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Yeah, I agree. This program was made for Koreans to work in Korea. I'm one of the very few that are planning to go abroad since the start of the program. They do teach the terms in English but lectures and explanations in Korean. I'm just afraid I won't be able to utilize what I learn and work really really hard to teach myself.

Good idea, but my nursing program is all scheduled until the day I graduate. No picking or choosing courses It's just made for us and very similar to high school schedules in Korea!! 0 _ 0 I did..get a book about medical terminology. I plan on assimilating myself more into Korean culture. Yeah, english is not that used as they would like. But, you can go to any store and speak English and they wouldn't be surprised. For the clinicals..making small talk with the patients are hard for me personally, but the machines and records are mostly in English. HOPEFULLY I CAN SURVIVE :)

WOW ALL THIS TIME I clicked on REPLY than QUOTE. Sorry for the out-of-order, talking to the wall replies. But, I tried to reply to each and everyone!!!!! ^^

I agree, English, is actually the easiest language ever to learn besides latin! Answers to your questions: I didn't think WHY was an important aspect than just explaining the situation. I moved for personal and uncontrollable reasons. It wasn't just like a "Oh yay, going to a country I never been to since I was a newborn!" I knew a year beforehand that I HAD to go. You might be wondering..so why would you HAVE to go? Again, personal reasons. Again, just like people said, Korea is not America. America is not Korea. Korean universities are different. What you know about universities in America, it doesn't stand in Korea. For example, someone mentioned that a foreigner that is in American universities..shouldn't demand for a non-English class accommodation. HOWEVER, knowing Korean wasn't a requirement to applying - just score above a 4 to avoid paying extra for language school. But, level 4 or the highest level of that test doesn't mean your Korean is college-level ready. Also, Korean universities teach English. One of the best universities have 100% English policies. Others have 50% English faculty. Others have 100% English programs. So, I complained why..the BEST one...doesn't have more than 4 classes per semester or ANY regulations with the amount they accept. I don't know how I got this far...matters. But, I got this far, because...they look at my K-12th grades, my ranking, my SAT and ACT score, SAT IIs, IBs, English proficiency(weird right?) and essays (which can be written English or Korean). Their application process, website, anything I need to know about the school was in English. They gave me tours in English... so yeah, I figured..they will have sufficient academic accommodations for English speakers since everything I needed had either English or Korean versions and options. On how I got this far into the program...the first year is all electives with one Major related class(was in English). I took my electives with 2 english classes(all they had) and others in Korean(Korean lectures, English readings and tests). The second year (all nursing)..I wrote my essays and answers in English, but the m/c - I couldn't answer - because all of them were "choose the wrong one" meaning one word made it wrong. Thus, I questioned whether or not I can complete this program.

Well, it is their responsibility. They admitted me with knowing the fact that I'm completed my entire education in an English-speaking public school in a English-speaking country(mainly, although not official language, but we all know what language is spoken mostly). The entire application process was English, the people who answered my calls were English, the website is English, the international students spoke English. Also, I believe many are unaware of this fact, but the top universities in Korea are usually mostly English. Thus, I complained why my school has such little English in the academic side when they admit so many English speakers and hire English speaking professors.

Thank you for your positivity :) Y​eah, I speak Spanish as well only cause I was able to practice it. Hopefully, Korean will be like that too! I mean, I can speak it and understand it. It's just not the college-level that they are requiring enough to compete with peers!

Yes, I've been doing that - translating. I'm so happy to meet someone (online) that were in the same shoes. They chart in English..and the hospital system is similar to what they use in America. I understand 80% of the lectures, classes, readings in Korean, but the terminology - especially medicine and anatomy - is very difficult to understand and translate in English. I just feel at a disadvantage compared to my other classmates. I took a communication class in Korean (especially for nurses) and it did help. However, the clinicals were a challenge because of nerves + Korean = failure. When I get nervous, I start babbling in Korean. So, it's a struggle! But, it is possible to improve and get better :) Thank you for asking some questions and bringing up some things I might have missed on :)

You made a really good point about the accuracy of the test information. I can see others can take advantage of that. I think your school has a really fair policy for that : ) I think my school is still developing in the "fairness" aspect of education.

I see where you're coming from. Reasons for which I had no control over or choice, I had to come back. I had to make do with what I faced. So, while you may think that was an un-researched, "yolo" kind of mistake, for me, it was a brave decision.

Thank you for your suggestions! :) I'm going to try harder.

They accept international applicants - there are several in my class - Abu Dabi, Indonesia. They accept English and Korean papers. They told me that even though my grades are bad that they(grad schools) would understand that the language barrier had some negative influence on that. In my PO, as long as I make it up with sound research papers and awards, it would be plausible. There are people above me that still knows no Korean yet they are working nurses and passed the interviews.

Thank you! It helped that you understood :) Reallllly inspiring!

Hello, I really want to know the opinions of others about this. I would really appreciate if I were to get an outsider's viewpoint about this! First off brief background (skip to question if not interested): I moved to Korea, but I really am not fluent in Korean at all. It's a four year program and once I graduate, I take the 99% pass rate licensure test and start working at one of the three major hospitals. For my school... graduates are only allowed to apply to one hospital of the 257 general hospitals in Korea. 1st year = just general credits 2nd year = theoretical nursing classes + some cadaver and basic nursing skills at uni hospital 3rd year = 1/2 practice + 1/2 theory 4th year = 2/3 practice + 1 class No habla korean. I was raised in the states. I'm in 2nd year and literally, for my anatomy class, I just colored in the bubbles for the final. It was allllll Korean. I asked(begged) my professors for English. They said they would put in English terminology in brackets...but allllll the questions were all Korean ALL KOREAN and just the terms like "mycrofibril' was english but the rest was in Korean. Of course, it's expected that a Korean uni would teach in Korean. But, it just makes no sense to me that they have no English versions...because the material they use are translated material that was originally in ENGLISH. The professors and the earlier classes learned in English. Heck, the year before...they taught statistics in English. BUT NOPE NOT ANYMORE. Also, all the questions are in the format of "what is wrong, not right etc". Question I'm not saying their level or quality of education is inadequate...but its not fit for me personally. I want to know what I should do... to continue or to change? I just don't know what else to do besides nursing. Do you think it would be wise for me to continue with a program that I'm passing in all C's and D's? Not because I didn't try...but because I am at a severe disadvantage compared to my peers that are fluent in Korean and can understand the ppts, tests, books etc. I've stressed myself out so much to get good grades...but I realized it's no use and its better for me to just not try at all. I've tried using English version of text books, negotiating with the professors, learning on my own, gathering foreign students together but...its no help because they don't care at all. They just say 'oh im sorry..but we're not good at English either' (HOW THE HELL DID THEY GET THEIR PHDS IN AMERICA). They really just don't care at all, because in the end, we just chose a hospital and work there. Their education system FOR ME is a failure. I am taught to fail. They just don't care, because we're accepted to any hospital we apply to. There were also foreign students before me that are working at the hospitals now or went abroad. I look up to them, but...their answers are just to change majors or just stick with it. I'm 19 years old btw.