@MagicBirf : how are things going? Were you able to talk with your GC? To reach out to on campus groups at Penn? Was an adult your parents trust able to help you?
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I sincerely appreciate all the thoughtful and detailed advice. It’s been very helpful. I took note of the school names you mentioned, and I’ll reconsider the financial impact on my parents. I realize I shouldn’t take their lifelong savings for granted.
As for why I’m inclined towards US schools, I’ve already taken several university courses (though I won’t disclose the university’s name here), and what struck me were the class sizes. Initially, all classes start with a group of 180-200 students. As the weeks passed, those numbers would dwindle. The more challenging math courses would shrink to around 50-60 students, while the easier subjects like history and humanities remained consistently large.
Even 50 students in a math class is too big when we’re flying through 4 to 5 theorems in one lecture. Except for one course called Real Analysis. Initially, there were 9 of us enrolled, but over time, it dwindled down to just 3 students. We three students circled closely with the professor …
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