FAQ

A. You can find “cancel my application” from My Page.
Please log in to your “My Page” to successfully cancel your registration.

You can find and print your admission ticket from our website on the admissions page.
The admission ticket is only available after once the admission is closed.

Yes. You can.

When applying, you must indicate all the categories you wish to exam (e.g., select/submit both English writing and English speaking tabs from the admission applications page).

Incompletes (i.e., uncompleted application, fail to submit essays and voice recordings) will not be accepted at any circumstances. Uploaded essays/documents are expected to be complete, coherent, and relevant to the subject matter.
Your application must meet the requirements in order to successfully register for the contest by the noon of 05 May 2017.

As for GLEC application, your profile picture is only required. For awarded students, they need to provide a copy of their immigration records to Secretariat.

Please note that if your application information does not match with your official documents, we are not responsible for any disadvantages there may be.

If you copy and paste your essay from MS Word, you may encounter a software error due to different encoding manuals. Therefore, if you intend to use another program rather than writing directly on the application page, it is highly recommendable to use Notepad. If you wrote your essay on MS Word in advance, please copy and paste to Notepad and then to your application page.

For applicants who apply for Speaking contest, it is required to submit 1. Written draft and 2. Voice record.

The file needs to be in MP3 and/or WMA format.
Tip: Recording your voice using your phone is easier/simpler.

It is required to submit your picture in order to participate in GLEC.
For elementary and middle school students, it is necessary to upload a recent picture, since they grow fast, and with old photo, identification sometimes is difficult for Secretariat. In order to clearly identify the student, please upload your recent photo.

If you cannot upload your picture, please check the size of the image.
Dimensions: 200*250 and 1MB.

To enter the contest, it is required to submit your profile picture.
If you cannot upload your photo, make sure the files you are uploading do not exceed the limits of 1M and 200*250 pixels.

No. The international admission is for those who hold passports from outside of the nation where GLEC will be held or those who lived in an English-speaking countries for more than a year.

No, the criteria of division between “local native participant” and “international participant” is whether the one has lived abroad over than a year (365 days) in recent 3 years.

Although you have overall 5 years of experience living abroad, if you have less than a year (365 days) of it in recent 3 years, you may apply for the local native participant.

I studied abroad for 5 years, but in recent 3 years, I stayed abroad for only 4 months. Am I considered an international applicant?

=> No, the criteria of division between “local native participant” and “international participant” is whether the one has lived abroad over than a year (365 days) in recent 3 years.

Although you have overall 5 years of experience living abroad, if you have less than a year (365 days) of it in recent 3 years, you may apply for the local native participant.

We only accept applications online.
You can submit your application from our admission page

http://www.gleader.org/reception/?doAct=preliminaries

Yes. You may apply. When submitting your application, select your status as a homeschooler and your level of study as college/university.

* Please note that since you have completed your high school degree, you are considered as a college student.

For the Preliminary Round, it is 20 dollars (USD).
For the Final Round, it is 30 dollars (USD).

If you are applying for both testing criteria, it is required to pay the fees for each area (i.e., Essays, Oral Proficiency test)