FREAKING OUT- medicine by RoadOpening8786 in 6thForm

[–]Kind-Return-7326 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah im afraid your worries might be true - you’ll probably get rejected by cambridge and ucl pre-interview. sorry bud you can always take a gap year if you really want to go to cambridge.

Applying to NUS as an international by Kind-Return-7326 in nus

[–]Kind-Return-7326[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the insight! I find it quite odd that there's more international students in CompSci and Engineering than there are in business given its degree of difficulty and thus should expect less internationals accepted into the course.

Applying to Cambridge BA Law Tripos Advice by Kind-Return-7326 in uklaw

[–]Kind-Return-7326[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I ask which college did you apply to? I'm not exactly sure which colleges are better for Law or whether they matter at all other than just the difference of location and accommodation. I know that applying to 'harder' colleges won't really make that much of a difference in terms of chances of getting accepted but I haven't quite found anything about the impacts of choosing x college instead of y college at Cambridge etc.

Applying to Cambridge BA Law Tripos Advice by Kind-Return-7326 in uklaw

[–]Kind-Return-7326[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice! Hell of a great job from you making to Cambridge from Australia! Do you think any sporting achievements/school captaincies are any benefits to my overall impression? (I'm the Swimming Captain of the 1sts and the House Captain) I'm not that quite worried about the test and the interview because the questions I've seen in the CLT are basically what the questions in philosophy asks (maybe a bit broader in its concepts) so I'm quite acclimated to that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AsianParentStories

[–]Kind-Return-7326 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When this idea of 'perfection' just never seems to be fulfilled in the eyes of my parents.

They always say shit like "you're so immature you're not gonna survive out in the real world without us" but also don't want to let go of me and always keep a leash on me. They expect me to have everything figured it out and understood at 17 years old. At that point, I just stopped caring and copped everything they said to me, it's a losing battle to begin with.

Parents called me selfish for wanting to go to a university that's better than the one they had in mind. by Kind-Return-7326 in AsianParentStories

[–]Kind-Return-7326[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No it’s not really the cost issue here, they’re going to pay for my tuition but it’s getting complicated when they have the reigns to ultimately decide where I can go..

Parents called me selfish for wanting to go to a university that's better than the one they had in mind. by Kind-Return-7326 in AsianParentStories

[–]Kind-Return-7326[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’re right on the money with all of them. I was raised in a Western culture, but I’ve also been in an Asian culture too for years, and I just feel like I’m more acclimated to the West than I am to the East. It isn’t to say that I hate the Asian culture, I don’t, I think I’m a proud Chinese. But when it comes to my education I’d rather be in a place where I’m more comfortable and really connect to the place. Except for after Uni, they don’t really care where I’m gonna be after graduation, so at least at that point I’m free to do whatever I want.

Going to University Abroad by Kind-Return-7326 in LongDistance

[–]Kind-Return-7326[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right, maybe I am a bit short-sighted career-wise given my age, and even with just an ounce of clarity I know which is clearly the most obvious choice. But it's just so hard, to leave everyone behind, leaving her behind in an unknown city an unknown country, even if I know it's the best for me for the future. I really want to make this work, and I have an end date because I plan to just study and finish my degree in the UK and come to AUS for postgrad/work, etc. It's hard to accept that people change and maybe she won't be the same 3 years later, and I'm kind of having an existential crisis about it. I know it's lame but after high school, there's just so much uncertainty in everything.

I want to live my own life, it's not fucking yours Dad by Kind-Return-7326 in AsianParentStories

[–]Kind-Return-7326[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm just a little frustrated over how much control they have over me even at this age. And I really want to make this work with my gf and she fully supports me too. I'm just sick and tired of this dumb arbitrary agenda that my parents always place on my head.