Conundrum
Some of you know, last September I went to a Korean university - partly to experience a different culture, partly to study something relevant to computer science in a more developed country than Uzbekistan.
Although I loved the culture, country, and people, I wasn't so positive about the university. With its unchallenging environment, subpar education, non-diverse student body, hilly campus, and a lack of Korean training classes for AI majors, it seemed incongruent with the stunning coastal metropolitan cityscape of Busan.
Reflecting on my first semester there, I am now considering to switch my university to some place decent. However, while in previous years I was single-minded about my preference to go to an American college, now, after seeing what Asia has to offer, I am more or else convinced that Korea is even better.
With its beautiful nature, incredibly nice people, peaceful environment, and well-developed, continuously growing tech industry, Korea feels second to none when it comes to choosing a country to make your career or maybe even live in.
There are a number of great institutions in Seoul alone that I am considering to apply to as soon as their application opens: Korea University, Yonsei, SKKU, SNU, and Hanyang. Besides, there are a couple of unis I applied via Common App as a safety that I am pretty sure are going to be greedy with financial aid.
To wrap up, I still believe that college is more about fun and networking than building skills and learning - you can do the latter without going to college. But for now, I will be honing my writing, reading more, learning more, coding more, and (hopefully) posting more.
Some of you know, last September I went to a Korean university - partly to experience a different culture, partly to study something relevant to computer science in a more developed country than Uzbekistan.
Although I loved the culture, country, and people, I wasn't so positive about the university. With its unchallenging environment, subpar education, non-diverse student body, hilly campus, and a lack of Korean training classes for AI majors, it seemed incongruent with the stunning coastal metropolitan cityscape of Busan.
Reflecting on my first semester there, I am now considering to switch my university to some place decent. However, while in previous years I was single-minded about my preference to go to an American college, now, after seeing what Asia has to offer, I am more or else convinced that Korea is even better.
With its beautiful nature, incredibly nice people, peaceful environment, and well-developed, continuously growing tech industry, Korea feels second to none when it comes to choosing a country to make your career or maybe even live in.
There are a number of great institutions in Seoul alone that I am considering to apply to as soon as their application opens: Korea University, Yonsei, SKKU, SNU, and Hanyang. Besides, there are a couple of unis I applied via Common App as a safety that I am pretty sure are going to be greedy with financial aid.
To wrap up, I still believe that college is more about fun and networking than building skills and learning - you can do the latter without going to college. But for now, I will be honing my writing, reading more, learning more, coding more, and (hopefully) posting more.