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On January 07 2011 15:33 LosingID8 wrote:
it has to do with my personality more than anything else. it's not that i have a bad relationship with my parents. rather, it's the opposite of that. i'm pretty independent and i think that a big part of college is growing up and living on your own. quite a few USC kids come from the LA area and personally it's really lame to me when they go home every weekend. i mean seriously, you're at a major residential university, not some community college. some kids even have their parents pick up their laundry on friday afternoons and drop it off on sunday evenings. wtf? lol
Lolwtf. That's stupid.
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Computer Science, Mathematics, and Engineering are all great majors and there are excellent schools for all of those in California. They offer some of the best paying entry-level jobs, and the curricula are rigorous enough to allow you to be competitive for graduate school if you're looking to get an MBA. Mathematics is a good major if you're interested in Economics.. many universities offer Math degrees with a concentration in business/economics (forecasting, etc.).
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I chose a science major because I hate writing essays like death, and I hate classes with a lot of student participation and discussion because a lot of people are dumb as shit (even at good schools, I went to a top 10 school). Keep that kind of stuff in mind when you choose a major.
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How are you related to USC losingid8?
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i just graduated in may 2010 with a double major in biology and korean.
i'm also one of the founding members of the USC esports club, formerly simply known as USC CSL!
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On January 07 2011 16:48 LosingID8 wrote:
i just graduated in may 2010 with a double major in biology and korean.
i'm also one of the founding members of the USC esports club, formerly simply known as USC CSL!
Yeah. Talked to mom who was still raging at cost. I don't know if I could get trustees: they only give out 100 :/
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I hate classes with a lot of student participation and discussion because a lot of people are dumb as shit (even at good schools, I went to a top 10 school).
This man, he speaks the truth.
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Go to UCLA. It's public, its prestigious, its in california, and it's far away enough in california. A lot of bay area kids try and go to Davis or something to be far away enough from home but close enough to come back. It's a nice thing, but as I semi read your blogs I would recommend getting far away. UCSD too if you want to be around more asians.
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The problem with picking up a language major is that there are lots of native speakers already. There's a lot of American-born Koreans who speak Korean and are arguably in a better position to take translation jobs than people who study in school. On top of that, if they graduate college, they possess a knowledge in a specific field + an additional language which will make them more competitive.
When it comes to choosing a major, you can do two things:
1- Choose whatever's fun and interesting, regardless of whether it's actually "useful"
2- Find out what jobs you want by researching what they actually do, then work backwards from there and choose your major and what kind of experience you'll need once you graduate.
I think either is fine. With the 1st option, you're going to have to look at what you can accomplish with that degree, but because you're naturally interested you should have no problems networking and doing well (and if you're not, it's obviously not fun or interesting). With the 2nd option, it's more focused and direct, but not as fun... plus it's more rigid so if you screw up somewhere it'll be harder to recover and see your options.
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On January 07 2011 15:13 Froadac wrote:
I haven't been to USC. I might go on a socal run this break. I thought I might go out of state, but tbh too many good schools in CA lol. Even if I get into berkeley, I don't particularly want to have my parents a 25 minute drive away :/
I went to a university that was a 10-minute driving distance from home, but I lived on campus. It was actually a big advantage imo since I had all of the resources of living at home, yet I was living on campus. For example, I would sometimes take the bus home on Friday, and get the car for the weekend and do errands with friends.
Of course, this largely depends on your relationship with your parents and their style of parenting. I would just like to say that you shouldn't dismiss a great school like Berkeley just because your parents live close by.
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Does this girl still go to Cal/do I know her? I won't annoy you if I know her/you don't wanna tell me though ><
And you already took your SAT? lol I didn't know that...good job :O Which one (i.e. time) was it?
Also, I think you should go to Berkeley if you do get accepted--I don't think getting away from your parents is worth declining a top-notch program...just in my humble opinion.
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I'm sort of in the same boat as OP here. I've also been wondering about what to be in order to win outside of North America. Not to hijack the thread but I'll just up my stuff.
I recently took interest in Korea (Starcraft, music, and the girls!). I already applied for University (University of Toronto is my number one; I'm from Toronto, Canada.) for Commerce/Business Administration. In the future I want to work in Hong Kong (I'm Chinese, born in Canada to Hong Kong parents and lived there for a short while) or Korea. It seems as though you guys really suggest tech specialty. It may be possible for me to switch to Computer Science after I get in (hopefully... marks are in decline).
I can read and write Chinese. Speak fluent Cantonese with a Mandarin that is work in progress.
I don't know Korean but I would like to learn it in the future.
I guess what I'm asking is what do you guy's think of the prospects of a University of Toronto business major (finance and economics) in Asian countries?
If I don't know Korean in Korea as a national, can I still do well? I understand one wont do as well as a Korean speaking national, but can I still rise through the ranks?
Also, rank the major universities in Canada. Computer Science and Business specific listings would be cool. I'm interested in your opinions of the universities so don't go searching for them on some official listing!
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On January 11 2011 04:41 kainzero wrote:
The problem with picking up a language major is that there are lots of native speakers already. There's a lot of American-born Koreans who speak Korean and are arguably in a better position to take translation jobs than people who study in school. On top of that, if they graduate college, they possess a knowledge in a specific field + an additional language which will make them more competitive.
When it comes to choosing a major, you can do two things:
1- Choose whatever's fun and interesting, regardless of whether it's actually "useful"
2- Find out what jobs you want by researching what they actually do, then work backwards from there and choose your major and what kind of experience you'll need once you graduate.
I think either is fine. With the 1st option, you're going to have to look at what you can accomplish with that degree, but because you're naturally interested you should have no problems networking and doing well (and if you're not, it's obviously not fun or interesting). With the 2nd option, it's more focused and direct, but not as fun... plus it's more rigid so if you screw up somewhere it'll be harder to recover and see your options.
Don't want to major in korean, just want to take courses 
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On January 13 2011 08:40 Z3kk wrote:
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Does this girl still go to Cal/do I know her? I won't annoy you if I know her/you don't wanna tell me though ><
And you already took your SAT? lol I didn't know that...good job :O Which one (i.e. time) was it?
Also, I think you should go to Berkeley if you do get accepted--I don't think getting away from your parents is worth declining a top-notch program...just in my humble opinion.
Wat girl? The one at caltech?
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The fob one whom you had a crush in middle school? :D?
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Not really fob lolz.
But yeah, initials are GC
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