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So I am planning to apply for gks graduate next year and I am prepared, just a few questions. Those who connect and grant acceptance from their professor before getting gks. What are your tips? I am someone with a low gpa and work experience, volunteer experience and I wish to work in their lab probably or work eith them contribute to them for research and do research under them. What exactly do you say or approaching them that grants acceptance from them??? I want some guidance I'll be really grateful if any of you can help. Please share your profile and story on how did you connect to professors ( I mean I do know to email them but again What exactly did you say?) I want to study fashion mainly focusing on sustainability and research work and sustainable ways of fabric making.

so according to scholaro as i converted my gpa falls in A grade between 3.0-4.0 according to my university grading even tho it is average according to gks (65%). in scholaro it shows 3.0 so does the conversion makes me eligible for this? if i get a scholaro report??please answer !

I am really depressed and fed up of my life. When I first find out about gks i was really happy. My life wasnt good and easy from a very young age and I was bullied, hurt a lot and my family is also very toxic. I don't easily talk about my life but it's feeling very suffocating. I had worked hard to be able to feel stable mentally with no therapy due to financial difficulties. I always dreamed to becomd a fashion designer but all my childhood my parents discouraged me, called me dumb. I stopped it but my life became even worse tho I went into depression, my parents are very emotionally nagging and alot worse I can't share. I worked so hard to come out of depression all by myself. I had a lot of suicidal thoughts but then I found my bsf she helped ms alot then I found out about a fully funded scholarship I worked so hard to get in but again my parents did not support me so I ended up failing with no guidance. Now I had to attend a bad college that's worse and no good curriculum, no good grading system always giving the same grades 65% in each sem no matter how much i studied hard, how many nights I didn't sleep i don't even remember. Whilst all my traumatic family experiences I am learning again, I finished my college and they restricted me did not let me properly do any internships either so I have no experience properly either. Now I want to apply for fashion masters abroad i have a good plan, super bad grades 65 % and self studying fashion. And as expected I'm struggling to find internships because my college doesn't have good placements either ( cus wdym I'm supposed to work in a bank or insurance company when I spent lakhs just to study marketing). That too for barely 10,000 rs which is $80-$100 a month with 8 hours of work with no relevance to my career at all. I feel devastated because my only question is? Are people like me with no money, no connection and no support are not supposed to dream? And study abroad? I feel very hopeless and i just want to study in Korea because the environment might be competitive ,demanding but atleast I'll be studying my desired course. I am crying while I write this but is there no hope for me???? I want to escape this environment my house my family where my talent, dreams, desires aren't valued at all or respected. My creativity already died down and I'm struggling alot to just feel better everyday, my routine and everything i wear is so controlled , i have to work and do chores that I can't have time to work on my dreams. I don't know what to do??? I need to step out of this environment to feel better. Otherwise I'll always be a puppet.

I am really depressed and fed up of my life, I can't find a path. I want to find a path to study abroad ..When I first find out about gks i was really happy. My life wasnt good and easy from a very young age and I was bullied, hurt a lot and my family is also very toxic. I don't easily talk about my life but it's feeling very suffocating. I had worked hard to be able to feel stable mentally with no therapy due to financial difficulties. I always dreamed to becomd a fashion designer but all my childhood my parents discouraged me, called me dumb. I stopped it but my life became even worse tho I went into depression, my parents are very emotionally nagging and alot worse I can't share. I worked so hard to come out of depression all by myself. I had a lot of suicidal thoughts but then I found my bsf she helped ms alot then I found out about a fully funded scholarship I worked so hard to get in but again my parents did not support me so I ended up failing with no guidance. Now I had to attend a bad college that's worse and no good curriculum, no good grading system always giving the same grades 65% in each sem no matter how much i studied hard, how many nights I didn't sleep i don't even remember. Whilst all my traumatic family experiences I am learning again, I finished my college and they restricted me did not let me properly do any internships either so I have no experience properly either. Now I want to apply for fashion masters abroad i have a good plan, super bad grades 65 % and self studying fashion. And as expected I'm struggling to find internships because my college doesn't have good placements either ( cus wdym I'm supposed to work in a bank or insurance company when I spent lakhs just to study marketing). That too for barely 10,000 rs which is $80-$100 a month with 8 hours of work with no relevance to my career at all. I feel devastated because my only question is? Are people like me with no money, no connection and no support are not supposed to dream? And study abroad? I feel very hopeless and i just want to study in Korea because the environment might be competitive ,demanding but atleast I'll be studying my desired course. I am crying while I write this but is there no hope for me???? I want to escape this environment my house my family where my talent, dreams, desires aren't valued at all or respected. My creativity already died down and I'm struggling alot to just feel better everyday, my routine and everything i wear is so controlled , i have to work and do chores that I can't have time to work on my dreams. I don't know what to do??? I need to step out of this environment to feel better. Otherwise I'll always be a puppet.

