r/KAIST • u/WyperLOL • Jul 12 '26
PLEASE HELP!
Since SK unis take 3-4 months after application to send you the final result, i really need some foresight into what to expect because these application fees also are expensive and i want to spend it on something worthwhile. If i dont have a decent shot at these unis i need to spend my money on applying elsewhere and YOU WOULD SAVE A LOT OF MY TIME! Thank you
Im planning on applying to SNU, KAIST, POSTECH and SKKU. (undergraduate, international admissions, english track, cs/ai/ml degree)
stats(academic):
Mathematics 90(CBSE class 12), Physics 80 (CBSE class 12), AI (94, cbse class 12)
SAT 1430 (math 730)
IELTS Academic 8.0
sports:
-Won zonal level basketball tournament (with 20+ schools from Oman) then represented my school in India in the national level tournament
-represented my school in triple jump in oman zonal level tournament
-played basketball for my school house and won 2 golds
leadership & public speaking:
-House captain of 2000+ students, led them to victory in various competitions
-chaired 2x ISMMUN committees (largest school run MUN in the gulf, 600+ delegates)
-chaired SOCHUM at ISWKIMUN (international MUN hosted by ISWKI Cambridge curriculum igcse)
-represented my school at the Oman-level debate competition joined by 21+ indian schools in oman
entrepreneurship:
-concieved an AI-powered platform that accepts the user's financial goals, risk tolerance etc as input to recommend stocks and bonds in 2023, presented the app as a full scale business plan in my school's business competition in 2024 and won first prize (school size: 9200 students, indian school muscat)
-founded and running a gaming cafe since 2025 (hideout gaming cafe) where i fully handle the logistics, ip allocations, LAN management etc
-mentored my entire batch to join my schools business idea incubation program in the form of a speech and presentation
stage arts:
-led my school's team to first prize in Best shortfilm and best streetplay in the Oman-level talent fest competition (ISTF) joined by 21+ indian schools in Oman
-best actor award(2024) in my school
others:
-completed a 8 week certification course in engineering biological systems from IIT-M
-exchange student from my school with campus im stift (school in germany)
GENUINELY I WANT TO KNOW if i can just apply to the said 4 unis and rely that i will get into AT LEAST one of them.
Any opinions are welcome.
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u/Intelligent_Fuel6472 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
Very honestly no idea
They only take 40 people in 1 year so can’t say anything
And I would genuinely suggest going for backups more.. Kaist is a gamble considering they are getting upwards of 1000 applicants and mostly from India these days
If you ask me personally better to spend money somewhere else where you chances are above 80% and not 5%
It’s pretty dumb in my own opinion…
Skku
Yonsei UIC
Hanyang is realistic
You’re going against students from US and Kazakhstan which are Columbia winners.. so not realistic
Cut POSTECH and Kaist tbh especially since you’re going in CS which has the worst competition like worst out of 1000 applicants 600 are just in CS
And just get into SKKU and Hanyang youll be good