When I was 1 year old, my family moved to Philadelphia for my dad's MBA program at Whatron School, UPenn. Although dad had a superb score in his TOEIC exam, he told me he struggled a lot in understanding school materials and communicating with foreigners in different language. However, he was never frustrated and worked even harder. Eventually, dad was honored with Cum Laude when he graduated. My family moved back to Korea after his graduation.
I went to public school in Korea until 8th grade. Although I only have short memories of my youth life in Philadelphia, I've always dreamed of going to college in the United States. I decided to move to American high school to achieve my dream. At first time, my parents were reluctant to send me to the United States because I'm the only child in family. I succeeded in persuading my parents and started to research private boarding schools.
Although I was passionate preparing high school applications, I was not accepted to all the schools I applied. Among schools that accepted me, my parents decided to send me to Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, NY. I was not very happy to go to that school because TP is all boys school and located in countryside.
Like my father did, I struggled to get used to American school. The education system of Korea and America was different. In Korean school, I could get good grades if I just do well in Final exams. However at TP, I was obliged to play sports every seasons, and there were huge amount of study loads including essays, quiz, test and exams. As months passed, I successfully adjusted to the life in American boarding school and got my college acceptance to Emory in my senior year.
And the new chapter of my life began here at Emory.
I went to public school in Korea until 8th grade. Although I only have short memories of my youth life in Philadelphia, I've always dreamed of going to college in the United States. I decided to move to American high school to achieve my dream. At first time, my parents were reluctant to send me to the United States because I'm the only child in family. I succeeded in persuading my parents and started to research private boarding schools.
Although I was passionate preparing high school applications, I was not accepted to all the schools I applied. Among schools that accepted me, my parents decided to send me to Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, NY. I was not very happy to go to that school because TP is all boys school and located in countryside.
Like my father did, I struggled to get used to American school. The education system of Korea and America was different. In Korean school, I could get good grades if I just do well in Final exams. However at TP, I was obliged to play sports every seasons, and there were huge amount of study loads including essays, quiz, test and exams. As months passed, I successfully adjusted to the life in American boarding school and got my college acceptance to Emory in my senior year.
And the new chapter of my life began here at Emory.