UNIVERSITY OR EMBASSY TRACK FOR GKS APPLICATION

[@BeautyValentine-g7y]

Thank you for this much information, I'll be going through your channel while i preppe. Would be wonderful to ask questions as it happens

[@Ssaemng]

@@BeautyValentine-g7y thank you for joining our community and I’d be delighted to answer questions that would help you in prepping! All the best ✨

[@DedeBuko]

Okay, this was comprehensive ✨

[@Ssaemng]

@@DedeBuko 🫶🏻✨

[@EruagaMiracleAliakwe]

My uncle said I could just stamp my original waec and birth certificate, then make photo copies and submit .

[@temmyracheal6150]

Hello thank you for all your educative videos ❤. Please around what time of the year does GKS -G application start?

[@Ssaemng]

@@temmyracheal6150 thank you for watching ✨❤️🤗. Applications for Gks_G usually opens in February

[@SAVEWITHODUN]

Good afternoon ma. As regards my documents I'm using declaration of age, should I continue with it or I will need Birth certificate and also my dad is late with no death certificate can i use a guardian certificate (that surname does not match) as proof of parent citizenship?. Thank you

[@Ssaemng]

@@SAVEWITHODUN Hi Olatunji, if you have to use your actual birth certificate provided by the National Population Commission. If you intend to use your guardian’s certificate then the sure name has to tally with yours

[@DARAMOLAEstherFolashade]

While choosing tracks, should we consider our backgrounds......i mean the certificates, the awards, the languages certificate Should they be considered while choosing a track

[@Ssaemng]

@@DARAMOLAEstherFolashade I don’t think that should be a primary thing because at the end of the day your documents will still go to the selected school(s) you’ve chosen and they make the decision so your certificate and awards are not pertinent in choosing a track for application. And to the best of my knowledge the context of the video are some factors I believe should be put into consideration

[@DARAMOLAEstherFolashade]

@Ssaemng do u have idea about those using HND certificate Do we need to legalise the ND certificate and transcripts also The reason I am asking is that, there is a part in the application form where u are asked to fill your CGPA and score percentile, what do we do in this case cos it's like we have two results here i.e Nd and Hnd Thanks for all you do on Only God can thank you enough

[@idaraudoekpo6868]

please i am supposed to legalise my documents in the Korea Embassy before the opening for applications

[@Ssaemng]

@@idaraudoekpo6868 if possible, yes. However your documents should be legalized at least 6month before application opens.

[@THEYORUBATRAVELLER]

Hello Franca, please can you share your interview experience at the KCCN? What questions did they ask you and how the whole interview went. Thank you ✨

[@Ssaemng]

@@THEYORUBATRAVELLER sure! Will do 😊💛✨

[@THEYORUBATRAVELLER]

@@Ssaemng Thank you

[@Faithpreston5]

I want to apply but I'm a graduate but didn't graduate from any Nigeria University ,I finished my bachelor's degree in Togo under credit transfer but I just finished this year and my certificate is not yet out .. should I still apply to gks as graduate or undergraduate and if I should apply graduate will they consider knowing the facts that my degree isnt from my home country

[@shundaiontop]

That doesn't necessarily matter if your degree is not from your country as long as it's credible and done in English, and if not, then have IETLS/ TOPIK. As for which track UG/ G I'd say,, apply for graduate after all you are done with undergraduate unless you don't like your degree but I wouldn't advice you to do this year for UG, coz it's already out and the process is quite long and tiring much less if you don't have TOPIK since most UG courses are in korean 100% and GKS-G is next year so by then I guess your transcript will be out. Am applying next year too coz I finished this year. so if you want a preparation buddy, hit me up . I want one 😭.

[@Ssaemng]

@@Faithpreston5 you can apply for the graduates program as far as you meet the eligibility stated in the GKS guidelines (you can find that on the website @www.studyinkorea.go.kr) Also so far as the university you graduated from provides you with your degree certificate and complete transcript you can legalize the documents and apply for the Gks graduates program.

[@Rociegold]

Please I'm applying through university track, and my school said I should submit 1 original 3 photocopies. Is it original of all documents including letter of recommendation and application and photocopies of all documents. Or just 3 photocopies of apostilled documents

[@Ssaemng]

@@Rociegold Hi, the ORIGINAL shouldn’t be your Original certificates . It should be the copies apostilled (which stands as your Original) + 3 photocopies of the apostilled documents.

