[quote=flu][quote=bearishgurl][quote=flu][quote=bearishgurl]I vote that CA re-institute the writing portion on the SAT, ACT and TOEFL and apply the applicant’s essay/writing score to their composite score.
This is how it was done when I took the ACT … way back in the day.
This would most certainly weed out thousands of Chinese applicants, who would fail this portion miserably, causing their composite scores to plummet.
Too bad … so sad.[/quote]
So you took the ACT back then for college and you think you did better than most foreigners. So how did college work out for you BG?[/quote]Yeah, I took it … and scored a 31. I was admitted to CU – Boulder as well as Cal. But I didn’t end up attending university as it turned out to be too expensive for me and I had no one to help. It turned out my parent made $940 too much in my junior year of HS (their latest tax return) for me to qualify for a “BEOG grant” (nka “Pell Grant”) as a freshman (which was only worth ~$2K year anyway, and would not have been enough to help with room/board). Student loans did not exist at that time as they do today.
I elected to work FT right out of HS and go to state college in the city where I lived and worked. I ended up never graduating from CC after attending 4 state colleges/CCs in two states (one class at a time but not every semester) over a period of about 15 years, all while working FT. But most of my classes were occupational and did help me on the job, so they weren’t wasted. I then got a paralegal certificate (1 yr 500-level program) later in life. I was the only one in my program who did not have a bachelor degree but was admitted based upon atty recommendations from my long work record in the field.
Back then, US university seats occupied by foreign students were of mostly males from oil-rich middle eastern countries who were majoring in engineering. Yes, their fathers paid the full ride for them to attend US universities such as OU (petroleum engineering), CU Boulder and Cal, including renting them nice local apts or even houses for off-campus housing. These families didn’t waste money on a daughter’s education because females in those countries were brought up to be oppressed, covered up and subservient to men. The US didn’t have the influx of Asian university students as there is today. The few foreign students attending US universities were nearly all middle-eastern males.
My personal experience and the fact that CA CC’s are no longer funded well enough to guarantee a student the correct classes to transfer to a UC/CSU in 2 years (or even guarantee them admission into a UC/CSU at all) are the reasons why I pushed my kids directly into university (out of county) after HS. It was the right choice. In CA, it’s MUCH easier to get accepted as a freshman straight out of HS than it is as an incoming junior out of CC (ESP if your parent(s) elect to NOT file a FAFSA). My kid(s) are successful and my youngest is on their way to being successful in life.[/quote]
I’m not even going to bother to read most of what you said her because, let’s face it you’re a racist. If were were talking about an influx of germans or french or italian or canadian, you wouldn’t give a shit.
I find it ironic that someone who prides herself on who well she did on one ACT test yet never bothered to finish college would be talking smack about immigrants that have finished college and frankly have done better to further themselves.
Excuse after excuse. I’ve heard that before. I’ve cold hve done better, I’ve could have done this.
Well, the point is, you didn’t. End of discussion.[/quote]
BG, while you’re at it, why not just say the rest, along your line of thinking…
1. There are too many blacks in the NBA
2. There are too many jews that work on Wall Street and/or are doctors.
3. There are too many indians that work in tech
4. There are too many latinos working in healthcare.
Seems to be along the same line of reasoning….
But I really have to thank Trump for bringing out all of this closet/bottled feelings. Because obviously, now that the potentially highest leader in the nation says it’s ok to think this way, I finally get to see how a lot of people really are in the real world, long enough to make mental notes, and stay the fvck away and have nothing to do with any of these people in the real world.
Because, obviously the mexicans are stealing all your entitlement benefits and low paying jobs. All the asians and indians are stealing your spots in the best universities and high paid jobs. And well, shit, since it is completely logial for someone to be cross shopping low skill/day laborer jobs and high tech jobs at the same time on dice.com, so damn those mexicans and asians and indians for stealing my bottom of the tier and top of the tier jobs.
Because obviously it’s them, my personal life choices and personal decisions I made throughout my life had absolutely nothing to do with why I can’t get ahead (end sarcasm)
