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Colleges outside of TX grant FA , too.
You could’ve just told me it means too much (or something along those lines). Anyway, I was talking about Texas because since my mom was in the army, they will pay for tuition for a certain amount of credits(I asked my mom and she said they would pay for about 3 more years), but only if the college is in Texas
Your mom’s GI Bill money is a huge gift. You are very, very, lucky to have that available to you!!! You need to find out the details about what states it can be used in (your mom might be confused about the Texas-only thing), what kinds of degree programs it can be used for, and how much of your costs would be covered. This money might make it possible for you to afford a college or university that you hadn’t considered before, or it might pay for enough of your studies during the regular school year that you will have money left over for summer language classes.
I don’t think it’s necessarily a GI bill, she was only in the army during her college life. I forgot what it’s called but she said it only covers tuition and can only be used in Texas, which I think is still pretty useful.
If you don’t have any siblings who are going to use that money, and if your mom isn’t going to use it, then you should take full advantage of it. Find a 4-year place you can transfer to in Texas where you can do a semester abroad.
Actually, I do have other siblings. Me and my brother are going to use it.
Sorry for a necro post, but have you decided where you will go, @Mobbinmic ? I have a similar desire as yours, only studying in Korea, but degree equivalency in the U.S may or may not be beneficial to me. I am planning on staying indefinitely in South Korea, potentially garnering permanent residency through marriage/staying for 5 years. I am also going directly from CC, with a 3.5 GPA and at least $6000. A D4 visa requires only $3000 in your financial account. You could change that to a D2 visa with the help of a Korean national (relatively easy from what I’ve heard), and you could work after 6 months. Garnering a graduate degree from the U.S is also a possibility for me after garnering an undergrad degree from South Korea. As for the individual that declared it takes 10 years to learn Korean, I believe it should take about 1.5-2 years with determination and immersion. I’m already about 6 months into the language (learning online through various resources), and it is getting relatively easy.
Hey, I think I’ve decided to stay in the U.S because my mom’s army thing called the hazlewood act pays for my tuition as long as it’s a university in Texas, which is a good deal. I also would like my family, especially my grandparents who are getting pretty old, to see me graduate, and I wanna spend time with friends who I still have connections with while I can. I think the best plan I’ve been able to think of is to study abroad in Japan for a year as an undergraduate in Texas, then I want to take a Chinese language program in Taiwan, then I want to go to Pusan National University’s grad school after completing the Korean language program, I’m aiming for level 6. I know that sounds crazy to some, but I’m determined to learn these languages, which been slowly learning all 3 for the past few years. I do agree that you can learn a language in around 2-3 years, especially if you’re taking a language program in country in which the language is spoken by the majority. If you know you want to stay in Korea then it’s probably a good idea to get a degree from there and you can go to grad school in America as backup. I wanted to do something similar to what you want , I wanted to get my undergraduate degree in South Korea, and maybe go to grad school in Hawaii. But I figured by that time my grandparents would be gone, without having seen me graduate. But anyway, I would love to go to Korea as an undergraduate, but I’m not completely I could afford it, and I want to see my friends and family before I take my long journey after I graduate as an undergraduate. But if you really want to do it, I’m sure you could pull it off, it just takes a lot of work.
"As for the individual that declared it takes 10 years to learn Korean, I believe it should take about 1.5-2 years with determination and immersion. "
A determined person can develop solid proficiency in basic communicative language skills within one year. But getting from that to full academic and professional proficiency is what takes so long. That’s why people give estimates of 5, 7, or more years.
@Mobbinmic Good plan. I hope that a 3.5 GPA would be enough for SNU, KAIST, etc. I’m still not graduated yet from CC, and I may only attain a 3.4 GPA; however, I hope they will still take me for having at least an intermediate level in Korean.
@happymomof1 Learning proficient Korean takes about 2200 hours… That’s about 92 days straight of learning 24/7. I suppose that should probably take about 3-4 years. I am Hispanic, and I only knew intermediate Spanish with very little actual grammar knowledge. I learned all Spanish grammar in about like 2 months, and now I can speak/write it very fluently. Also, the more languages you know, the easier it is to attain new languages. I am also intermediate in German. Languages come easy to me, I suppose. I can tell the differences between all the Chinese languages, and Portuguese I could probably pull off fully learning in it 1 year, at most. Yes, Chinese does have “languages”. Cantonese can’t be understood very well at all by a Mandarin speaker, for example.
Interesting. I’ve never seen a specific figure for achieving full professional fluency in any language. Where do you get the 2200 hours from? In the TESOL literature, 5-7 years of living and studying in an English-language environment is the range most generally cited as needed for full academic and professional fluency. Granted, there is a point where one individual’s academic or professional needs are quite distinct from another’s. Happydad (native Spanish) can do biochem with the best of them, but still trips occasionally over vocabulary and cultural content needed for TV shows and non-horror fiction novels.