Daewon Foreign Language High School
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| Daewon Foreign Language High School 대원외국어고등학교 / 大元外國語高等學校 |
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| Koreans Branching Out Around the World (세계로 뻗는 한국인이 된다) |
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| Established | 1984 |
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| School type | Private |
| Principal | Choi Won-ho (최원호) |
| Location | Seoul, Seoul Special City, South Korea |
| Enrollment | approx. 1,250 |
| Faculty | approx. 85 |
| Tree | Wisteria |
| Flower | Lilac |
| Song | 대원이여 영원하라 (Daewon, Last Forever) |
| Website | [1] |
Daewon Foreign Language High School (Hangeul: 대원외국어고등학교, Hanja: 大元外國語高等學校) is a private, coeducational, college preparatory high school founded in 1983 to nurture future global leaders. Daewon is the largest of the 31 foreign language high schools in Korea. All Daewon students must study Korean, English, Japanese, and a fourth language: Chinese, French, German, or Spanish.
Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and Korea University are the most prestigious and selective universities in Korea, and Daewon is the number one feeder school to those universities. About 90% of the (domestic college bound) students are accepted to the top three universities in Korea.
Like most schools in Korea, Daewon's school year begins in March, the second semester begins in September, and graduation is in February of the following year.
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[edit] Academics
Daewon Foreign Language High School(DFLHS) includes a full Korean curriculum as well as the Global Leadership Program (GLP), which is an after-school English curriculum designed to prepare students for study at overseas universities especially in the United States.
Since 2000, over 260 Daewon Foreign Language High School GLP graduates have gone on to attend college education in the United States. The program was originally called the Study Abroad Program. In 2003 the name was changed to reflect an emphasis shifting away from standardized test preparation toward a more general college preparatory curriculum (AP) that includes classes such as speech and debate, literature, history, and economics.
Total number of the accepted students from each college in the United States are shown below in high number order. (Every number in front of the college name is not sum of the line but sum of each college from year 2000 to year 2006.)
17: Duke University
13: Brown University, New York University, University of Virginia
12: Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania
11: Carleton College
10: Carnegie Mellon University, Swarthmore College
09: Amherst College, Harvard University, University of Chicago
08: Columbia University, Georgetown University
07: Stanford University
06: Dartmouth College, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Princeton University
05: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Syracuse University, University of Wisconsin - Madison
04: University of California - Berkeley, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, Washington University in St. Louis, Wellesley College, Wesleyan University
03: Boston University, Yale University, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
02: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art, University of Notre Dame, University of Washington - Seattle, College of William and Mary
01: Bowdoin College, Brandeis University, Bryn Mawr College, University of California - Irvine, University of California - Riverside, University of California - San Diego, Davidson College, George Washington University, Grinnell College, Harvey Mudd College, Lehigh University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Mount Holyoke College, Oberlin College, Pratt Institute, Purdue University, University of Rochester, Smith College, Temple University, The University of Texas, Austin, Tufts University, Vanderbilt University, Williams College
[edit] Extracurricular activities
There are more than 30 extracurricular activities available to Foreign Language High School(DFLH) students, although like most Korean high schools, Foreign Language High School(DFLH) does not feature any varsity sports teams. An English language debate team and Model UN club are available to students in the GLP.
[edit] Admissions
Students can gain admission to Daewon Foreign Language High School(DFLH) by demonstrating ability in a variety of areas, although the most common way students are accepted is through passing Daewon Foreign Language High School(DFLH)'s own admissions exams, which include written tests and in-depth interview. Daewon Foreign Language High School(DFLH) applicants are generally 'all-straight-A' students of their academic performance in the middle schools days.
[edit] Faculty
Daewon Foreign Language High School(DFLH) has a faculty that includes many graduates of top Korean and international universities, as well as a small number of foreign teachers who teach Chinese, French, Spanish, German, and English conversation classes. Current and former GLP teachers include graduates of Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, the University of Virginia, the Univeristy of Michigan, and the University of California at Berkeley, among others.
[edit] Articles
"Students Cram for Western Schools", by Choi Jie-ho, Joongang Daily editorial comparing the study abroad programs at Daewon Foreign Language High School(DFLH) and Korean Minjok Leadership Academy
