Admissions

There is no application in the usual sense. There is a conversation, and it is enough to determine whether this is the right place for your child.

Before You Reach Out

A few honest doubts, named plainly, since they come up often enough to deserve a direct answer.

Can a live online class really hold a child's attention? Class time is not built around lecture. I explain a new grammar concept as simply and briefly as I can, and the rest of the session is students speaking: back-and-forth questions on translations and exercises, and Socratic seminars on the themes of the reading whenever the material calls for it. A student in this kind of class is answering, not watching.

My child is already busy. Will this add stress rather than relieve it? The classes are deliberately built not to be stressful. Even the harder grammar concepts are explained plainly, and students practice them by speaking, out loud, until the concept actually settles rather than just being noted down.

How to Join

1. The parent consultation. Every family starts here: a conversation about your child, age, grade, temperament, any prior Latin, and what you are hoping for. In English, that conversation is with me, John Cho, directly. In Korean, it is with our administrator. Korean: Open KakaoTalk. English: Open WhatsApp, or Get in Touch directly. For a student with no prior Latin, this conversation is often enough on its own to determine placement.
2. The student consultation, if needed. If a student is coming with some Latin already, I meet with the student directly, not the parent: a short passage read aloud, a few questions on what has already been covered. This determines which stage, and which point within that stage, is the right place to start.
3. Placement and enrollment. Often I can assign the right course and stage immediately after our conversation. Sometimes I will want to speak further with a parent myself, or our administrator will follow up with the parent directly, to make sure the placement is exactly right. A seat is then secured with tuition, paid through Stripe, due in full before the course begins. Families receive confirmation, materials, and a Zoom link ahead of the first session.

Our administrator handles scheduling and the logistics around it. The placement decision itself is mine alone.

Humane Letters Admission

Admission is granted on the strength of a short written essay, a Viva (a spoken conversation about a poem, in the tradition of the Oxbridge admissions interview), and at least one year already completed in a Latin course here.