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    The document provides guidance on structuring a personal statement and study plan for a scholarship application. [1] For the personal statement, it recommends beginning with an introduction and discussing family background, education history, influential people and events, and reasons for interest in the scholarship. [2] For the study plan, it suggests outlining plans to learn Korean language, choosing an academic major and universities, and future career goals after completing studies. [3] Proper research and linking experiences to goals are emphasized to demonstrate fit for the scholarship.

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    The document provides guidance on structuring a personal statement and study plan for a scholarship application. [1] For the personal statement, it recommends beginning with an introduction and discussing family background, education history, influential people and events, and reasons for interest in the scholarship. [2] For the study plan, it suggests outlining plans to learn Korean language, choosing an academic major and universities, and future career goals after completing studies. [3] Proper research and linking experiences to goals are emphasized to demonstrate fit for the scholarship.

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    The document provides guidance on structuring a personal statement and study plan for a scholarship application. [1] For the personal statement, it recommends beginning with an introduction and discussing family background, education history, influential people and events, and reasons for interest in the scholarship. [2] For the study plan, it suggests outlining plans to learn Korean language, choosing an academic major and universities, and future career goals after completing studies. [3] Proper research and linking experiences to goals are emphasized to demonstrate fit for the scholarship.

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    Personal statement

    It is an essay about yourself, so you cannot copy other person’s contents. However,
    you can learn from others the way you have to structure the yours. The structure
    really matters, because the selecting team pays a strong attention on the Personal
    Statement, and an interesting and unique one makes them (the selecting team)
    interested in your story. One of the ways to try making a good structure is to write
    about the requested things starting with the ones you met or did earlier. You can also
    talk about 2 subjects in the same paragraph if you are finding them linked to each
    other. I will give an example about how I organized my Personal Statement.

     By starting, one can begin with a verse, quote or any famous saying related to his Personal Statement.
    (e.g: “When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.”- George
    MacDonald, Scottish Christian minister.)
     You can give a brief introduction, introduce yourself a bit like only your names, and then for me, I went
    on talking about my family and education background since I found them related, as my early life was
    about living at home with my parents & siblings linked with going to school. Note that in the family
    background, you can talk about the individual or collective challenge you had in the family that you were
    able to overcome, and in the education background you talk about your performance since Middle
    school till the time you are applying.
     I continued with talking about people and events that have a significant influence on me and linked it
    with the extracurricular activities I did. For me, the two were related to each other, because I was
    influenced by people and events to do some extracurricular activities. You can start saying how things
    were before hearing of these people or knowing these events, talk about the changes you carried out
    after knowing these people and events (the changes were engaging myself in extracurricular
    activities), and talk about the positive effects that came as a result of the changes you took after
    learning from the people or/and the events. Extracurricular activities may be the taken leadership
    positions, competitions, camps, etc. But please mention those for which you will be able to present their
    certificates.
     Last, I talked about the reason why I am interested in GKS. I started saying my individual objectives (I
    talked a bit about my future plans), and tried to explain how they are related to the GKS objective. You
    can also say why you are interested in Korea (talk about the Korean culture, Korean people, the
    country’s development, etc.) I also talked about how once given the scholarship, carrying out the
    objectives will bring benefit to me, my home country, Korea, and the whole world in general.

    Study plan

    Briefly, here you get to talk about the readiness and plans you have about studying in
    Korea. Since, you will have to take your degree after learning the Korean language, you
    surely have to talk about the two. For those applying for Undergraduate degree, our
    Study Plan was divided into 3 sections, and I will try to talk about them.

     Language Study Plan:


     I started with a brief introduction about the importance of languages. I continued with the experience I
    had in learning foreign languages, and the importance this itself brought to me.
     Since Korean was not part of the languages I studied or was studying, I talked about it separately by
    sharing where I get to meet the language.
     I talked about my plans for studying Korean before and after arriving in Korea, and explained how these
    plans were going to help me learn Korean and other foreign languages so as to live in Korea or
    anywhere else.
     Goal of Study & Study Plan (here you talk about the actual degree you will take
    after knowing the Korean Language, and I think it would be nice if you use the
    same order):
     I started giving an introduction about how important it is to know what you love and can do.
     I talked about the major I was choosing, and shared the interest (how interested I am in the major and
    what aroused it) and the experience (I talked about the studies, extracurricular activities and anything
    else I did related to the major) I have regarding to studying it.
     I talked about the importance of choosing the right place to do you studies (since I now was going to
    talk about the universities I had chosen ). and I also said about the uniqueness of the Korean
    universities when it comes to international education.
     Now it was time to talk about the universities I had chosen, and here you get to talk about their
    uniqueness that intrigue you to studying there, so you must do a great research about these
    universities (You can use the given documents about the overview of the universities to help you talk
    about their benefits). I started with the first choice, second choice, then the third one.
     You ensure that the universities and your major will bring benefit to you, Korea and whole world
    generally.
     Future Plan after Study:
     Here you talk about your future plans, and what you will be doing in Korea so as to ensure their fruition.
     You can finish stating that you find your study plans together with your personal qualities making you fit
    for being a Global Korean Scholar.

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