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Indian, preparing for electrical engineering or semiconductor system engineering

98% in 12th valedictorian

10 : 96%

11th : 98% ( cbse )

IELTS: 7

No sat yet , should i do it ?

ECs and volunteering :

Served as a group leader for multiple academic projects that represented state level competitions

Mentored 7 classmates in science and maths throughout grade 11 and 12

State level awards in cultural, literary Activities and science fairs

Science Olympiad district first

Jee advance qualified

Volunteered in many community cleanliness initiatives

Volunteered at a hospital during a free medical checkup camp , assisted doctors and other healthcare staffs

Worked alongside a nurse ( i know most of these is connected to Healthcare, my state experienced many unexpected floods and catastrophic landslides in the past two years where many lost lives , homes and livelihood . My first priority was to help these people as much as I could )

Served as first aid provider during numerous school events

Currently doing a short course related to electronics engineering

Any possibility for scholarships ?

What are my chances to get into Kaist for masters as an international student into fields related to CS (I am truly interested about doing System level security (CTF Style)). I am considering for 2027 January intake.

Regarding my background

I have B.Tech from NIT Hamirpur with 8.39 CGPA and have 3 years of work Ex and most recently with Samsung Research as a Senior Engineer but i have no publications and no research background as i am doing a normal software engineering job

I’m from Uzbekistan, and I really want to study in South Korea. Right now I have TOPIK Level 2, but I stopped studying Korean because my parents were against it. However, my dad said that if I get a full scholarship, he’ll allow me to study there.
The problem is that I have no idea where to start. I want to become a translator, but I think I should carefully think about my future career first. Could you recommend some fields of study and tell me how you got accepted, which university you chose, and what the application process was like?

just graduated, not an science or math olympiad kid but do love physics, sat superscore 1460 ( 790 math 670 r&writing), some national level and regional level medals but not related to stem at all, physics club leader at school, and got those valedictorian certif, 717/800 from national university entrance physics exam (98th percentile) pls any chance for fall application

I ask for a general review rather than something specifically for KAIST, posting here since i see a lot of chance me posts here

98% in 10th grade 99 in both science and mathematics
94% in 11th grade 99 in Mathematics
Expecting something above a 94 in 12th grade

I've created an art portfolio and have been posting on it regularly for around a year as well as been practicing photography for 2 years now. been active in public speaking events, debates, MUNs, represented my school at the national level for debates. Maintained a github for a while but eventually gave up on it as my wants shifted to a more creative side. I've qualified for olympiads before but never actually done great in them, just did them because why not.

Volunteer as a tutor at school, helping whenever I can and have teachers that have strong faith in me and thus strong recommendation letters

Some other hobbies i've touched upon are playing the piano, poetry, basketball, 3d modelling, and other things I tried for the heck of it.

class 10 cbse %age - 88.8% with 95 in maths

class 11 state board - 93% with 96 in maths

inmo qualified

inao qualified

learning dsa and pupil on codeforces

Hi everyone! I’m a high school student from Thailand planning to apply to Computer Science / AI / Computer Engineering programs. I’d really appreciate any honest feedback on my profile and suggestions for universities that might be a good fit.

Academics
GPA: 3.80/4.00
(Retaking SAT soon, so no final score yet.)

Awards & Competitions
NSC (National Software Contest Thailand) 2024 – Finalist
NSC (National Software Contest Thailand) 2026 – Finalist
Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions 2026 – Silver Medal
Geneva 2026 – NRCT Special Award
MakeX Robotics Competition Thailand Championship – Champion
MakeX Robotics World Championship – 3rd Runner-up
Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Thailand 2025 – National Winner
Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2025 – International Olympic Committee (IOC) & International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Sport & Tech Theme Winner
CEDT Hackathon 2026 – Honorable Mention
IEEE Region 10 Robotics Competition 2023 – Participant
CML Agentic AI for Healthcare Hackathon 2025 – Participant

Leadership & Activities
Student Council Committee Member (2024)
Family Business (2021–Present)
[Car Audio Tuning
Marketing & Sales]

Interests
Artificial Intelligence
Healthcare AI
Robotics
Software Development
Entrepreneurship

I got 1300 SAT and do you think it's too low? Regardless of my high school GPA and IELTS scores, extracurricular activities, is it still considered as low? Should I retake the test?

Sejong university South Korea

Hello. I got accepted at GSAI. There are quite a few steps before we go. Shall we get together in a group so that things are smoother for all of us?

Hello guys if you are planning to apply to kaist make sure you applied to postech also if you are interested in it leave a comment and i will add you to the tellegram chat with the people who have been admitted for fall 2026 already ( i am the one)just spread the info about this uni as most international students do not know about it and would love to see more interest in it

high school student from NIS Physics/Math at Astana. GPA 4.9 for 11th grade and predicted 4.85 for 12th grade. Eager to apply for robotics/mechatronics/mechanical engineering.

Got 1510 SAT superscore. December 710 780 and march 730 750

Ielts L8.5 R7.5 W6.5 S6.5

AP Calculus BC, Mechanics, and CSA 5 (predicted, will know results in 6th july)

Honours:

Samsung semi-finalist (waiting for semi-final). 38/800+ teams

Iphyc(International Physics Competition) finalist. 15% of 5600 participants.

