[Misuzu]

I'm a sophomore in highschool, and i plan on taking the Korean SAT subject tests as one of the subject tests i plan to take (that & biology).

Has anyone taken this test?
What books would help on studying for the exam?
How hard/easy was the test & What is your lvl of korean?

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I'm korean and have grown up speaking korean to my parents back & forth fluently, with only sometimes conglish used. I watch alot of korean dramas and i understand everything. The only thing i'm worried about is grammer. ><; & the writting (which is..grammer hehee)

[xm1chelle]

there's a lot of SAT korean books out there but make sure that you buy one that has the least amount of errors (i noticed that A LOT of sat korean prep books have a lot of errors)

the test was pretty okay...i actually took it two times...the first time i took it, i just went into the room without studying & i thought i was gonna do bad but i ended up doing okay & the second time (when i actually studied) i ended up with the same score as my first test...

if you speak korean fluently, i dont think you have to worry too much ...

did you take korean school? it helped for me

[Misuzu]

I took korean school for about from about 1st gr. to 5th grade..? Then i stopped because i had moved to a region that didn't offer korean school. ^ ^;

My parents are suggesting me to do this 'every sathurday' meet @ church, they apparently offer..um, korean sat prep. I might do that too.

[kimbokrn]

test's pretty dumbbbb
the people in listening section sound funny. :]

[Misuzu]

test's pretty dumbbbb
the people in listening section sound funny. :]

haha, seriously? How well did you do on the test? (x

[xm1chelle]

I took korean school for about from about 1st gr. to 5th grade..? Then i stopped because i had moved to a region that didn't offer korean school. ^ ^;

My parents are suggesting me to do this 'every sathurday' meet @ church, they apparently offer..um, korean sat prep. I might do that too.

definitely take advantage of that opportunity...but the test itself was okay (but the listening part might get boring - i always dont pay attention to this part)...also, i'm not sure if they are...but there might be an essay section this year

[bluebear922]

was there a writing sections for the krn sat? cuz i cant write in korean

[Xingda]

i heard that if you get perfect score you're only in the 50th percentile LOL cuz only smart ppl take it

[becky]

^ Yeah I wasn't sure what percentile perfect score was, but since the Korean SAT II was created fairly recently, I heard it's still really easy. Also, a lot of fobs take it for an easy 800 which probably screws up the curve a bit. There are some sample questions online, so you might want to try those first.

Unless they're changing it for this year's test, there shouldn't be an essay portion... you should check up on collegeboard for that too.

[DaAzNkIgGa627]

I took the official practice one in the College Board's book and got a 780. I made some stupid errors. I think I got like 5 wrong or something. Overall it's easy, I just needed to brush up on a few errors.

[tenshiii0ox]

Well, it's not hard if you can teach yourself to read Korean. For example, I never went to Korean school because I absolutely detested the idea of going to the institutions, but I taught myself to read Korean by constantly reading Korean lyrics. And, I did just as well as fobs. Just learn to read somewhat fast and know your grammar. Good luck. But, if you'd really like to learn from a book, use Hollym's 2nd edition.

[kimbokrn]

770, without preparing for the test -__-

[JunsuLover]

Oh hey, we're in the same boat
I'm a sophomore too and took it this past November.
I moved to America when I was 4, and spoke pretty fluent Korean to my parents growing up too.
The test should be fairly easy, no worries.
If you have any connections with Korean school teachers, ask them for a book.
They might even have a sample test.
Just review a bit and you'll be fine.
Everything's pretty much really easy.
+ The books are harder then the actual test itself.
Hope this helped and good luck!

[Misuzu]

Oh hey, we're in the same boat
I'm a sophomore too and took it this past November.
I moved to America when I was 4, and spoke pretty fluent Korean to my parents growing up too.
The test should be fairly easy, no worries.
If you have any connections with Korean school teachers, ask them for a book.
They might even have a sample test.
Just review a bit and you'll be fine.
Everything's pretty much really easy.
+ The books are harder then the actual test itself.
Hope this helped and good luck!

haha, Thank you very much! ^ ^
It did provide me some relief.
I'm just worried about the writting/grammer portion.
I can speak & understand pretty well.
I guess i'll be spending the next year reviewing
& doing some practice!

Thanks everyone!
& Good luck to everyone who is taking them!

EDIT//
I haven't taken it yet. ^ ^;
I plan on taking it during my junior year i suppose or senior year.
Does anyone know when we need to sign up for it?
I know most public schools don't hold korean sat subject testings...

[tenshiii0ox]

^Only November. Public schools do hold them.

[j i w o n.]

it's really easy.
just don't fall asleep like i did during the listening section -0-
they were talking really.. slowly LOL :X
i was like dozing off like crazy.

and if you wanted to study, i'd say, study grammar section the most.
for practice tests, that was my weakest spot b/c like all of them kind of sound right to me b/c as i was raised i used grammatically incorrect phrases and it kind of grew on me, you nkow? so it sounds right HAHa.

but yeah that and reading comp is easy peasy so no worries.

but seroiusly fobs totally set the curve so it's unfair but. eh whatever.

and if this info's necessary... i was born in korea, came here to america when i was 2 years old.
and i speak, write, read, etc korean fluently

[Misuzu]

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearc...e=94513&z=y

Do you think this book would help?

To help increase my reading&writing skills, what books (korean) would you suggest me to read? Middleschool-highschool level.

[DONNA<3]

i got 740,...thats horrible. 22 percentile. sooooooo. if you really know your korean well and you believe you can get all of it right..then go for it..
listening..freakin cant press rewind so i forgot when the guy was saying -.-

[Misuzu]

i got 740,...thats horrible. 22 percentile. sooooooo. if you really know your korean well and you believe you can get all of it right..then go for it..
listening..freakin cant press rewind so i forgot when the guy was saying -.-

You can't press rewind?
isn't 740 a good score? o.O
or if you take this, you MUST get 100% correct?

[DaAzNkIgGa627]

It looks uncompetitive if you don't I guess is what the person above is trying to say. So many people get 800's (I believe you can get 3 wrong and still get 800) that even though 700's sound good, there are others who easily got 800.