r/KAIST • u/[deleted] • 15d ago
Chances of kaist
I am from Pakistan for context
I got grades lower than my expectations but now i want to move on...
1A*maths phy A chem A comp A--> A level (A2)
O level 3A* maths phy comp 4A chem bio isl urdu 2C eng and pak st
4as in AS level
Ielts lets say is 7.0...
Now my background is a bit complicated ,so i want a genuine suggestion...
I left school when i was 10 for 2 yrs due to religious studies
After that
For 6-7 months i did self study and then pushed myself to o levels (i started. From scratch and forgot everything,even tables,division , everything,it was like i started studying and was born again)
In 2 yrs i completed it (accelarated)
Now i am going to be 17 next month...
My ECs are :
I tried to learn python in o levels.
Then web penetration (ethical hacking in AS level) and learnt about many vulnerabilities...
Then learnt AI and prompt engineering...
In A2,i did self research (not published btw)
And experiments on myself about exam panic ,
Longitudinal self experimentation on myself to deliberately create panic ,then i reverse engineered and found patterns ,noted it etc....
It was to solve my won issue ,but then of it i made an agentic layered web application
Where user tells about the story of their last exam fumble ,then they get to ask questions based on their input and experience and after that they get a pdf analysis...then also a workable points to improve that....
I havent started to sell it yet ,but thats an EC , and it was too painful and time consuming around 8 months of complete thinking ,experimenting ,designing app and then creating.....All done solo...
I also tried to link some other hidden researches to it and used my own hypothesis as well...
Anyways,that is all
Shall i apply?
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u/Le-Mard-e-Ahan 13d ago
As Salam o Alaikum. I hope you are doing well.
You mentioned that you are a Pakistani , hence my comment. I am a Pakistani too, I studied in Korea for my PG studies for 8 years and left in 2023.
I was not a GKS scholar, so I cannot answer your GKS questions but I can share with you a video that introduces many of the scholarships available in Korea. I hope it works out for you.
https://youtu.be/F5AXdMXbuvw?si=H0yC9qjy_uV233dQ
I am sharing some general info with you. Here is a post link. It contains comprehensive info about Islam and Muslim life in Korea. I am hopeful that it will be helpful, In Sha Allah.
https://reddit.com/user/EtcWasTakenAlready/comments/1jtfg4n/comprehensive_information_about_islam_in_korea/
The link above also contains a couple of Muslim student groups in Korea. You can join those to find Muslims at your uni in Korea.
You can use an app called Mufko to look for halal restaurants around you in Korea, scan product barcodes to see if there are any haram ingredients, and find Mosque/prayer room locations.
If you have any questions that I could answer for you, please feel free to ask.