KGSP plan of study
Well, I have decided to apply for the prestigious KGSP undergraduate scholarship for 2018 spring semester and they are demanding a study plan from my side. It is divided into two parts A and B. Here are the instructions for both parts -
A. Study plans to improve foreign languages(Korean, English, etc) required for taking a bachelor's degree course BEFORE and AFTER you come to Korea.
B. Study plan for a bachelor's degree course (Please state the reason you choose such universities and departments (or majors), your academic goals, specific plans (including timeline) to achieve them, and future plan after completion of your study. In case that preferred departments (or majors) of the preferred universities are different, please mention about them separately.)
I have scratched up my brain and have written my study plan, So i request the readers to please take a look and correct my mistakes. Also suggest me whether it is too long or appropriate for selection. Thank you very much.
A. It has been rightly said that a different language is a different vision of life. In case of my proficiency in English, I have been learning it from an early age as my second language. So, I don't need to think much about English. But the new thing is Korean and I am really excited to add Korean as a new language to my brain's collection of 5 languages. Going through the statistics, there are 24 letters in the Korean alphabet compared to 26 of English, which makes it quite easier to learn Hangul in a short period of time. In order to learn some of the basics of Korean, I have registered myself as a member of the leading online Korean teaching website. The website teaches the basic Korean terms in the best possible ways to make it easier for every kind of learner. Whenever it is possible, I surf through online videos to know more about Korean pronunciation and its vocabulary.
For me, after moving to Korea, things would become clearer. I will make it a priority to make Korean friends in order to help me practice my written and spoken Korean skills and try to communicate with common people to get in touch with real life Korean because the language you learn in the class is often different from the language people speak in the streets. Getting engaged with Korean culture will also be a good way to learn Korean easily. I will read Korean books and newspaper to enhance my reading skills. Also, k-drama and Korean movies would be handy in learning more Korean terms. The best part is that I am fully determined to learn Korean language in the most novel way to score well in TOPIK examination, so as to pursue my studies in Korea.
B. Electricity and Computers always remained a beautiful part of my unique and fascinating world from my childhood. There are many inspiring role models for me in these two fields like Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Ma, James Park and Lee Byung-chul. That's why I made up my mind to establish my career in either of these fields. During my high school period, I decided to pursue my bachelor's degree in one of these two disciplines, but was confused that which of the two would be better for me. But when I came to know that many prominent Korean universities are maintaining a special department named as 'Electrical and Computer Engineering Department' in which they are offering the knowledge of both of these two disciplines, I took a sigh of relief.
As it was mandatory for me to fill up three preferred departments for this scholarship, so, after intense analysis and multiple rounds of researches, I have preferred three departments as follows:
Electrical and Computer Engineering (or Electronics and Communications Engineering for Hanyang University)
Computer Science and Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
As my plan is to do a B.Tech degree in one of these three disciplines, I need to find out universities with excellent ECE, CSE and MSE departments and luckily I found out three universities having notable position in world rankings. And I believe that I will be admitted into the college of engineering of one of the aforementioned universities that will provide me a platform to prove myself and excel through their advanced teaching methods accompanied with lots of experiments under the guidance of their exceptionally devoted and experienced professors.
We know that hard work is the key to success and hard work mixed with regular palnning always yields optimum results. So, studying with well-planned achievable goals will be the best option to keep myself on track and help me to show good performance. Moreover, I am a practical learner. So, practical knowledge is more important to me. Hence, I will enhance my practical skills there for having in-depth knowledge of the subjects. A proverb goes that practice makes a man perfect. This sentence is applicable for every sphere of life. Hence, I will practice my required skills in the university to become a very competitive and skilled engineer. I have always been among the top scoring students of my school. So, I will try my best to maintain this trend in my higher education.
We all know that a student's life is tasteless or insipid without extra co-curricular activities and as I have been always active in other co-curricular activities from my school days, I will try to continue it in my university by joining various co-curricular clubs. For analyzing my knowledge and boosting my zeal, I will participate in IT and electronics based competitions during my studies.
I will start my preliminary Korean language course at the institution designated by NIIED from next year (2018) and will start my bachelor's degree course in spring semester in 2019. The, it will take 4 years to complete my B.Tech. I will try my best to maintain a strong GPA in my B.Tech course. Then I'll apply for MS course in one of the prestigious universities of Korea. After that, I have plans of pursuing my doctorate (or baksa in Korean) in my interested field. Afterwards I have plans of becoming an entrepreneur by establishing my own firm in my interested discipline and this firm will mainly focus towards research work and bring about new innovations for this technological world. My firm will provide opportunity to young talents from across the world to carry out research work. This will create good competition for global research firms and will continue towards eradicating the problem of unemployment for our youth.
My home country India is still lagging behind from the global technological players. So, I have plans of setting up a R&D centre in my country to promote research and innovation in India and also establishing a non-profit organization in India where the underprivileged students can experience the fascinating world of technology and can obtain an opportunity to study it in my organization.
Every person dreams of something big and fascinating for his life, but it's only his will power, courage, determination and hard work that makes all the difference. Many successful persons have to face ups and downs in their life before reaching their final destination and I am fully determined and devoted to instate my future goals by putting my best efforts in the right direction and give something meaningful and seminal to my home country, land of morning calm (Korea) and the global society.
Daedanhee Gamsahamnida.
