This guy entered in 1999 and still looks like in his 20s hahaha

I'M GOING TO KOREA UNIVERSITY IN AUGUST!!!!!!!!!!

whaaat, you guys all attend(ed) Korea University?! 대박.

Great video very informative. Thank you guys

Love it! Learned a lot!

Loved the talk, u go guys!!

it was so helpful!thank you guys!)

AWESOME VIDEO!!

How exciting! I'm transferring to Korea University next summer so this was very helpful~ I was actually worried that it would be very hard and competitive, but now I know that it's just like my current college life. Thank you for putting out this video! :)

Nice I really liked this video.

Great video :)

Thanks for the video. As an American university instructor here in Korea I both UNDERSTAND and HATE the university festival period and students' somewhat lackadaisical attitude towards classes. I've seen students both like Hyunwoo & Hyojin in classes so instructing can be both great and frustrating. Thanks again for the video.

AWESOME VIDEO YOU GUYS !!

Wow.. I hope to do my further studies in Seoul someday. It sounds awesome.

감사합니다!!

This was pretty helpful, I plan on studying abroad in Korea in my Junior year.

This video was really helpful because I'm planning to go to Korea eithe on exchange with a university or college or go to a korean university of college.I was feeling really nervous about going to a university or college in Korea but seeing and hearing Terris talk about it and him being from the U.S and I being from Canada, I don't feel as nervous now. So, Thank you very much!

Wah you guys look really young and already went to college and one of you in college? So lucky but thank you this video is really helpful even though im on my first year of high school.

In Brazil we have a nacional test system called ENEM, it happens every early november and it's the test that gives you a place in the college, you can't go in the collage without doing this test or if your score it's lower than the one your university chose. It happens in the weekend (saturday and sunday) which you spend 5 hours doing 90 questions in the saturday and more 5 hours doing another 90 questions plus a text in 6 hours. It's very tiring and the questions are really hard. People would spend several years studying for it even after graduated from high school and in the end, a lot of people give up and start working without a college graduation.

This was really interesting

thank u so much!! ^^

I squeeled like a baby when I saw that you guys did this video!!! xD I am seriously considering doing a full program at a university in Korea,so I was a bit more intrested in what it's like being a foreign student in all of the aspects,especially the enviroment and more details on the lessons.since i'm not korean,but even so this is a nice way to start.Thank you guys sooo much for doing this,everything,really,you're great! And congratz on winning that learning blogs' award(I think so,right?)

Wow, entered University in 1999. He looks so young! Thanks for the video guys, very informative

yeah there is!

Really interesting video! Having to know that Korean university system is somewhat like Singapore's!

Insteresting video :)

that was fun

Beautiful ..

:) keep going

This was really interesting :3 I'm only thirteen, but I plan to go to college in South Korea or Spain. Things will probably change by the time I'm of age, but at least this video gave me some ideas of the university life style. Love Talktomeinkorean!!!!

Hello I'm from Germany and I love your Videos :)

Hello! Talk to Me in Korean friends!.. I'm a foreigner student in Korea and also a 2013학번 student of Korea University.. so happy to know you guys are my 선배!!.. Hoping you guys are well and making more interesting videos about korean life!. thanks!..

I'm planning to move to seoul in 2 years to enter a korean college (서울 대학교) to get a doctorate and i just want to thank you guys for explaining the college lifestyle in korea :) 감사함니다 !

I go to a University in California and we use a quarter system. A quarter or semester is only 10 weeks long! we have three quarters in a full academic year. Much less than the 15 week semesters in korea!

IM GOING TO YONSEI UNIVERSITY!

So sad I'm gonna miss the Kpop festival in May cuz I'm only studying abroad there in Autumn semester T_T I wanna see JYPPPP are there any other opportunities?

in Norway, the final exams last about 6 hours (one whole school day), but the oral exams last about 1/2 hour (30 minutes), we also take mid-term exam which also lasts 6 hours.

Hyunwoo is way older than he looks! xD thanks for this really interesting video! :D

I attended a summer session at university in Korea this summer (한양대) and it was a lot of fun and a cool experience. Would love to experience a longer period of time.

Wow i finally get to know about uni life in Korea, i wish i could go to a summer university to Yonsei, that would be awesome! Thank you and by the way, Hyunwoo you look especially handsome today in these clothes :D and much younger ^^

I'm in high school in NZ and our final external end of year exams for each subject is usually 3 hours long but some like my Japanese are 2 hours long (these are the exams at the same time in every NZ school). We constantly have internal exams too so if you're very very sick (like got hit by a bus or something) you can still pass your subject and enter uni based on a progress grade. I'm really excitied to go to Uni!

omg you guys go to Korea University? I head in a drama that this uni is really prestigious :o congrats!

