[A Beautiful Struggle]

So, I found out that in order to go into Pharm School, it's 99% recommended that I finish a Bachelor's degree.. since the competition is so high.

Instead of taking 2 years of Spanish, I want to take the Korean language test and hopefully pass the Foreign Language requirement.

I'm not very good at Korean >.< I've lived with my grandparents so I can speak pretty OKAY (since they're old so they like to use the same phrases over and over again ), and listening is good too.. but writing and reading is a complete nightmare.

But i'm so very determined to learn it...

I'm thinking of buying Rosetta Stone - Korean for basic and then im going to look for more advanced classes.






And i was wondering:


1. Do you guys have any recommendations to fast learning programs?

2. Do you think i can do this?

3. Have you taken the Korean Language test? If you did, Can you talk to us about it?
- My school said that they dont provide it.. i'm gonna be taking a New York Korean Exam. o.O

4. Any other comments? Anyone going to be doing the same thing? x]

5. **Or should I just take 4 years of japanese? =_=

[Tamago86]

Take Korean classes in college, that will be your best bet. A few years of university level Korean classes plus maybe a study abroad will make you golden. It's very possible to do, but it will take time, there's no shorcut or fast route

Korean and Japanese aren't really languages that are directly connected with your field (pharm.), so pick whichever one you think you will be more useful in the future or that tie in with other goals (for example, Korean because your family is Korean, Japanese because you plan to live in Japan, etc)
You might want to check ahead of time if the university you're going to actually offers Korean though, because some don't, or some don't offer it for 4 years.

[LoH_Ter]

So, I found out that in order to go into Pharm School, it's 99% recommended that I finish a Bachelor's degree.. since the competition is so high.

Instead of taking 2 years of Spanish, I want to take the Korean language test and hopefully pass the Foreign Language requirement.

I'm not very good at Korean >.< I've lived with my grandparents so I can speak pretty OKAY (since they're old so they like to use the same phrases over and over again ), and listening is good too.. but writing and reading is a complete nightmare.

But i'm so very determined to learn it...

I'm thinking of buying Rosetta Stone - Korean for basic and then im going to look for more advanced classes.
And i was wondering:
1. Do you guys have any recommendations to fast learning programs?

2. Do you think i can do this?

3. Have you taken the Korean Language test? If you did, Can you talk to us about it?
- My school said that they dont provide it.. i'm gonna be taking a New York Korean Exam. o.O

4. Any other comments? Anyone going to be doing the same thing? x]

5. **Or should I just take 4 years of japanese? =_=

I was actually going to learn Chinese, but I've decided to switch into korean since I can start next quarter and don't have to wait a whole year before I can take it. I can't write or read it, and I don't speak it very well at all. I'm going to rely on my college courses to teach me that. I don't think those fast learning programs are necessary at all. College korean language classes should be good enough (i talked to someone who had no knowledge of italian when she started taking it in college, and now she's fluent in her fourth year, even though she hasn't even studied abroad). So I think you can really do it. But of course, it doesn't matter what I think about what you can and cant do; only your opinion on that really matters.

[A Beautiful Struggle]

my school does not provide Korean classes..

[LoH_Ter]

my school does not provide Korean classes..

Ah, the sad lack of options ;_;.

[Skeptrix]

... see if you can take korean classes in a community college nearby, or a similar outreach program. i know that there are some colleges that offer korean during the summer, whether you are a student of that college or not.. see if there are such programs that exist

[A Beautiful Struggle]

do you guys know of any korean tutors? in the chicagoland area preferably.

[AznBetty]

wait.... in order to get into pharm school, you have to have a bachelors first?
y dont u just get a bachelors in pharm?

as for language... do u already know korean?
iono, if it was me, i think id pick japanese so id have a wider range of languages, since u already know korean.
but then again... a lot of koreans have grammar problems even if they can speak the language.
i knew someone who always made mistakes like : Ah Nyoung Hah Seh Oh (correct grammar: Ahn nyoung hah seh yo)

so i guess, depends on how well you know the language and if you think you still need practice in the area.

[playtoe]

i took the language proficiency exam in korean at nyu for my foreign language requirement.

you should, however, check with the school if they will give you credit, that is transfer credit, if you take the language exam. i got 16 credits in korean through the test.

http://www.scps.nyu.edu/departments/course...;courseId=40726

[brian032]

Korean Course
This should help you out a lot. The guys are still working on uploading Basic Course 1 but Course 2 is up and running. Since you already have a knowledge of Korean it might be okay for you to go ahead and do Course 2 anyways. It's extremely tedious and a seriuos ass kicking course. Be prepared to spend 10 hours or more on each lesson (3rd time I've done this today for 3 different languages). This was made by the government for government personnel and should get you to a pretty good level of fluency if you spend like 2 hours on it each day for 8-10 months or so (maybe longer since Korean is such a tough language).

If you need extra help go to this forum. These guys will help you out a lot. There are a bunch of linguist and they can help you out with your target language. And if you're lucky you might be able to speak with Ardrashir. He's a Korean monk who knows like every language fluently that you could possibly think of (not really, but a pretty big handful). Oh and if you talk to these guys they might tell you to not even mess with Rosetta Stone. FSI is the real deal. In my opinion don't even mess with Rosetta Stone. If you're interested in buying FSI Korean course 1 (and not patient enough to wait for the uploading, because who knows when they'll be finished) the link is here. And then you can just download Course 2. But yeah, once you're finished with FSI you'll be on your way to fluency (just trust me, no disrespect to students and people taking languages in college, but you'll probably end up speaking better than them, no joke). And if you want to learn more vocab than they cover (I don't know how many thousand words) just buy a dictionary. My biggest tip overlearn until you can overlearn no longer. Just work until you get to the point of automaticity. I could give you some tips on how I use FSI also if you need some. You're brain can only absorb so much information at a certain time so I'll give you some tips on that stuff if you don't already know it.

*Edit here's another FSI basic course one for like 20 bucks cheaper. here I suggest you do a lot of research and asking on that language forum too. There are a lot of people that use it and should tell you if it's worth shelling out this much money or not.

*edit again... better yet I found it cheaper. It goes under barrons too. $20 Download course 2 off the top link to complete the rest. ebay. And here's some praise for it too. here I suggest using pimsleur with it too for a good accent. There's a thread in General discussion that talks about Vietnamese and has the link for pimsleur korean.

[mickey012]

if you're academically outstanding & finish all the pre-req for pharm schools, then you don't need a bachelor's degree.

as for the language, i'd suggest you take the korean language exam and see if you pass first. if you pass, then there's no point wasting your time on a language course.