EVERYTHING you should know BEFORE STUDING ABROAD in KOREA!

[Timestamps and CC available!!]

Hello and welcome to this video 🤩 If you're here because you're planning to or almost studying abroad in South Korea, congratulations!

My name is Lynne and I recently studied abroad in Seoul in the Fall of 2023 at Yonsei University. It was the best time of my life (as you can probably tell from the video and my channel). I know that the most helpful resources for my pre-departure process were alumni, and so I'm hoping to compile all of the answers to questions I had asked them or guides on the confusing/lengthy processes I went through while I prepared to leave for Seoul.

Please remember to take everything I say in this video with a grain of salt, as I am only one person and I can only represent my specific experience at Yonsei, in Seoul, in South Korea, etc. I truly hope this can be a resource for those of you who are going abroad soon, so please let me know if you have any other questions!

As you can probably see, this video is LONG (sorry, but I'm quite the yapper). So I've included timestamps below and you can also turn on CC to follow along!

Once again, good luck to everyone getting ready to study abroad! I wish you the best of times :))

Timestamps:
00:00 - 03:57 Intro
03:57 - 05:11 Finding a Program
05:11 - 10:48 Application (UCEAP Specific)
10:48 - 11:24 Application (Yonsei)
11:24 - 13:57 Housing (Yonsei Dorms)
13:57 - 16:58 My Off-Campus Housing
16:58 - 18:35 Interjection about Yonsei Campus and Dorm Location
18:35 - 21:36 My Goshiwon Experience
21:36 - 24:56 Getting Your Visa
24:56 - 28:12 Getting you ARC
28:12 - 30:57 Plane Tickets to Korea
30:58 - 32:37 Traveling in Korea
32:38 - 33:45 Solo Travel
33:46 - 35:28 Bookmarking on Naver Maps
35:29 - 35:52 Travel Safety
35:53 - 36:02 Packing
36:03 - 43:08 Class Registration (Yonsei)
43:08 - 46:47 Apps to Download
46:47 - 48:54 SIM card
48:54 - 49:48 Healthcare
49:48 - 50:18 International Fees on Credit Card
50:18 - 53:30 Studying the Language, Laws, Culture, History
53:31 - 54:20 Closing

💗 Hi! My name is Lynne and I'm a 21 year old Japanese-American girl who loves travel, baking, and pretty things :) I'm a university student from Southern California and I spent my last semester studying abroad at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea 🇰🇷

follow me on instagram! @lynneguine_

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[jupiny]

watching this like 16 days before I go to Seoul for an exchange program and I've been soooo nervous. Thank you for this video!

[Oscarshepherd]

i am soon going to yonsei university for 4 year undergradute + 1 year language. this video was helpful.

[Emma-uuin]

Watching this literally while packing for Seoul!

[fahsasinapa]

Great video since i'm going for an exchange this fall, this video provides me lots of great information. Thanks!

[m]

Can you share your naver list with all the saved places? :)

[RgrElw]

i just watched the whole video, thank you for that cause it's truly usefull. my current goal is to go in yonsei UIC in fall 2025, so i've got one year to plan everything. as a non english speaker as maternal language this is so freaking hard for me to understand all the requirement to get to yonsei, but that's smh exciting lol. i've got few questions btw maybe you can help me: is it hard to get full scholarship in yonsei? i mean i definitely can't get in korea if i have to pay fee on my own so i'm stresses about that. also i heard that the korean government offer a scholarship as well, so maybe you know if it's possible to apply for both of them? my text is too long sorry. anyway thanks for your vid again, i'll surely watch it again when i'll start applying!

[mrw.x]

did you need any specific information to book your arc appointment? like a korean phone number?