<p>im dead serious.</p>
<p>Not all, but most in East Asia; I would say so, because it is the only method of college admissions there.</p>
<p>yes...im from korea...all the college there only sees gpa and and placement test that you can take only once!!!not twice....once!!!
so some people suicide for that....and test is extremely hard
amazine math level2,english(korean for korean),foreign language(english for korean),science(earth science,chemistry,physics,biology all together),social science(korean histroy, world history, gov/econ)
second foreign language(german or french)
some college only look at math, korean but....
you take all those subject in one day....3 years of high school for just one test!!!!!thrilling????</p>
<p>and im sure like 99% of korean students go to hakwon (study school) where they come back home @ 2 in the morning.</p>
<p>I'm Korean.
And I've never taken any outside-of-school courses.</p>
<p>I'm so not into it.
I prefer to live my life, not study 24/7. </p>
<p>Thank goodness my parents are... what they call Americanized. I just think they're normal.</p>
<p>im going to start taking outside of school course...</p>
<p>I hear they're worth it if you actually spend time on it.
I have friends who have parents who are willing to spend thousands a week on various courses (You've got one for SAT I: Math, then SAT II: Math IC, another for SATI: Writing section only, etc.) and they go, do nothing, come home, do nothing, and start the cycle all over again. =/</p>
<p>Test taking machine....ha yeah right...i'm straight up asian, and my study pattern is cram before the test date.</p>
<p>Hahah.
Amen, vanilea.</p>
<p>how does that not count as machine vanilea?</p>
<p>I think vanilea is trying to say that anyone can cram, not just Asians.</p>
<p>i cram alot as well. sleeping is overreted</p>
<p>Anyone can cram, but most do not need to study long-term (more than two years) for one thing.</p>
<p>hakwon(private tutoring school(?))-yes...99%students go there, school finishes @9 go to hakwon and it finishes around 11~2</p>
<p>most top students study 24/7</p>
<p>us school system-while top students are extremely smart,too many bottom students.
korean school system-strong middle class</p>
<p>almost forgot, lots of students that didnt succeed on the placement test wait another year to take the test or even lots of people wait for 3~5years
my brother waited one year...</p>
<p>so... 24/7/365</p>
<p>We are also love machines.</p>
<p>That is horrible. :(
To study 24/7/365.
I think there is more to life.</p>
<p>Pretty much is the case.</p>
<p>yeah. hookup then break up.</p>
<p>yes you are exactly right!!!</p>
<p>but we rest for 2~3days after final
watch movies at school or something like that...</p>