^ I can't find the exactly article, but I believe it was a little over a year. She initially enrolled in Lesley University to major in Psychology, but switched over to Berkeley College of Music (behind her parents back
), but it wasn't long after she transferred that she auditioned for YG. But in order to apply for universities here directly, you have to be pretty fluent already~ She wasn't coming as an exchange student, so I'm guessing she learned most of it abroad, and then strengthened her ability here. It's amazing how multi-lingual they are~
I wonder how long they'll wait before promoting in Japan~ I know 3/4 are fluent in Japanese, so at least that's one less hurdle for them~