[@Rociegold]

@@Ssaemng I know like they said submit 1 original 3 photocopies. So I'm asking if I should make 3 photocopies each of all documents or just the authenticated documents. Because they dint specify. They just said "submit 1 original and 3 photocopies" through postal to the following address.

[@Ssaemng]

@@Rociegold yes make 3 photocopies of each document (those with authentication and those without)

[@Rociegold]

@@Ssaemng what of the recommendation letter how will I do it

[@Ssaemng]

@@Rociegold your recommender should provide you with a letter accordingly as specified In the guideline

[@beckychidi-abel534]

Hi Franca, thank you so much for this video🥰 please I heard from some GKS scholars that going through the university track is 50/50 cuz You might pass the first interview round by the University, but might not get selected by NIIED for the second round. Where as the embassy track, once you get to or pass the interview round, it’s 80% guaranteed you’ll be selected by NIIED and pass the rounds… Please how true is this🙏🏽

[@Ssaemng]

@@beckychidi-abel534 Hi Becky, sorry for the delayed response. that’s true. For the embassy round it’s easier to tell if you’ll make it to the finalists because once you pass first round selection (interview by the embassy) and pass second round selection (interview by your respective university, they’d offer you admission so you’re certain you’ll get in) and then third round selection ( usually by you but technically by niied because if your school offers you admission and you accept you then email niied informing them of your final choice) and at the end of the day niied’s selection is based off your email to them.

[@beckychidi-abel534]

@@Ssaemng thank you so much for your help🥰I’m so grateful🙏🏽

[@Ssaemng]

@@beckychidi-abel534 glad I could help

[@EruagaMiracleAliakwe]

Ma what are the documents I’m doing affidavit of ownership of documents for?

[@Ssaemng]

@@EruagaMiracleAliakwe birth certificate, degree and transcript

[@EruagaMiracleAliakwe]

@@Ssaemng thank you ma, but what form should I attach it to ?

[@Ssaemng]

@@EruagaMiracleAliakwe you’re going to submit the affidavit to the Korean embassy when you go to authenticate your documents. They’ll ask for it

[@EruagaMiracleAliakwe]

@@Ssaemng thank you ma

[@EruagaMiracleAliakwe]

@@Ssaemng ma the legalization process takes a week right ?

[@Igweangel]

Hi please i have some questions about the documents Am i to carry original documents to the federal ministry of foreign affairs or just photo copies?

[@Ssaemng]

@@Igweangel both copies. They’d have to see the original before signing the photocopies so please take both copies

[@DARAMOLAEstherFolashade]

Do we need to notarised awards and other optional certificates

[@Ssaemng]

@@DARAMOLAEstherFolashade supplementary documents do not need authentication or legalization

[@LARSONJULIETJULYA]

Pls reply me Dr I study sciences in high school but want to apply for law(social science) for undergraduate degree is it possible

[@Ssaemng]

@@LARSONJULIETJULYA it’s possible so far as you are able to defensively explain/ write about it in your personal statement and also explain to the interview committee ( on the day of interview) why you want to a change of field to a social science/art course (if asked)

[@Igweangel]

Please can you help me clear my confusion on the transcript part? I am applying for GKS-U On my high school transcript cgpa, my cgpa was recorded per year SS1 and SS2, excluding ss3 because of waec My ss1 cgpa is 70.10 while my ss2 cgpa is 70.75 on a scale of 100 My ss3 was not recorded because of waec Can i use my ss2 cgpa 70.75, in the transcript part? I also have a letter from my school that says i graduated among the top 15 students in my class But the transcript part is my problem My schools grading system is A 75-100 B 65-74 C 50-64 D 45-49 E 40-44 F 0-39 And it was included on my transcript. Please just help ke use this information I provided to answer the question God bless you 🙏 ❤️

[@Ssaemng]

@@Igweangel 😥. The Gks_U applicants I know have a transcript that carries the grades for ss1-3, so I do not know so much about this. However you can refer to the guidelines for clarification on this and if you do not find any information you can always contact NIIED via email for clarification

[@Igweangel]

@@Ssaemng thank you so much

[@Miraclechigere]

Did u pay for hostel

[@Ssaemng]

@@Miraclechigere yes I did

[@Faithpreston5]

Is February for graduate program

[@Ssaemng]

@@Faithpreston5 yes it is