I am really depressed and fed up of my life. When I first find out about gks i was really happy. My life wasnt good and easy from a very young age and I was bullied, hurt a lot and my family is also very toxic. I don't easily talk about my life but it's feeling very suffocating. I had worked hard to be able to feel stable mentally with no therapy due to financial difficulties. I always dreamed to becomd a fashion designer but all my childhood my parents discouraged me, called me dumb. I stopped it but my life became even worse tho I went into depression, my parents are very emotionally nagging and alot worse I can't share. I worked so hard to come out of depression all by myself. I had a lot of suicidal thoughts but then I found my bsf she helped ms alot then I found out about gks I worked so hard to get in but again my parents did not support me so I ended up failing with no guidance. Now I had yo attend a bad college that's worse and no good curriculum, no good grading system always giving the same grades 65% in each sem no matter how much i studied hard, how many nights I didn't sleep i don't even remember. Whilst all my traumatic family experiences I am learning again, I finished my college and they restricted me did not let me properly do any internships either so I have no experience properly either. Now I want to apply for fashion masters in korea I have a good plan, average grades and self studying fashion. Topik 1 ( gonna give topik again in 2027 april). And as expected I'm struggling to find internships because my college doesn't have good placements either ( cus wdym I'm supposed to work in a bank or insurance company when I spent lakhs just to study marketing). That too for barely 10,000 rs which is $80-$100 a month with 8 hours of work....I feel devastated because my only question is? Are people like me with no money, no connection and no support are not supposed to dream? And study abroad? I feel very hopeless and i just want to study in Korea because the environment might be competitive ,demanding but atleast I'll be studying my desired course. I am crying while I write this but is there no hope for me????

Hi everyone, I'm planning to apply for the GKS Graduate Scholarship for a Fashion Design/Fashion-related Master's program and wanted to hear from anyone who got accepted with a Top 20 certificate rather than being ranked 1st in their class. I worked beside college due to financial struggle causing my grades to reflect it. My situation: BBA graduate Ranked 12th out of 70 students in my class Officially in the Top 20 students My transcript shows "First Position" because my university's grading system classifies students scoring 65%+ in the first division/category, but it does not provide an exact class rank on the transcript My university is known for strict grading and the grades don't vary much even when students put in significant effort Other parts of my application: TOPIK Level 4 Strong recommendation letters Multiple leadership and extracurricular certificates related to research etc

Also preparing good SOP Preparing a fashion portfolio Applying for fashion-related Master's programs (coming from a BBA background) Target universities: Hongik University Kookmin University Konkuk University Has anyone here been accepted to GKS (or directly to Korean universities) with a similar profile, especially using a Top 20 certificate instead of being rank 1–3 in the class? Also, for those who transitioned from a non-fashion undergraduate degree into a fashion-related Master's program, how was your experience during admissions? I'd really appreciate hearing about your profiles, rankings, TOPIK scores, and outcomes. Thanks!

hey everyone, i am an aspiring fashion designer and finding, collecting resources and learning sewing to learn fashion, i know it's not an easy journey, but i am willing to put in the hard work. In my country, pursuing fashion designing is veryyyyy expensive, either be a rich kid or take a loan i can't have both. So, starting this journey but i am confused in what order should i learn fashion??? in sewing what order? Patternmaking, sampling i mean, according to my dear designers here what is the right order to learn?? i am a bba student with my creative persistent soul. what order or sequence is right to learn????

