Application Process

For 2022-2023 academic year enrollment, please check for seat availability with the admissions office via admissions@seoulforeign.org before proceeding with online application.

Please check for eligibility and review the checklist below to complete the online application.

Requirements for All Applicants

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Non-refundable application processing fee ($300 USD / 400,000 KRW per applicant)
Birth certificate (for non-Korean students) must be translated and notarized into English
– OR –
Korean Family Registry (if at least one parent holds a Korean passport)
Passport copies for father, mother, and student (of all valid passports)
If at least one parent holds a non-Korean passport, additional documents required:

(1) Maintain Foreign Passport Form

(2) Agreement to Submit Proof of Legal Resident Status Upon Acceptance Form

(3) Alien Registration Card

– OR –

If both parents hold Korean passports, the student's Certificate of Entry and Exit for all valid passport(s) must be submitted (reference from birth).
Online application form

Age-specific Requirements (in addition to those listed above)

Ages 2-5

All documents as listed above in Requirements for All Applicants, PLUS:

SFS Early Childhood Assessment (to be arranged upon completion of application).
All available report cards, translated into English and notarized if applicable if applicable.
Confidential teacher recommendation form filled out by current teacher and sent directly to admissions@seoulforeign.org, if applicable.

Ages 6-10

All documents as listed above in Requirements for All Applicants, PLUS:

SFS Admissions Test, which may or may not include an onsite ELL evaluation. If applicant is abroad, test can be sent to an invigilator at the applicant’s current school.
Writing Test. If applicant is abroad and is sending a standardized test score in lieu of taking the Admissions Test, a Writing Test can be sent to an invigilator at the applicant's current school.
Report cards from the current year and the previous two academic years, translated into English and notarized.
Confidential teacher recommendation form filled out by current teacher and sent directly to admissions@seoulforeign.org.
Informal Interview with the Director of Admissions or with a Section Counselor may be requested.

Ages 11-13

All documents as listed above in Requirements for All Applicants, PLUS:

SFS Admissions Test, which may or may not include an onsite ELL evaluation. If applicant is abroad, a standardized test score taken within the last 12 months can be accepted, or a test can be sent to an invigilator at the applicant’s current school.
Writing Test. If applicant is abroad, and is sending a standardized test score in lieu of taking the Admissions Test, a Writing Test can be sent to an invigilator at the applicant’s current school.
Report cards from the current year and the previous two academic years, translated into English and notarized.
Two confidential teacher recommendation forms: One to be filled out by the current Mathematics teacher and the other by the current English teacher, sent directly to admissions@seoulforeign.org.
Counselor Reference Form filled out by current counselor and sent directly to admissions@seoulforeign.org.
Informal interview with the Director of Admissions or with a Section Counselor may be requested.

Ages 14-17

All documents as listed above in Requirements for All Applicants, PLUS:

SFS Admissions Test, which may or may not include an onsite ELL evaluation. If applicant is abroad, a standardized test score taken within the last 12 months can be accepted, or a test can be sent to an invigilator at the applicant’s current school.
Writing Test. If applicant is abroad, and is sending a standardized test score in lieu of taking the Admissions Test, a Writing Test can be sent to an invigilator at the applicant’s current school.
Report cards from the current year and the previous two academic years, translated into English and notarized.
Two confidential teacher recommendation forms: One to be filled out by the current Mathematics teacher and the other by the current English teacher, sent directly to admissions@seoulforeign.org.
Counselor Reference Form filled out by current counselor and sent directly to admissions@seoulforeign.org.
Informal interview with the Director of Admissions or with a Section Counselor may be requested.

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