Selected partiticipant for LaunchX winter bootcamp

ISSAI (Nazarbayev University) internship. Selected of 80/2600+

Turaqty jol 7.0 eco-competition 17/400+ final(waiting for final, engineering based projects toward ecology)

Activities:

About 100 hours of student council. Was honoured by certificate of best member two times in a row.

Internship at local store as a sales manager, 6weeks

Internship at factory, 1.5 weeks

Article in scopus Q3 (not sure will it be published until application)

Cycling 6 years as a hobby.

Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship mini-course certificate

Projects: 3dof manipulator, inverse kinematics, robot-hand (movement based on camera by my hand)

Hello, I'm planning to apply for Masters degree at KAIST, however I find that most of the lab requires research experience such as international journal publication or academic achievement in bachelors.

I've got 1-year professional experience in the same field with my major but lack of research experience, my bachelor's GPA is 3.7 / 4.0

I've haven't tried contacting the professors because from other's post mostly they won't respond to master's applicant email

any feedback would be very helpful, thanks a lot!

Class 10th 95%

Class 11th 97%

SAT :- 1550

Activities : Attented a design thinking workshop and solved a problem by creating two apps ( through AI)

Fifo verification Testbench

Python fifo simulation

Planning to write NSEP ( NATIONAL STANDARD EXAMINATION IN PHYSICS)

( I am indian btw )

I hope provide a feedback on my chances in getting into KAIST and how i can improve my profile .

I really want to study in Korea (yonsei, kaist, postech, skku, unist) and live there because of the better job opportunities. My high school GPA is 4.8/5, and I got a 7.0 on the IELTS a year ago, though I think I should retake it. My SAT score is 1590. I have been working as an SAT tutor for the past six months and have helped many students achieve higher scores. I also have strong extracurricular activities and projects, including interviewing professors from top universities such as the University of Michigan and Stanford University (we did some research tgth too). I don't have many notable honors. I placed third in several regional Olympiads but wasn't able to win at the national finals.

Ielts 8.0

Sat 1450

Topik 5

A2/A level exams

Math B Physics B (learn and gave the test outside of school independently)

District chess champ

It honestly feels tough

Good day everyone. I'm a 16 year old 12th grade [state boards] student. I am incredibly overwhelmed by seeing different sources telling me what to do to get into KAIST. Any guidance will be very much appreciated, Thank you.

I have been into some state level programs in IT / Computer Science which I am extremely passionate about (Tech). I have never been into Olympiads (never had the chance to learn about it before being too late) and I am planning to take a gap year (as I'm a year earlier than usual students in 12th) focusing on SAT, Projects, National events e.t.c.

It isn't going to be easy but I am very ambitious about it and so I am curious on what projects/research/Events to take part in to get into KAIST. I know I am very behind than an average student but I want to give it my all and use the this important chance I have.

I have a Robotics, Front end web dev and other basic languages like Python, Basic C, C++, Java and basic projects as my background. I never got to attend or prepare for any "world renowned" competitions or exams yet.

Any help or suggestions would be really helpful. And thank you for reading.

KAIST Fall 2026 Regular Applicants!

I am a grade 12 student from India thinking to apply for KAIST. Please honsetly review my profile for selection chances.

My credentials :-

1. PROMYS India 2024 Alumini and have given a alumini lec at next year PROMYS(on Warings Problem) and in program report on Compositions.

2. INMO Qualifier (USAMO eq in India).

3. LIMIT Exam (ISI-B) India Rank 14

4. BMT 24 - DHM Algebra; BMT 25 - DHM Algebra & Discrete.

5. Writer - Bulleteen - a STEM magazine by high schooler.

6. SRMC(Srinivasa Ramanujan Mathematics Competition) - and competition for collage ugs and high schoolers conducted by IITM & IITB math dept; got Rank 77 in round 1 (online) and all india Rank 20(offline) at IITB.

7. IITM Pravartak Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Program.

8. I have also co-founded an Telegram Channel with 5500+ subs for olympiad stages in India with posting regularly questions, handouts (self made) and test series for IOQM/RMO (made with other co-founder).

9. Writing a paper on generalised k-th Power residues and expecting it to get endorsed for ArXiv by a prof of UofT (who I currently am in contact with). I also plan to apply for IRIS national fair.

10. A good LOR from director of promys :- a prof at UofT(i was also selected for junior counsellor role (overall 3 selected from program) for next year so damn sure that I would get a very good lor) and LORs from counsellor's of PROMYS.

11. Attending a returning course on Differential Geometry by PRISM India (IIT Guwahati) - reserved for past attendees of PROMYS.

12. Just started blogging and article writing and plan to do this routinely.

13. I also have Stanford Math Tour 2024 HM but lost the certificate(so silly of me:( trying to find the certificate (so this credential is conditional)

14. Grades :- 10th - 95.6% (messed up english)

11th - 96.2%

12th - expecting 95+%

15. International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition (IAAC) 2025 Edition - featured submission.

Regarding SAT/ACT & IELTS, I am pretty weak in english so studying that (and this is I guess is one of my downsides). Thanks in advance!!