pre-departure & important tips
Here is everything that I think is useful for a student studying abroad, both pre-departure and during your stay in Korea.
I am familiar with three main options for housing in Korea - AirBnb, dorm, and goshiwon. I know that securing a dorm in Korea is quite competitive, there are a handful of documents required, and the application processed seemed lengthy. For those reasons, I decided the safest option was to put a deposit down for a goshiwon. As mentioned in a previous post, I found my goshiwon through goshipages.com, and I found Naejari Oneroomtel to be the best option. Here's my rating of the goshiwon and some important things to note if you're considering living here. On a side note, goshiwons in Korea supposedly have a bad reputation for being extremely tiny and not the best place to live. It is known that people live in goshiwons to lock themselves in the room to study.
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I was a bit worried when I found out that I had to print the CDC attestation for my flight. Luckily, printing in Korea is super easy! I'm not sure about other ways to print, but I was able to print my documents at CU. Not all CU's have printers, but the larger ones typically do. The CU across the street and up the road from the Gwanak-gu Office has a printer. I've never printed something outside of Shidler or my own home, so printing papers wasn't super straight forward to me.
1. Find the computer inside the store. There should be a printer underneath it. 2. Find the document that you need to print using Internet Explorer. 3. Click to print the page. 4. A message will pop up asking you to input a 4 digit code. You can enter any 4 digit code, but remember this code. 5. On the printer, there is a button that says to print. Click that button. 6. It will ask you to enter a code. Enter the 4 digit code you inputted earlier. 7. Your document will show up. Be sure to click on the right document. If someone used the same code as you, their documents will show up too. 8. Pay with card. My documents were in black and white, and it was 50 won per sheet. |
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January 2022
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