I hadn't realized how interesting this topic is approached with all seriousness. I am trying to find a solid reference and I can't find one except from friends and acquaintances opinions n_n. My ex-girlfriend and I used to avoid using the "American" label in general because it made us feel ambiguous, her rather being called a Californian and I willing to not take part as to identify myself with a culture or adjective, having lived all of my life in a hodgepodge of cultures. Honestly, thank you!

woow that's not short for a semester... mine is 12 weeks for a semester Im a uni student in Australia wooow your timetable is so spread out... mine is 2 days a week since I get to pick my own timetable dongari is like club and society for me soo cool that you guys have M.T 3hrs exam for english 2 and halfs for others like sciences and business subjects

Each of my high school exams are 3 hours long... Great video though!

I think the reason homework helps is because the teacher can assign the homework based off of the test so you know what they are looking for in terms of what you need to focus on. If the teacher only lectures you have a lot of information and you don't know where to focus or what is more important to remember.

I can't wait to study abroad in Korea! I want to so bad!

Thanks for the video guys!!! And I think for Australians, well at least in NSW, our test (called the HSC) goes for 3 hours == (not CONPLETELY sure because I'm a high school student)

I too entered university in 2006. Still there!

I think that Australian Uni is kind of similar to Korean Uni, b/c we only have a few major assessments then big exams too! Mostly it's just lectures and not so interactive, but we do have group assignments. We don't have many sorority or fraternity clubs either.

진짜 감사합니다! 8월에 저는 SKKU에 갈거에요! I am not so nervous anymore!~ What is your opinion on SKKU? :)

From my understanding and witnessing the coming and going of exchange students at my university... Student Exchange Program is at least 6 months to a 1 year stay at the host university. Visiting Student is a 2-week to 3-month stay at the host university.

Here in Australia we have two semesters that go for 12 weeks each.

Thumbs up Terris...a fellow linguistic student here. =)

^^' In France, the BAC (exam at the end of high school) is hold for a whole week and most of the subject tests last for 4hours!

In norway, we don't usually have a test like SAT or something like that, they usually give u a score for your whole high school years. We don't have school activaties that can give u extra score, but there are some subjects that give u extra score such as foreign language, IT classes, science classes also math classes (harder math level than everyone else, it's not oblicatory)

It's interesting that Korean high school is harder than college. It's VERY opposite in America. We have 1st year/freshmen classes that are meant to have people drop out so we lose like 1/4 of a class sometimes

The semester length is almost the same as polytechnic in singapore. It's pretty stress too but as long as you know how to handle time and such it will be fun. We don't use the term 'credit' but 'module' each module is roughly about 4 credits each except for the interdisciplinary modules which ranges from 2 - 4 credits. Are all the modules examinable in Korea? Cause for my school we don't really have much examinable modules, they are mostly project and individual assignments based.

Terris, how did you manage to transfer to a Korean University? I'm looking into it for next year and I'd love to hear your experience and how you pulled it all together.

연고전!!! so freaking awesome :D 아카라카

Only about 2 hours? The final (written) exams in my country (Austria) are 4-5 hours each!

omg!! so they are the ppl who created 'talk to me in korean'!!! YUSH! I FOUND IT *^*

School starts in September in New York.

yes you're partly right, if the student is not good at studying, then that student needs to follow another easier course (there are 4courses), but ANYbody who graduates from secondary school (doesn't matter which from which course) can register to ANY university, but of course you don't see that much happening :) oh and only for the students who want to register for medicine there is a test, and that's only in Flanders, not in Wallonie :) (the test is because of capacity issues of the uni)

We also only have Spirit Week and Field Day in America, no festivals xD But we do celebrate things like Halloween and Christmas and Valentine's day pretty often at school.

Can Terris do a video on why he decided to study abroad in korea and how the application process was? For example tests, tuition, and so on?

in order to pass every year in secondary school, you need to get 50 or 60 (depending on course) average points on every course, if you don't , then you need to do that year again, and if you pass every year and you graduate from highschool, you can go to any college, there is no certain percentage or anything needed.

Hi your videos are really helpful and I have been wanting to find out how to learn korean, my dream is to go study at a university in korea and well I know nothing about the languge just how to say hello I am wondering do you they will accept me to their university with no knowledge of the korean languge or where can I learn the basics and well how long do I wait so I can apply for one of these universites and which university is best for the medical field

Here in philippines, We start class on june 1st sem while sept. for 2nd sem and there's a 3 weeks break for december we back on january suprise midterm for 2nd sem

already, going to korea for masters, be my first year at the school but will be freshman during grad studies lol. free drinks! never had souju

In the Philippines, the most enjoyable was when I was in High School. Because when you entered college it means you have to be more serious in studying unlike when you are still in high school..ahaha

Most national exams in Asian school systems are like the Korean 수능: you only have one shot, and you spend your entire school life preparing for it ;_; pretty stressful, yep.

