ananya77041

Weeabo from urbandictionary:

Someone who thinks Japan is superior over EVERYTHING. Not in reference to someone who likes to watch some anime, reads some manga, eats some teriyaki once or twice a month, etc. The main difference is that a Weeaboo doesn't care about the culture, where a non-weeaboo does. A weeaboo speaks Wapanese (i.e. Kawaii neko!! Can I hug your neko-chan?). However they are not to be confused with someone who is still learning Japanese. A weeaboo will obsess over no more that ten anime/manga and then claim to know EVERYTHING there is to know about Japan. They base the majority of their knowledge, if not all of it, of Japan on really bad anime. Not decent ones like Pretear or Suzumiya Haruhi. Crappy ones like DBZ.

So I would say I don't really fit into that category personally...though I know many who would, sadly...

jakeiscool

are you japanese?

if someone is japanese, can u still be a weaboo lol

lol ive never heard of weeaboo in my life, so i guess now i know

ananya77041

I'm actually Indian...lol.

Weeaboos sounds like pretty much everybody on 4-chan. First I've ever heard of them either.

jakeiscool

jw are there alot of japanese ppl at cornell

Tboonepickens

^ I hope so, I've got a horrible case of yellow fever right now....

Feral24

weeaboos are pretty much the kind of people who wont shut up about anime or japan ever. kind of like 4chan, yes. technically you cant be weeaboo if you're japanese, but if you're american born and raised, you still would be one in my eyes.

waffle

Are you planning on taking chem 207 or 209 next year, or not at all? If the latter, then as a pre-med you should reconsider that choice unless you are planning to take an upper level chem course in the future like p-chem. Otherwise AP credit for chem is looked down upon

countryangel926

Don't mean to steal your thread, but...

People keep saying that Japanese/Chinese isn't worth the effort unless you take a minimum of 2 years. I'm in CAS and was planning to take Chin 1101 for just my freshman year (a total of 12 credits, which fulfills the foreign language requirement). I definitely want to learn Mandarin (and yes, I'm willing to put in the time), but I'm just looking to satisfy the FL req with no intention of becoming fluent. Do a lot of students do this, or is it just totally stupid? lol.

Ray192

Think about, you will be spending an incredible amount of studying for the language class, and what do you get in return? A minimal level of competency with the language. Very minimal competency. In fact, your accent will probably be so terrible native speakers will prefer that you speak english and stop torturing their ears. Does it seem worth it to you?

ananya77041

I was planning on taking AP cred for Chem 2090 and taking 2080 second semester. Is that bad?

waffle

yeah, if you are premed then you should definitely take 209 - med schools don't like you using ap credit for chem unless you are planning on taking another upper level chem course aside from orgo. definitely replace one of your current courses with 209 or plan on taking gen chem next year and then orgo the year after

ananya77041

Ok thanks. I think I'll probably take some sort of upper level chemistry course instead, since I'm anticipating being a materials science or bioengineering major. I looked over the topics for 2090 and I've covered them twice in high school now...pretty certain I have them down. From what I hear, avoiding that 2090 will probably be good for my GPA as well, haha.

waffle

one thing you might consider doing is taking the honors chem sequence. 215 from people who i know who have taken it is basically a slightly more challenging version of 208, along with a higher curve. 216 on the other hand is supposed to be very challenging compared with 207. Although you have covered the topics twice in high school, 209 and 208 will probably be more in depth and challenging - though this depends on high school background too - I know people who sucked at gen chem even though they had ap chem while others rocked it. however this is a moot point if you are planning on taking an upper level chem course - the regular ones i can think of are physical chemistry or inorganic chemistry. it still might be wiser though to just go with gen chem anyway and probably the honors sequence if you are that confident, since you may change your mind and not end up needing an upper level chem course after all

ananya77041

Hm, 2150 sounds like something I'd be interesting in...but when you say higher curve, do you mean that people get lower overall grades or higher overall grades?

chendrix

Higher overall grades. It's curved to a B+ instead of a B/B-, meaning more people get higher grades.