Archive forOctober, 2010

My younger brother is applying to colleges right now. I would say he’s a lucky guy, considering the fact that he has an (awesome) older brother to help him through the process. My parents are Korean immigrants and by definition, Korean parents have only heard of Harvard, Yale, and perhaps Princeton. Getting accepted into a [...]

As a PAM major

October 18, 2010 | Comments Off

Sometimes as a Policy major, you sit during your classes and wonder how such great and intelligent people running our government can make such inadequate and stupid mistakes. To a degree, it’s alarmist, the world is about to fall apart any second now. Medicare almost bankrupt as well as Social Security. Education is lost. Consumer [...]

Fall Break

October 11, 2010 | Comments Off

I always enjoy fall semester more than spring because of the extra breaks we get. Although we have that one long stretch of break in the spring, I personally like the shorter and more frequent breaks in the fall (and now we even get Labor Day off!). It gives me something to look forward to, [...]

Prelim Season

October 6, 2010 | Comments Off

So, it’s the start of prelim season… I have just finished my last prelim this morning at 12:05PM after having had 3 prelims in the past 24 1/2 hours. The university’s policy is that I can change one if I have 3 within 24 hours. When I realized I was off by 30 minutes I [...]