Hello everybody!
I'm moving to South Korea in two days
and I thought I'll share with you how
I applied, how I got my visa and what I'm gonna do in terms of
preparation I guess. So if you're interested stay with me and keep watching!
I'm gonna go for a semester abroad and this time I'm gonna go to South Korea!
My flight is in less than 48 hours and I did not really get to do
anything in terms of packing or learning the language, any other preparations
I'm gonna pack my suitcase tomorrow and do some last-minute laundry and stuff like that
but today
tonight it's like 6:00 pm no it's like 7:00 pm
I wanted to clean out my closet and do some research on places I want to go on my
first day in Seoul
Applying for the University in Korea was not that big a mission because it is a
sister University of my University here in Berlin that means I only had to fill
in an application form and a learning agreement and the deadline was mid-april
so only a couple of months before you go abroad
Filling in the learning agreement
was a bit more time-consuming though because I had to decide at that time what classes I want to take
The English course catalog for the fall semester wasn't out yet
So I was told to look at the catalog from last year because it should be fairly similar
In order for the grades that I get for the classes in Korea to be accredited
I needed to pick classes that have content similar to the ones I would do here at my University
This means after I found some courses that I was interested in
I had to present the course list to the head of the faculty and she needed to be okay with that list
I had to do some adjustments but in the end I was quite satisfied with what I got
I then also applied for scholarship and financial aid which meant filling in more forms,
writing motivational letters, handing in different certificates
And I also got a second job to save some money so that kept me quite busy
But I got everything that I applied for so I'd say it was worth it
If you don't do all of that stuff
applying merely for the semester abroad is quite simple and quickly done
After applying at my University here and they gave their okay to the learning agreement and all that
I had to apply directly for the University in Korea
For that in addition to the learning agreement you also need a passport photo,
a copy of your passport, some forms that are really easy to fill in
and an academic transcript in English
The deadline for that was mid May and I got my acceptance notification in mid-june
in addition to a certificate which I needed
to apply for my visa
Okay so the guy who's in charge for the visa applications isn't there today
Because they have some sort of event but I handed in all my application forms anyway and all my paperwork
and I hope that everything is okay
He asked me if I could come back tomorrow but I have exams so
He told me it's gonna be around a week until it's done so that's pretty quick
I have to say that I was surprised by the by the embassy itself
The section was pretty small and compared to the Japanese embassy there is not much security
Like the Japanese embassy
there is like a passport control at the entrance
you have to like empty your pockets like basically at the airport
They scan your bag and all that and there there was just a doorbell and then you go in and
then you're there and then he gave me a number and yeah
I'm glad that it's done
I hope it will work out
I applied
Long story short I'm leaving in two days, yesterday was my last day at work
and now I'm ready to clean out my closet because I thought I'd do that before I start packing tomorrow
so let's get to it
So I donated most of the clothes that I thought I would not wear anymore or would not want to take to Korea
and that for me was an indicator that those might not be my favorite clothes
or my favorite items and why hang on to them if you're not gonna wear them?
Obviously I cannot pack that much, I have a limitation so
I'm not gonna get rid of everything that I'm not gonna take but there are just some
items I thought ok, I'm not gonna wear that and then there's others where it's kind
of hard to decide but those ones that I knew I'm definitely not gonna take
I just thought I'd donate
It was also a really good preparation for packing
because I already had kind of an idea of what is in my closet that I want to take
and that will just speed up the process of packing
So I packed everything up that I sorted out and then donated it
So now I thought I'm gonna do some research regarding SIM cards and shops I
want to visit when I'm in Seoul before meeting my friend for dinner there somewhere
I'm staying at a hostel in Myeongdong, maybe I can check out how to get there from the airport
Although I think I got a confirmation email
It had a description of how to get there from the airport
Myeongdong-Stay
There are two ways from Incheon Airport to here by bus blah blah blah Myeongdong-station or train, subway
I found different kinds of SIM cards especially for foreigners
from 30 days to like 90 days but I'm not sure if these are the best options so
I'm probably going to wait with that until I'm there
There's some interesting data plans from different companies but I'm not sure if
I can get them before I have my alien registration card so I'm gonna find that out in Korea
Thank you so much for watching!
I hope to see you again in my next video which is going to be my trip to Seoul
So if you don't want to miss that hit that subscribe button and see you soon bye


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