It is almost too sad to be talking about this article. Living here in Korea, there are so many Koreans wanting to go to America to have education in American colleges. So, they study their butts off in hagwons to basically buy their way into colleges.

This article… is pretty much self-explanatory. Almost 44% of the Korean students drop out of the top American colleges. Samuel S. Kim says that the reason for the dropout is because Koreans spend most of their time studying and not being active in many social activities such as sports and clubs. They isolate themselves to study in order to do well in college. Well, that is not always true. College students also need social lives. Koreans, unfortunately, tend to think this way because of attending to many hagwons at such young age and trying to get 2400 on SAT and 800 on SAT IIs.

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Compared to other groups dropping out, Koreans are 10% higher than 34% Americans dropping, 19% higher than 25% Chinese dropping, and 23% higher than 21% Indians dropping. 44%…this is ridiculous. Almost half of the Koreans attending colleges drop themselves out.

“According to the thesis, Korean students consume 75 percent of their time available for studying, while they allocate only 25 percent to extracurricular activities such as community service.”

College is a huge thing for all of us and we all need to be prepared for it. As a Korean, I do not want to follow the other Koreans by studying hard and living their lives only in the dorms. I like to explore the college life and become very social. In order to be like this, we need to be active in many clubs and sports in high school. High school prepares you for college and it also helps you acknowledge your interests for college. I want to get engaged with people in college and play sports from time to time. Of course I have to study, but I also need to have a little bit of fun in college.

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I do not have to go to a well-known college like Harvard or Yale to get the best education. All colleges give you the best education. Honestly, any college that will make me comfortable will do enough for me. Let us not all fall into the traps of studying 70% of the time when we get in college. Balance out your activities with your studies. We all have lives…so let’s explore!