<p>I stand corrected. I should have said that another significant contributing factor towards the tension between the North/South is the South’s tendency to react strongly to any actions from the North. </p>
<p>That “forced democracy/neocolonialism” point is interesting. I picked up a North Korean guidebook when I went to the 38th Parallel (being able to stand on the North Korean side was definitely something - in fact, it was the subject of my main Common App essay), and it essentially was a lengthy description about how the South Koreans were “puppets” and the Americans were “imperialists”.</p>
<p>@calgirl15 I don’t like accusing “Americans” of imperialism, it was Truman and Eisenhower’s governments that showed the tendencies, not the American people… in a way Americans were sacrificed for unexplained American interests like those who had to fight in the Korean/Vietnamese/Afghan wars. but yes I would agree that some south koreans are puppets of the West both politically and culturally. some people have no dignity or respect for the heritage or the 4000 years of tradition, they just want to chuck everything away for the capitalist culture. not that i’m against capitalism. just capitalism without caution or regard to origins.</p>
<p>I mentioned this before, but I’m interested in everything - as long as it doesn’t involve chemistry. So it’s something like engineering/physics/linguistics/international relations. I fit the “Undecided” mold quite well ;)</p>
<p>same, my interests are
film, polisci, international law, linguistics, cultural and ethnic studies, astrophysics and comparative lit;) polisci is set for a minor but i have no idea what i’d choose for a major</p>
<p>at least we don’t have to choose ONE major and study only that for three years like the UK people. main reason i didn’t apply to Oxbridge or warwick</p>
<p>Funny thing is, I actually applied to Cambridge for Law. It was moreso due to my parents’ urging, though I was at Cambridge for a summer program and found it rather nice. :)</p>
<p>I took one look at Oxford’s curriculum for Literature and dropped UCAS once and for all. A whole year of Shakespeare than a semester devoted to the metaphysical poets then a semester to Victorian era, etc,etc… <em>shudder</em>
although it would’ve been much easier for me to apply to the UK since i’m a full IB Diploma candidate, and wouldn’t have had to do ****ing sentence completion exercises all summer</p>
<p>didn’t you find the English weather depressing? i couldn’t get out of london fast enough</p>
<p>I did think the weather was unpredictable, to say the least. My friend and I went downtown during one of our “off” days. We were wearing shirts and short pants because it was sunny. Ten minutes later, we were racing back to campus as fast as we could through a downpour. :P</p>
<p>Wow… I leave for two hours and I’m three pages behind.</p>
<p>@Avtrox, the Tour de France is road biking, mountain biking is -almost- a completely different sport with many disciplines that are -almost- completely different sports in their own right.</p>
<p>There were various reasons. My mom had actually been discussing the possibility of a gap year before I received my college decisions last year, because she was concerned that I was too young to start college (I graduated from high school when I was 16). Another was that I generally had a pretty stressful high school experience, and suffered from it health-wise. This year was an excellent chance for me to grow/physically get stronger, as well as do several things that I otherwise wouldn’t have had the time for, had I still been in school. I re-applied simply because I thought this year provided for a great opportunity to try again, since I wouldn’t be in school and the best school I got into last year (UC Berkeley) would cost an exorbitant amount of money for my family (we are non-US citizens).</p>
<p>Again, I’m not a US citizen (Canadian), so the cheapest way would be for me to go back to Canada - even though I don’t appreciate the teaching style and the fact that I’d just be treated as another random person in a sea of endless names (Canadian universities are huge). So they aren’t among my top choices by any means.</p>
I should have said that another significant contributing factor towards the tension between the North/South is the South’s tendency to react strongly to any actions from the North. </p>
So it’s something like engineering/physics/linguistics/international relations. I fit the “Undecided” mold quite well ;)</p>