why i never liked being asian

Applying to College
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<p>Okay, I am Asian. So let's see...</p>

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"I-love-math-and-science-"

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I am good at them, but I am not very fond of them. My favorite subject is history. (I hate geo though)</p>

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"...and-I-speak-(insert language)-"

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and I speak Mandarin and Cantonese</p>

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"and-go-to-(HYPSM or UC Berkeley or UCLA or Georgetown/Northwestern or some other brand name school)"

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Strike one. I do want to go to those schools. But my parents are easy on that issue. They don't care whether I go to Harvard or a LAC; they only want me to go to the one that suits me best.</p>

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"-and-I-want-to-become-a-(doctor/engineer)-"

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and I want to become a lawyer. My ideal job is execs though.
I hate being doctors, because I can't stand blood, and I am afraid that I can't take the responsibility of handling somebody's life.
Engineers? Not even on my career list.</p>

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"and-live-in-LA."

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Strike Two.</p>

<p>and I am not out yet. =)</p>

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<p>If I had my way, I'd go to UMich-Ann Arbor. 12% Asian population!!! whoop-dee-do. (Although that's still too much.)</p>

<p>dude, i hate to break it to you. But, there are tons of asians in ann arbor</p>

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<p>Rutgers is full of Asians too.</p>

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It's 17%, ihateCA, not 12%.

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where'd you guys get these figures anyway?</p>

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<p>BLY: Cool, a ranking done with a random number generator!</p>

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Yeah. Asians always get the shaft because 90% of them do the same things, speak the same languages, go to the same colleges, have the same ambitions and live in the same places

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<p>exactly. Don't complain about discrimination if you're not one of the 6,000 or 7,000 Asian applicants who do get in Berkeley every year...</p>

<p>Most private schools have quotas, and there is a point about this, because how can a student whose parents LIVE for his or her college application, whose every day of his first 17 years of his life is geared towards the college application be judged the same way as other kids? Not that there aren't real issues/injustices with the privates' admissions (legacy, socio-economic status, ...)</p>

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<p>well...
im Korean
and i like chemistry, but i really hate math
i love history, might pursue a double major
im into music, but i play flute, not violin, piano, or anyother string instrument</p>

<p>im NOT going to HYPSM or any other associated within that league</p>

<p>i DO plan on going to med school, im either going to BU's 7 year program or an in state one
my dad's a doctor, he told me NOT to become a doctor, but I wanted to, so i am going to</p>

<p>as you can see, i have both asian and non-asian aspects to me, it's not all black and white you know...</p>

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<p>lol. I don't know quite how my parents fit into this whole stereotype. Growing up, it was all HYPSM (in fact, I recall my mom telling me the top 5 colleges in the nation when I was five years old, and for a bizarre reason, I never forgot it). Then in recent years, they've been very laissez-faire, as in they do not care where I go at all. And then, voila, I'm a junior and my parents decide that they would love to have me go to Berkeley or UC Davis simply because it's cheaper than Stanford, which I absolutely adore. Hence, you have my parents who are like "Come ski with us every weekend and study less. It's better for you" (my family goes up to Tahoe about every weekend while I stay home or do some ec things) and then I'm the one who's all "AHH I really really want to get into Stanford" (though it's not about the prestige, mind you; I really believe that it's an absolutely perfect fit for me and my interests).</p>

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<p>Let me see...the Asian test.</p>

<p>"I love math and science."</p>

<p>Strike one. I don't mind math, but I despise science. I love history though/</p>

<p>"...and-I-speak-(insert language)-" </p>

<p>I speak Korean/English/French. </p>

<p>"and-go-to-(HYPSM or UC Berkeley or UCLA or Georgetown/Northwestern or some other brand name school)" </p>

<p>My first choice school is UMich-Ann Arbor. Strike Two.</p>

<p>"-and-I-want-to-become-a-(doctor/engineer)-" </p>

<p>Me: Stockbroker/Currency Trader then Hedge Fund Manager. Strike Three.</p>

<p>"and-live-in-LA." </p>

<p>Strike Four. I intend to live in Greenwich, CT and work in NYC, thank you very much.</p>

<p>I fail miserably at being asian. :)
I got the ethnicity data on Princeton Review's site. PR says 12% for UMich-Ann Arbor. And my school's full of asians. After a while, you learn to ignore their presence. All my friends are nonasian because of my interests BTW.</p>

<p>PROOF:
<a href="http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/studentbody.asp?listing=1023092&ltid=1&intbucketid=%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/studentbody.asp?listing=1023092&ltid=1&intbucketid=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Hm. Numbers dropped. They were 17% last time I checked, but that number was from two years ago. College Board says 13% now. Doesn't matter much though.</p>

<p>Michigan IS a brand name school, by the way. And your Asian test is terrible:</p>

<p>"I love math and science."</p>

<p>Dislike both.</p>

<p>"...and-I-speak-(insert language)-"</p>

<p>I speak Cantonese/English.</p>

<p>"and-go-to-(HYPSM or UC Berkeley or UCLA or Georgetown/Northwestern or some other brand name school)"</p>

<p>You got me here.</p>

<p>"-and-I-want-to-become-a-(doctor/engineer)-"</p>

<p>I want nothing to do with either profession. Business please.</p>

<p>"and-live-in-LA."</p>

<p>Nope, though I do intend on staying in California. I suppose you're from LA?</p>

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<p>"I love math and science."
True</p>

<p>"...and-I-speak-(insert language)-"
Just English</p>

<p>"and-go-to-(HYPSM or UC Berkeley or UCLA or Georgetown/Northwestern or some other brand name school)"
That's the plan. Two here.</p>

<p>"-and-I-want-to-become-a-(doctor/engineer)-"
Something in public policy/management with a science focus. Not medicine.</p>

<p>"and-live-in-LA."
East coast pride, biatch.</p>

<p>40% Asian</p>

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I suppose you're from LA?

