STEP 1: VISIT SIS

The best way to discover if S.I.S is the best fit for your family is to visit the school. Please contact the Admissions Office at your earliest convenience and setup an appointment for a personal tour of the school, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30am and 3:30pm.

If a personal visit to SIS is not possible, you may begin with Step 2 and visit us at a later date.

STEP 2: DOWNLOAD & COMPLETE APPLICATION FORM WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

The Director of Admissions will not begin screening an applicant's files until the completed application form, requested documents, and the processing fee have been submitted to the Admissions Office. Once downloaded and completed, this form can be mailed, hand-delivered, emailed to the Admissions Office.

Please download and complete:

• Application Checklist
  
• Application Form
• Supporting Documents (see below)
• 3 color photos (3cm x 4cm)
• Copies of the title page of passports (child, father, and mother)
• Government verification that student has lived overseas at least 1,095 days   (approx 3yrs) as verified by the "Entry & Exit Certificate" issued by the Korean   Immigration Department - vacation, trips, camps etc. are excluded.
• Sealed official transcript of the past two school years; English translation must   also be provided if the original transcript is in languages other than English.
• Most recent standardized achievement scores (IOWA, CAT, SSAT, Stanford,   STAR, PSAT, ACER, Terra Nova, etc.)
• Hand-written creative writing sample with the teacher's comments
• Completed Medical History & Physician's Exam Forms (pending acceptance)
• Recommendation letter(s) as outlined below:
  • Kindergarten - current nursery or Pre-Kindergarten teacher
  • Elementary School - current classroom teacher
  • Middle and High School - Math and English teacher

  * All forms can be downloaded by clicking HERE

We strongly urge you to submitt all of your application materials at one time. You may send documents as they become available to you, however, the Admissions Office WILL NOT review the application until all materials have been recieved. Additional application materials (e.g. video biographies, awards, etc) should not be submitted during the application process.

Please send application materials to:

POSTAL SERVICE: Seoul International School Admissions Office Songpa P.O. Box 47 Seoul, South Korea 138-600 COURIER SERVICE: Seoul International School Admissions Office 388-14 Bokjeong-dong, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do South Korea 461-200 EMAIL & PHONE:

STEP 3: APPLICATION FEE

The application processing fee is W500,000. If your student is ineligible for application, the entire portion will be refunded; if your student is eligible, but not accepted, you will receive a refund of W250,000.

This fee can be paid in cash or via wire transfer. This fee must be received at the same time the Application Form and Supporting Documents are submitted. Please use the following information and include the APPLICANT'S name (NOT the owner of the account) should you choose to wire the funds.

Account Name :	Seoul International School
Account # :	323-01-059182 (Korean Won only)
Bank Address :	Shinhan Bank, Garak-dong Branch 44 Ogum-dong, Songpa-gu Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
Swift Code :	SHBKKRSE
Telephone :	82-2-407-1411
Fax :	82-2-448-6313

STEP 4: EVALUATION

All applicants must take a series of entrance examinations before being admitted to SIS. There are 4 exams focused on the following subjects: English proficiency in oral comprehension and oral expression; English proficiency in vocabulary and reading comprehension; Writing; and an examination in Mathematics.

Students applying from overseas who cannot participate in the SIS Entrance exam during the specified dates, but show excellent standardized achievement scores, as well as very good transcripts and recommendations, will have a tentative space held for them until their prescribed Entrance exam date.

STEP 5: ACCEPTANCE

Applicants will be individually notified of their standing AFTER the completed application materials, entrance examinations, and formal review process have taken place. This usually occurs at the end of April each spring.

* Please note, entrance to SIS is also determined by available space for the grade-level and school year in which the application is being made.

STEP 6: SCHOOL FEES, MEDICAL FORMS, TRANSPORTATION FORMS, SCHEDULING OF HS CLASSES

1. Parents of accepted students will be issued an invoice including tuition and other related fees.
2. Medical History and Physician's Exam forms are due by the end of the first week of August each school year.

Students who do not have their medical forms completed and submitted by this time may be asked not to attend SIS.

3. Parents requesting bus service for their student(s) will be asked to submit the Transportation Form which can be downloaded along with the other application materials.

Although bus routes are designed to accommodate as many students as possible, a seat assignment on a particular bus for a student is not guaranteed by the school. S.I.S. will make every effort to serve all newly enrolled students with their transportation needs.

4. Incoming high school students will need an additional appointment with the Director of Pupil Personnel Services to schedule classes.