I wish to pursue fashion designing as masters. Tho my grades are super low in my UG degree like around 71% idk if i am in top 20% yet. My last sem result is about to come My grades reflect the rigorous evaluation of my university even tho I worked hard while I was managing my finances while studying. Also i didn't pursue fashion as ug bec of financial difficulties and high cost of fashion degree in my country. Tho I am focusing on self studying fashion. As I can illustrate very well and have unique vision, although I wish to give more time to it, I still have till 2027feb to apply. Till the i am working on my portfolio ,self study, creating my own designs into a full garment. And my recommendation letter is good reflects my talent, capabilities, my extracurricular reflects my leadership qualities, my community work shows my dedication and other skills, and many other projects like - leading a team for fashion walks in my own college from theme to final walk. And etc. And i also wrote a research paper for an inter -college research competition on sustainability. i also have topik level 4 . my original degree is in Business Administration which helped me understand how business works, ethics of business, business inside, importance of business everything and structure consumer behaviour, etc. Which jibelieve will help in building my own brand in future with that combination. Alongside I have a very clear goal of what i want to research on or study, then how I'll use it. So do you think my other aspects outweighs my grades? Or grades still truly matters??? Because I don't think so a lot of student apply for fashion masters. But still what is your opinion on this????? And if there's someone with better grade from my country will my profile be not selected ????

I wish to pursue fashion designing as masters. Tho my grades are super low in my UG degree like around 71% and criteria is 80%+ for the fully funded scholarship. My grades reflect the rigorous evaluation of my university even tho I worked hard while I was managing my finances while studying. Also i didn't pursue fashion as ug bec of financial difficulties and high cost of fashion degree in my country. Tho I am focusing on self studying fashion. As I can illustrate very well and have unique vision, although I wish to give more time to it, I still have like 8 months to apply. Till the i am working on my portfolio ,self study, creating my own designs into a full garment. And my recommendation letter is good, my extracurricular reflects my leadership qualities, my community work shows my dedication and other skills, and many other projects like - leading a team for fashion walks in my own college from theme to final walk. And etc. And my original degree is in Business Administration which helped me understand how business works, ethics of business, business inside, importance of business everything and structure consumer behaviour, etc. Which j believe will help in building my own brand in future with that combination. Alongside I have a very clear goal of what i want to research on or study, then how I'll use it. So do you think my other aspects outweighs my grades? Or grades still truly matters??? Because the country I'm applying in, for a specific scholarship I don't think so a lot of student apply for fashion masters. But still what is your opinion on this?????

Hey everyone! . A few questions for those who've been through this after you come to korea with gks and for first month obviously it takes time to get your bank account. So here are some questions-

1. When you first arrived, did you go straight to a dorm or did you stay at a hotel first? How did you sort out your accommodation in the beginning? Was it provided by university?? Or you paid??

2. Were you able to cook for yourself? And is it allowed to bring your own utensils/cookware, or is it better to just buy stuff there?

3. How much of money one should bring?? How much you spent altogether??? ( minimum) indian scholars and all other scholars please answer. So i can plan beforehand.

Any tips from people who've done this solo would be super helpful. Thanks in advance! 🙏

Hello everyone, I wanted to ask something regarding GKS recommendation letters. One of the professors who knows me very well and can genuinely write about my academic performance, personality, and work ethic left my college a few months ago in 4th sem Since this is now my final semester( 6th sem), I was thinking of requesting him to write my recommendation letter for GKS.

Has anyone here submitted a recommendation letter from a professor who is no longer teaching at their college? Was it accepted without any issue? Also, did they mention their previous designation/college officially in the letter? Can I submit it or should I get it from a professor who teach me now but doesn't know me well.

Would really appreciate guidance from anyone who has experienced something similar. Thank you!

Hey everyone! I'm currently in my final year of a BBA program in India, and my grades haven't been the best — mostly due to my university's grading pattern rather than a lack of effort or understanding. I'm planning to apply for the GKS (Global Korea Scholarship) for a Master's in Fashion at universities like Hongik, Kookmin, or SNU, targeting the 2027–28 cycle. Now here's where I'm confused: I keep seeing people mention CAT and SAT in the context of Korean university admissions and scholarships, and I genuinely don't know which one applies to my situation or if either is even necessary. My specific questions: Is the SAT required or even useful for GKS Master's applicants, especially for a creative/design field like Fashion? Does a low undergraduate GPA hurt my GKS chances significantly, and can strong SAT scores help offset that? For those who got into GKS for art or design programs what did your application look like? What did universities actually focus on? Is there anything else I should be prioritising over SAT prep right now (portfolio, TOPIK, personal statement, etc.)? Any advice from GKS scholars, Korean university students, or people who've been through this process would mean a lot. Thank you! 🙏