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<p>No. But I've been there and it might as well be Seoul. Or Tokyo. Or Shanghai. :(</p>

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<p>There are that many Asians in LA? That's news to me, and I've been there several times.</p>

<p>Let me check the latest census: "The racial makeup of the city was 46.93% White, 11.24% African American, 0.80% Native American, 15.89% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 25.70% from other races, and 5.18% from two or more races. 46.53% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race and 29.75% were White, not of Latino/Hispanic origins."</p>

<p>You know, that's not much more than UMich.</p>

<p>^ I'm just playing Devil's Advocate here. I used to think the same way you do now. :D</p>

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<p>There tends to be more asians on the west coast than on the east coast. There tends to be more asians in/near large cities than in rural areas. There tends to be more asians in the north than in the south. And there tends to be not that many asians in cities like Ann Arbor, MI. :)</p>

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<p>There tends to be many Asians in New Jersey. :p</p>

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<p>Haha. That too. :)</p>

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lol. I don't know quite how my parents fit into this whole stereotype. Growing up, it was all HYPSM (in fact, I recall my mom telling me the top 5 colleges in the nation when I was five years old, and for a bizarre reason, I never forgot it). Then in recent years, they've been very laissez-faire, as in they do not care where I go at all. And then, voila, I'm a junior and my parents decide that they would love to have me go to Berkeley or UC Davis simply because it's cheaper than Stanford, which I absolutely adore. Hence, you have my parents who are like "Come ski with us every weekend and study less. It's better for you" (my family goes up to Tahoe about every weekend while I stay home or do some ec things) and then I'm the one who's all "AHH I really really want to get into Stanford" (though it's not about the prestige, mind you; I really believe that it's an absolutely perfect fit for me and my interests).

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Maybe your parents became very successful and started to really "enjoy" life, which is why they're more hands-off about your education and want you to enjoy it with them. I know that with my parents, they were more hard on me when they were going through tough times trying to make ends meet, and as they became more well off they loosened up. Now we're kinda back to where we started, so it's back to the hard attitude, heh.</p>

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<p>I got the ethnicity data on Princeton Review's site. PR says 12% for UMich-Ann Arbor. And my school's full of asians. After a while, you learn to ignore their presence. All my friends are nonasian because of my interests BTW.</p>

<p>I believe that the 12% is of undergrads only.</p>

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<p>The Asian test as iHateCA penned it (I love CA BTW)</p>

<p>"I love math and science."</p>

<p>Kind of. I can do both. I don't love them (unless it's CS)</p>

<p>"...and-I-speak-(insert language)-"</p>

<p>I speak English, very little French, and whatever of my mothertounge I picked up over 17 years - Malayalam (an Indian language) - can't read or write in it though.</p>

<p>"and-go-to-(HYPSM or UC Berkeley or UCLA or Georgetown/Northwestern or some other brand name school)"</p>

<p>Deciding b/w Cal, UCLA and Cornell, so you got me.</p>

<p>"-and-I-want-to-become-a-(doctor/engineer)-"</p>

<p>Yep for engineer. Too bad, I like it</p>

<p>"and-live-in-LA."</p>

<p>Bay Area FTW!</p>

<p>You know what sucks? Many asians do the same thing because they think it's the route of less resistance to success. So now people encourage us to follow our heart. I followed my heart and I'm in the same route as stereotypical asians. I like this stuff! And people think I'm doing it just b/c I'm Asian/Indian. meh</p>

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<p>And there tends to be not that many asians in cities like Ann Arbor, MI. </p>

<p>I live in ann arbor and that is 100% wrong, there is a very large asain population in ann arbor.</p>

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<p>OH GOODY THE TYPICAL ASIAN TEST... AGAIN!</p>

<p>"I love math and science."</p>

<p>I hate math. I took AP Calc BC to only barely make a C. Uh yeah. I would not DARE take AP physics and my favorite subjects are art (art major) and history.</p>

<p>"...and-I-speak-(insert language)-" </p>

<p>I speak Korean, English, and is trying to learn japanese (understand it halfassed way.. that's about it) Uh can semi read french.. and that's my limit.</p>

<p>"and-go-to-(HYPSM or UC Berkeley or UCLA or Georgetown/Northwestern or some other brand name school)" </p>

<p>HAHA I wish. No, I'm going to USC.</p>

<p>"-and-I-want-to-become-a-(doctor/engineer)-" </p>

<p>I want to become an animator/artist/ graphic desiginer/comic book artist/ etc etc. Art related field for me, obviously...</p>

<p>"and-live-in-LA." </p>

<p>Never been there, to tell you the truth. But will be going to USC in the Fall, so I'll be spending my 4 years there.. but I lived in S. Korea, TX, OK, and NY.</p>

<p>Well, USC's FULL of Asians... it's going to be rather interesting. I'ms orry, but I don't like Korean people so much sometimes because they are like "WHAT SCHOOL ARE YOU GOING TO? AH THAT SCHOOL? I'M SORRY... MY SON GOES TO HYPSM... BLAH BLAH"</p>

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Tier 1: Ivies, Stanford, MIT, JHU.
Tier 2: NYU, UCs, Georgetown, UChicago, Williams, Amherst, Carleton.
Tier 3: UMich, Syracuse, Tulane, USC, Swarthmore, Claremont McKenna, etc.
Tier 4: All others.

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<p>How the hell is NYU tier two and USC tier 3 in your mom's mind..? NYU's ranked 37 and USC's 30....shouldnt it be in the same tier together?</p>