly quickly

[@jp23764]

Is that a good way of learning the local language?

[@ririsangel]

is there like classes for majors like chemistry and these subjects not language? need help

[@VisuallyGreg]

Bc r not sure. You would have to see which schools offer the majors you need in the language that you need it in. Would have to search online or contact them directly

[@ririsangel]

Visually Greg thank you so much!

[@VisuallyGreg]

Bc r your welcome ^_^

[@cindys8629]

So beautiful 😍

[@VisuallyGreg]

Cindy S I’m glad you liked it ^_^

[@흑흑-o6q]

Do u have Instagram!!!

[@VisuallyGreg]

in the description box!

[@user-mz3om1fc5g]

Is life at university fun

[@VisuallyGreg]

Kerbtube it’s going good but I think next quarter will be better ^_^. How’s everything going with you?

[@rosasutcliff6660]

Is there an acceptance rate for sogang?

[@VisuallyGreg]

Rosa Sutcliff since I did the language school portion, as long as you sign up and have the necessary documents for visa processing then you can get in. And if you are already good at korean then you can apply to the school itself which would be a different process from mine.

[@rosasutcliff6660]

Visually Greg I don't know Korean so if I do what your doing and learn a decent amount can I switch to major ?

[@rosasutcliff6660]

also thanks for replying I love your videos❤ I just want to learn more because I want to go as soon as I graduate hs

[@VisuallyGreg]

Rosa Sutcliff you can totally come right after high school. You just have to have $10,000 for the visa and just proof of graduating from high school and then you apply and they let you in haha. Pretty simple really besides the money part because it’s just a language school. And then after you are able to transfer to getting a major there. Just got to complete the language portion first

[@rosasutcliff6660]

Visually Greg ohh OK I can save up to that!~ btw can you do a q&a about living and college in korea? it would help a lot💗

[@sheriexoxopikachu298]

Hi 💚🌼 💚 you should have went in the gym and we all could of check it out together and you could have made a second video on University straight truck food review but overall loved it 😁

[@VisuallyGreg]

sherie xoxo lol they are always doing construction and stuff in and around the building that I wondered if I could enter or not but maybe next time ^_^. And the trucks were quite a surprise because I saw most of them for the first time that day

[@jadavnarendra6057]

Love from india Really very huge campus I really want to learn korean language in Korean University but I don't know how I have no money

[@brokenvery3521]

Are you ok?...

[@hiragana96]

Missing aogang

[@tiffanygale3426]

Hi my name is ricky I want go to sogang university And i have important question for you As my senior First, can you tell me how to apply for become new student and what kind document do you have and send to sogang university Second, can you tell me more about korean langguage and literature departement,because i want take major study on there Last, how about bank account Could you tell me what bank account do you have, When you first arrive in sogang univesity. American bank or not Thanks I hope we can be new friend at sogang university.

[@VisuallyGreg]

You just go to Sogangs Korean Language site and apply there. They will tell you everything you need to know and what you must provide them to become a student there. it depends on what country you come from and the instructions are different, so I would go to their site and apply. It also depends on if you are enrolling as a student or for their language department first and then want to become a student later. Just start off first by going to their website and applying ^^

[@tiffanygale3426]

@@VisuallyGreg how about bank account What kind a bank you use when first come to seoul American bank or korea bank I hope we can be friend when we can get study in sogang Thanks

[@faye3642]

it triggers me that nobody, not even ONE PERSON was playing a sport 😭

[@VisuallyGreg]

lol I don't see too many people doing sports here honestly.