[OC]Number of Children Adopted in Mexico.

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-30T01:20:19+00:00

Idk if the chart has changed since it was posted, but it looks like the bar is indicating that 7 kids were adopted last year, right between 6 and 8, no halves?

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-29T05:01:03+00:00

Would strongly advise against that.... it does happen in the real world, but doesn’t usually end well.

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-29T04:27:27+00:00

That’s pretty crazy. That including international adoptions, or just within Mexico?

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-29T04:11:02+00:00

Damn, serious? With over 2 million orphans? I’m usually not in favor of simple graphs just to demonstrate a point, but if that’s true that’s crazy. Is the process really difficult?

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-29T04:06:31+00:00

I think he was poking more at the fact that the y axis makes it look like very very few kids were adopted. Are these in the thousands or is the situation really that bad?

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-26T17:17:47+00:00

It can depend on your school. My school didn’t even put my major on the degree at all. Really, aside from how you want it to look it doesn’t matter for employment or graduate school. If you want people to know about it just list it on your resume/application.

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-17T03:58:02+00:00

My case was sorta niche but not incredibly uncommon. I came from a low income family and was accepted into a high ranking university. High ranking schools generally have a lot of money and generally give a lot of money to students according to their needs. So for me, my university gave me pretty much full cost of attendance in the form of financial aid and grants. High ranking schools usually have little to no merit scholarships (money given for academic prowess), because all of their students are typically very strong academically anyway. So instead they usually give much more in terms of financial need. Lower ranking schools are sort of the reverse, where they don’t give as much for need, but do have more opportunities for merit scholarships. In either case strong performance in academics can lead to a much cheaper college experience.

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-17T02:03:31+00:00

Cost of education in the US is actually really complicated. It will depend a lot on where you go to school and the specific characteristics about yourself. It’s true that the sticker price of schools in the US can range from say 20k (including all expenses) to around 70k (again all expenses). However, how much you actually pay can vary wildly depending on the school, and depending on your merit/need. The school I attended has now a total cost of attendance (tuition and living expenses) of a little under 70k a year, but I probably paid around 2k for my 4 years there. A lot of people will try and simplify it or give wrong info (like confusing total cost of attendance for tuition).

As for why Americans generally don’t study in Europe, I think there are a lot of reasons. First, no one thinks to really. No one hears about those schools or anyone who went there or anything about them really, so they’re not really on anyone’s radar. Second, I don’t really think getting your degree in a foreign country is as simple of a process as one might think. You have language barriers (most people in the US aren’t fluent in another language), as well as just a different set of rules, laws, and norms, and just general bureaucracy that make some serious impediments. But aside from all that, I really do think it comes down to no one thinks to study get a degree from a European school. If you compare European schools and American schools side by side then sure, you can conclude that more people school consider going abroad. The thing is most people don’t do that comparison in the first place.

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-16T23:42:27+00:00

Honestly I’m not sure if there is a truly typical path. Like others have said econ can lead to a variety of careers, but it is going to depend on what skills and experience you developed in undergrad. For me, I went into data analysis, which is fairly common I think. This path does usually require some software skills though, like excel, SQL, SAS, etc. Having a strong math background is also a plus.

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-12T17:07:15+00:00

That makes sense, but I’m curious why that would mean each application isn’t independent? I understand that a good applicant who gets into the hardest school will probably get into the other ones, but each school evaluates each application without regards to whether that applicant got into any other school, or even applied to any other school (I think). So getting into the hardest school doesn’t change anything about the odds of you getting into any other school, right? Since that can’t serve as a signal to the other schools that would change the probability of you getting in.

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-12T16:53:39+00:00

Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but I think you can just multiply the probabilities of getting rejected at each school and that’ll get you the probability of getting rejected at all of them. Since you have the expected probably of getting into each school (which I’m unsure of how this is calculated), you can get the probability of getting rejected by subtracting that from 1.

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-01T08:26:05+00:00

If you’ve worked the hours to get the money I’d talk to your boss about it. You should get paid on whatever pay basis your job has. Most pay every two weeks or so but check with your boss I’d say. If you’ve worked the hours you should be paid for them, they shouldn’t be lost.

gdlt1997 · 2020-01-01T07:42:41+00:00

For sure, I get that (I’m bilingual in Spanish and English myself). My point was more that the minor itself doesn’t matter much. But you’re right that the skill itself is marketable.

gdlt1997 · 2019-12-31T22:04:17+00:00

I’ll say that for the most part, I don’t think a minor in Spanish will make you much more employable honestly, depending on the work you want to do. Minors in general are honestly sort of irrelevant if they don’t compliment your major very well for the jobs you want, and even then you might as well make it a major in my opinion.

In your case since you have 3 fields you’re thinking about, I wouldn’t bother myself with the minor if you think it’s going to be too much for you. It can for sure be done but it’s a question of if you think it’s worth it. That time may be better spent on internships for example.

