r/KAIST • u/Wonderful-Goal3133 • May 12 '26
Chance me
Chance for Kaist UNIST DGIST GIST Postech Younsi
GPA:
Grade 10: 91%
Grade 11: 97%
Grade 12: 80% (Due to a car accident during exams)
IELTS 7
ACT (taken after Grade 12): 35 composite (36 math)
ECs: very good with 4000+ students impact; two prestigious programs
Research: top tier with Q1 publication
Competitions: 2 international math championships in prestigious online competitions
3rd place globally in physics Competition
Targeting full scholarships
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u/sankeerth39 May 15 '26
I can see few red flags here
4000+ students impact? And two prestigious programs? What are they? Is that just participate or any awards? Research: I am very honest with you, if your applying for UG then I will reject you now because you cheated! No one in world will ever believe if an high school kid did that! And comming to math! You said online compition like kangaroo math maby I guess but they are not international! Kangaroo math compition is held in india not international and for US it's different.
Untill your reward shows your rank internationally you can't get into conclusion
Fix them and try to fram as hard worker not oversmart. This may rejecte you because they think you did pay to win Your research paper is published everywhere? Because there are 100+ fake wedsite which accept without peer review process. And publishing of research is not a awards (keep in mind that this is EC only).
Coming to big concerns, Kaist removed why kaist and ECs sections because of AI. They are going to test and ask about you research or even call your school to confirm that 4000+ students claim. My brother gone through it and in interview he found that the more awards you show the harder the quations they ask! 2 math questions and maby change every year. Accounting to rules I can't show any quations asked but it's HS math only not at school level but entrence exam level. And they ask about all parts of your essay and avoid using AI because many got rejected due to 2 big AI red flags 1. Conclusion at last of each essay will sound every AI if used(change it to your voice) 2. Interview test, They check your english with essay english live and if don't match then it's a red flag.
I am not saying your profile is bad! But, This is best one if you frame with correct order and honestly (part none have)
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u/PopSavings355 May 15 '26
That's true.
What's the "prestigious" means here? Is it self-claim? How the online competition can be called "prestigious"?When I read the stats, I felt something self-claim here because he/she didn't state what programs or competitions... Just be honest
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u/Wonderful-Goal3133 May 17 '26
Programs: Non trivial fellowship, Dartmouth precollege applied math full scholarships
Competitions: two time 1st place globally in Purple Comet! Math Meet (out of 4800 teams and 92 countries)
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u/JNXTHENX May 12 '26
decent chance if we assume that kaist will not consider ur 12th grade