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The highest-paying. |
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Good to Hear |
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03/13/2001 |
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Great to hear from you again. I'm not officially on any sports team like basketball or lacrosse but I've been taking martial arts for practically my whole life. Does that count? Your decision to attend that school of your choice sounds very daring to me. You must be a very strong-willed person. I can tell. By the way I'm a minority myself. I'm Asian. Chinese specifically. I doubt there are many Chinese/Asians at those good schools you mentioned. I'm also a volunteer at the local soup kitchen already. I've visited the IB board but never left a message there. A few of the people seem decent but a lot of them do a lot of posturing and use a lot of profanity. From my experience in the dojo I know that those who brag and talk tough the most are usually the least substantial. Best of luck at IBM. I'm sorry that this exchange has to come to an end. A friend of mine liked your posts very much and he said he was very impressed. Perhaps if you feel like it you can leave an email address for him or me. If you don't feel like it I'll understand. Please take good care of yourself. |
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Don't worry about how many or how few Asians are at the Ivy League schools. Just focus on your strengths and what you can offer. What counts is your performance. I attend Columbia and see there are plenty of Asians, from a wide variety of groups. Not only that, most also have clubs you can join to help you feel at home. Martial arts counts as a sport and it also shows your dedication and discipline. The money is good at IB's and the hours are long but everyone works hard. It's not just the long hours that are hard but the pressure to perform at fast, high levels day in, day out in close quarters with very driven, very smart, very competitive colleaques. Like any other sustained,tough challenge, pace yourself, be pleasant to all you meet along the way, listen and learn all you can, network like crazy, volunteer for visible projects or ones no one else wants, produce great results and have an exit strategy. Work hard but don't let your health or nutrition suffer. Be sure to invest the money you make, most of it if you can, while you're still young.If you do this after school till you're 28-30, you probably won't HAVE to work after that if you don't want to. Discipline is the key. Good Luck.
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