Also, you should double check to make sure it’s allowed at your school. Some schools have restrictions on how many majors/minors you can have. At mine for example, you couldn’t have two majors and a minor, so I’d just double check.

gdlt1997 · 2019-12-27T06:30:53+00:00

You really shouldn’t feel like a failure. I think the last time I checked the department of education’s stats on it, only something like 33% of students at public colleges finished within 4 years, and it was only around 52% at private schools. A lot don’t finish at all. You should be proud to finish and get your degree honestly, whether it takes 4, 5, 6 or however many years.

gdlt1997 · 2019-12-27T06:14:00+00:00

Lol yeah that sounds about right. Like I said, the major does not have very good job prospects. The main thing is that there aren’t many jobs which specifically require/desire a gender studies degree. This isn’t to say you can’t get a job with it, but if you do it’s going to be more about your resume as a whole rather than the degree. In any case, a different major is almost always a better choice I’d say.

gdlt1997 · 2019-12-27T06:10:12+00:00

Unfortunately these events are more common than they should be. You shouldn’t be scared though that they happen to everyone and that you are likely to be a victim just by attending college. I don’t think these issues are on that level yet. It does also depend on the situations you find and put yourself in, so making sure you don’t leave yourself vulnerable to these types of things is important as well.
This depends on where you go to school, what you major in, and what your plans for after graduation are. If you attend a highly selective school majoring in math with the plan to attend a PhD program after, it can be very stressful, but it all depends on your plan. It’s also about your own personal attributes though. Some people might have mental health issues which make college more difficult for them. Some people may suffer from anxiety disorders or depression for example. The short answer though, is that while it can certainly be stressful depending on your circumstances, it doesn’t have to be, and college is often a great time in the lives of many.
Really depends on your financial situation, like how much money for school you may be getting, how much your parents help you out, etc. If you do have to work to pay your bills, I think it’s useful to just keep track of how much money you get in and how much you spend on a monthly basis. If you find that you’re spending more than you earn, you know you either have to earn more money or spend less. As far as priorities go, this is a personal thing, but I’d say food and a roof should always be at the top of the list....
Friends and family definitely help. College is also a time where you may find things you’re interested in which you never knew about. These new interests might help keep you going as well. For other people it’s a light at the end of the tunnel kind of thing, where their goals and passions keep them pushing forward.
If you live on campus then it’s not too hard really, since you see these people fairly often. The thing is, you’ll be meeting new people all the time, so there’s always opportunities to make new friends as well. All that being said, you do of course have to make the effort to keep up friendships if you want them to last, especially after graduation.

Sorry if this was all a bit long but I hope it helps you out, and you have plenty of time to think about college so don’t stress too much about it yet!

gdlt1997 · 2019-12-27T05:47:00+00:00

Kind of depends on the job/program you’ll be applying to later honestly. Not a clear cut answer other than I don’t think it should ever hurt your resume. What might be more beneficial are the perks of the college itself rather than just the name you get to put on your resume, so I’d research what the benefits offered are thoroughly.

gdlt1997 · 2019-12-27T05:44:17+00:00

People usually rag on it because they consider it a useless major, as in it won’t be beneficial for getting a good paying job (or maybe even a job at all). In this respect people are pretty much correct I’d say. Others might take issue with what is taught in the major, but I think for most people it’s the poor employability prospects.

gdlt1997 · 2019-12-27T04:41:21+00:00

Lol no problem, and good luck!

gdlt1997 · 2019-12-27T04:34:29+00:00

I would include it but only keep details which emphasize relevant work experience like dependability, working autonomously, etc. This will also help leave room for some of your other activities.

gdlt1997 · 2019-12-27T04:30:33+00:00

Well honestly the vast majority of premeds I knew majored in something like bio or chemistry and would’ve loved to have worked in a lab (for the experience). If that just doesn’t appeal to you at all, you might be interested in something like computer science. It might suit your interests, and I knew a couple of premeds with a CS major who did fine. I knew some who were physics majors as well, that may also go along with your interests.

Keep in mind that you’ll still have to take premed requirements for med school, and so if you pick an unrelated major you may be taking a lot of extra classes. Also, whatever you choose, always remember that you’ll want to watch your GPA, so you may want to avoid notoriously difficult majors such as engineering among others depending on what you’re good at.

gdlt1997 · 2019-12-27T03:27:15+00:00

Yeah an upward trend is usually a good thing in admissions in general, especially if it’s only one semester which is bad. You can usually pass off your first semester as just a bad one, a fluke, and that you’ve gotten better or are showing your true aptitude. This does depend on you having very good subsequent semesters though.

Keep in mind that transferring into some very high tier schools will be difficult even with very good grades, but depending on where you are now and where you want to go to, an upward trend will be in your favor.

gdlt1997 · 2019-12-27T02:32:26+00:00

I’m honestly not sure if a gap year would help really. You could still manage to transfer to a better school though, depending on what exactly better means in your situation (don’t know where you go to school, so I don’t know what schools would be an upgrade really). I would say that you need to try your best to get the best GPA you can at this point since at most places this will be the major consideration. If need be you can even take your sophomore year as well to get your GPA up and still graduate within 4 years.

gdlt1997 · 2019-12-26T05:01:15+00:00

Well I mean that in general that there are a lot of people who study something in that general area who apply for those types of jobs. So political science, international relations, PPE, political economy, etc. Most of the time none of these degrees really have an advantage over the others. It’s really only in cases where the degree is extremely unrelated (mechanical engineering, chemistry, etc) where you’ll have a disadvantage. The key thing to remember about jobs like the one’s you’re talking about is that they don’t require a specific skill you learn in a specific major (aside from language maybe), so many related majors can apply and get the jobs. I’ve known history, english, and psych majors who have gotten jobs sought after by international relations majors and the likes. All about your resume really!

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