I think the reason for Koreans caring about the entry year is because of how hard it is to enter with exams and whatnot. In the US it's not that it isn't difficult to enter, but the finals and whatnot to graduate is especially challenging so graduating is a big accomplishment,

I feel ya. I wouldn't like to be called that either in TODAY'S world, but I think an accurate usage of the term is important for the sake of understanding and precision in the near future. Sometimes I feel indirectly referred to and so excluded by the vague notion of what "America" really is. I guess it also has to do with Spanish, we rarely use the word "America" if not to speak of the geographical region, its history or population. Cheers from Mexico!

I went to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) here in the U.S. We were on a quarter system consisting of three 10 week + finals week quarters per year. No homework at all. Your grade was based on a midterm test and a final OR midterm, final and research paper. We were responsible for anywhere from 1 to 6 text books of information. It was very difficult and you really had to study.

Your high school final tests sound a lot easier than ours. In Australia, we have to take a 2.5/3 hr exam, per ATAR (Australian Tertiary Acceptance Rank, or university entrance) subject you do. You can have a maximum of 6 subjects, so that's 6 exams, all 2.5/3 hours long, over the course of I think 2 weeks. Not to mention, that is for 50% of your university entrance score. You need to do 2 more sets of those exams for your school mark, which is the other 50%. So in my final year, I have 18 exams.

its so funny because at my university we are on the quarter system and so it is only 10 weeks...I couldn't imagine a 15 week class.

Being from WA, I would think ours is the same as yours. Some go for 2.5, some go for 3.

In Australia we have just one final score based off the final year of school. There's no chance to resit and your score is standardised against what subjects you did and how other people performed in the exam. Then your numeric score says what degrees you can enter into. My university course has a lot of assignments and hardly any exams, which I actually don't like because exams are a lot easier than 3,000+ word reports haha. This video was super interesting though, thank you!

@talktomeinkorean: In America, there are sites such as rate my professor where online, students can rate their professors based upon easiness and interest and what not. Is there something similar in Korea?

In France, the exam we pass at the end of high school to enter uni, is called Bac and some of it exams last for 4 to 5hours! xD (it's philosophy exam) It's hard not to sleep!

I want to ask terris how easy will it be to get a scholarship in korea?i want to study in seoul but it s rlly expensive so i wonder if it ll be easy to get scholarship to help me out or even a job? Thank you

In Finland our high school final tests.... omg, seriously one test might take over 4 hours.

lol the youngest one looks the oldest

You should look Korean universities' websites, I know SNU has an international students option, but I don't really know the tuition fee.

1,000,000 - 1,500,000 won per semester (depending on field of study. More expensive fields tend to be the sciences and technologies field)

that doesnt happen here in Puerto Rico but we have one day were different universities get together like for some olympic games ^^ ... [ Hyojin has a pretty smile ]

Terris makes me wish majored in linguistics :( My dream internship would be at the TTMIK office... studying Korean is so much more interesting than any of my engineering classes.

hey Hyojin what are shapes in Korean? Squares circles triangles? Ive look for videos and I haven't seen any.

Terris, i saw you in the gangnam station exit no 10 around 6 pm. i really wanted to talk to you but it was crowded......

I was once a Visiting Student to Fukuoka University and it lasted for less than 2 weeks. So my program's length is different compared to exchange students :D

yes thats exactly why. of course there are other reasons but one of the biggest concern is the military service for men

Can you guys talk about dorming??

Just looked at the Korean University website because i'm interested in studying abroad. Could you explain the difference between Student Exchange Program and Visiting Student Program? Is one of them just to go there for a certain amount of time and the other one is for your whole time at college (Ex: 4 years, 8 years, etc)?

The biggest difference between Korea's and Belgium' universities is that we in Belgium have no tests at all to go to universitites, if we graduate we can go to any university we want :)

we also have one chance per a year ! our science test was 4h and maths 3 physics 3 :/ it was just too long !! thnx god i got it :D

I'm planning to study in Korea next year. I would like to know if it's going to be expensive for me to do so? Will foreigners be accepted easily by Korean students? Is it going to be hard to adjust in your country? Can you give me some tips about the life of foreign students there? Thank you!

I'm planning on studying abroad in korea for a year during my junior year of college. I do not drink and really plan on not drinking. At my college here in the states most people are fine with me not drinking and I'm really social and like to go out a lot. Do you think it will be really hard for me to make people understand that I do not drink or will they find it too weird and not like me going out with them?

14/15 weeks is too short?! University of Chicago - we have 3 quarters, 10 weeks at a time. It's incredibly stressful to think that every week is worth 10% of your quarter.

I am planning to apply to KU's Graduate School of International Studies. Do you think it would be better, since I am an American, to apply and attend starting Fall semester or should I wait and apply for a Spring semester entrance?