The Long March from China to the Ivies

[Monoriu]

Even now I am somewhat disturbed by you guys' description that university is all about dating.  I mean, some of my university Chinese friends certainly dated, but they were all in stable relationships and they still did well in their studies. 

[garbon]

Even now I am somewhat disturbed by you guys' description that university is all about dating.  I mean, some of my university Chinese friends certainly dated, but they were all in stable relationships and they still did well in their studies. 

You don't say.

[derspiess]

We didn't have any mainland Chinese students that I was aware of at either Marshall or Delaware.  I did work with some interns we had at First USA Bank, though.  Very intelligent, professional, polished, yet almost robotic.  Both in the workplace and the few mandatory social gatherings we had for the marketing department.  There was a really cute girl named Xing Xing (?) who made it seem like she was flirting with me, until I heard her just repeat the same shpiel to everyone else.  YOU'RE NOT STEALING MY SECRETS XING XING

[Admiral Yi]

Even now I am somewhat disturbed by you guys' description that university is all about dating.  I mean, some of my university Chinese friends certainly dated, but they were all in stable relationships and they still did well in their studies.

Why does it disturb you?

Does it make you feel like you missed out?

[Grey Fox]

Even now I am somewhat disturbed by you guys' description that university is all about dating.  I mean, some of my university Chinese friends certainly dated, but they were all in stable relationships and they still did well in their studies.

Gotta create a network.

[Monoriu]

Even now I am somewhat disturbed by you guys' description that university is all about dating.  I mean, some of my university Chinese friends certainly dated, but they were all in stable relationships and they still did well in their studies.

Why does it disturb you?

Does it make you feel like you missed out?

Because it is surreal and inconsistent with my experience.  University is a place to prepare oneself for a future career.  It is serious and important. 

Females aren't interested in me, so I missed nothing. 

[alfred russel]

My experience from college was the women certainly did. The men: not as much.

Are you sure they were Reds?

We are limiting this to the chinese? Then I don't know if any of the women were, though a dude was from hong kong. I'm basically talking about korean and japanese.

[LaCroix]

in the US, university/college (undergrad, at least) is largely considered an "experience" more than "a place to prepare oneself for a future career." I suspect the way we do things encourages a larger portion of the population to attend, if only for a year or two. IMO, this is a good thing, although it would be better if we did something about our high student debt.

[The Brain]

My experience from college was the women certainly did. The men: not as much.

Are you sure they were Reds?

We are limiting this to the chinese? Then I don't know if any of the women were, though a dude was from hong kong. I'm basically talking about korean and japanese.

wut

[alfred russel]

My bad.

[grumbler]

From what my Chinese exchange students told me, Chinese universities are a bit of a joke; the key is to get into a good one (which is very hard) and graduate (which is easy).  Any education you receive in the process is just a bonus.

[Monoriu]

From what my Chinese exchange students told me, Chinese universities are a bit of a joke; the key is to get into a good one (which is very hard) and graduate (which is easy).  Any education you receive in the process is just a bonus.

Yeah.  Our data is that the completion rate in HK universities is around 98-99%.  Basically, anybody who doesn't screw up mightily will graduate. 

[CountDeMoney]

We didn't have any mainland Chinese students that I was aware of at either Marshall or Delaware.

Talk about bringing shame to one's family and ancestors.  Probably even more so for Chinese students.

Xing Xing (?) who made it seem like she was flirting with me, until I heard her just repeat the same shpiel to everyone else.  YOU'RE NOT STEALING MY SECRETS XING XING

lol, a panda exchange program masquerading as a spy ring.

[LaCroix]

anyway, back on topic re: whether homegrown chinese students are cool

from my brief experience, yes. talk about great china, list off some HOI or vicky province names, and they buy you drinks all night long

[Admiral Yi]

anyway, back on topic re: whether homegrown chinese students are cool

from my brief experience, yes. talk about great china, list off some HOI or vicky province names, and they buy you drinks all night long

Such as Sinchiang and Tibet?