Admissions

1. Copy of applicant’s passport.

2. Copy of parents’ passports.

3. Copy of applicant’s and parents’ Alien Registration Cards (ARC) – foreign passport holders only.

4. Copy of applicant’s birth certificate or family registry for Korean nationals.

5. Entry/Exit Statement for applicant.

6. Entry/Exit Statement for parents – 3 years overseas applicants only.

7. Transcripts (academic records) for the current year plus previous two years. 

8. Confidential Teacher Recommendation Form:

   • Lower School applicants (preschool through grade 5) submit one form from your current homeroom teacher.

   • Upper School applicants (grades 6 through 12) submit two – one from the applicant’s current English language arts teacher and an additional from a subject teacher.

   • Applicant Questionnaire (grades 6 through 12 only).

   • Diploma Programme Course Selection Form (grades 11 and 12 only).

   • New Student Health Form (all grades).

   • Application for school bus service (if applicable).

Students applying to grades 11 and 12 (Diploma Programme) are required to attend an additional interview with the Upper School Principal and the IB Diploma Coordinator.

Overseas applicants: If a student is applying from overseas and is unable to complete the interview and admissions assessment at the Dwight School Seoul campus, an online interview can be arranged, and a teacher or counselor at the applicant’s current school can administer the test.

• If the previous reports or the Confidential Teacher Recommendation Form indicate behavioral problems, the previous school will be contacted for clarification and further information pertaining to the student’s issues.

• If the previous reports or admissions test indicate learning difficulties, the Quest Coordinator will interview and/or formally assess the student and advise as to whether Dwight School Seoul is the correct placement for the student and whether the school can adequately support the student’s needs.

NOTE: English as an Additional Language is not available in the Diploma Programme (grades 11 and 12) and Learning Support is limited to time management and study skills support only.

• Conditional Offer of Acceptance: Probationary Acceptance. Conditions of the probation will be shared.

• Waitlist.

• No Offer of Acceptance.

Please allow a minimum of 5 working days for notification following the interview test date.

• Naturalized Korean citizenship. A student whose one or both parents are naturalized Korean citizens and the student is not able to attend and continue the local, Korean, school system with the standards and procedures prescribed by Presidential Decree, as determined and approved by the Principal of the local school:
  
  1.Students who are not able to keep up with the class due to a significant lack of Korean proficiency.
  
  2.Students with school maladjustment due to cultural differences.
  
  3.Students who are unable to continue to attend school due to other causes similar to the subparagraph 1) or 2) described above.

• After reviewing the following appropriate supporting documents for each applicant and completing the admissions test and family interview, the applicants are accepted at the discretion of the Lower and Upper School Principals and Head of School as appropriate.
  The school may directly consult with local authorities, such as the Ministry of Justice and/or Immigration Office, or ask the parents to contact them in order to review any questionable documents.

  1. When one or more of the student’s parents is a foreigner: parents and student’s passport copy, copy of parent(s)’ alien registration card, and family registry (document that proves the relationship between the parents and the student)

  2. When the student has resided overseas for at least three years: parents and student’s passport copy, student’s entry and exit statement, family registry (document that proves the relationship between the parents and the student), and school enrollment letter and report cards from the school that student attended while residing in a foreign country

  3. When the one or more of the parents is a naturalized Korean: parents and student’s passport copy, (Naturalized parent) Identification certificate (detailed), Birth certificate or Family registry, Result of the deliberation of the School Governance Committees

• Dwight School Seoul may consult with local authorities for them to review any questionable documents.

• If documents are deemed ineligible for admittance, students will receive a rejection notice.

• If a current student has been deemed ineligible through our internal audit systems, the parents will be asked to join us for an interview and given an opportunity to explain any discrepancies.

• If after the parent interview the school still deems a student is not eligible, the student will be asked to withdraw from the school.