Watching the world from my desk I remember sitting in my room, staring at the screen, trying to figure out if I was actually learning anything or if I was just getting really good at navigating different time zones. The idea of attending an American university without actually packing a suitcase felt like such a…
Staring at those EMBA sports day photos I ended up scrolling through some photos from the Sungkyunkwan University EMBA sports day recently. It’s funny how these things pop up. People were smiling, wearing matching shirts, and looking like they were having a genuinely good time, which usually feels a bit forced at these kinds of…
Getting lost in the endless tabs of university rankings I probably had about twenty tabs open on my browser for three weeks straight. It started because I was looking at biomedical engineering programs, and somehow the University of Sydney kept popping up in every search I made. I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to…
Watching the news about international education centers I spent the morning scrolling through local news about new international education centers popping up in cities like Daejeon. It’s funny how they market these things—lots of talk about ‘global communication’ and ‘native speaker programs.’ It reminds me of the years I spent stressing over whether to pursue…
Deciding on an MBA: Is It Actually Worth the Sweat? If you are working in a mid-sized company in Korea, you have likely looked at the career ladder and felt a bit stagnant. At some point, you start hearing about an MBA as the ultimate escape or promotion vehicle. I remember standing in the middle…
When people talk about schools like Johns Hopkins, they usually frame it in terms of prestige, high-impact research, or legendary donation amounts. But after actually going through the mental gymnastics of navigating elite US university aspirations for myself and watching others do the same, the reality is far more granular and often messier than the…