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· Ryan General
American College Grads Try to Take the Korean ‘SAT’ for the First Time
South Korea’s crucial college entrance exam, known as College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), has gained international fame for being notoriously difficult. Described as “the chance to make or break one’s future,” the exam has been praised for its efficiency, meritocratic…
· Carl Samson
China is Trying a New College Entrance Exam Model to Give Students a Break
On Wednesday, around 9.4 million students will soon be sitting for the gaokao — China’s annual college entrance examinations. However, a portion of those students will already be done with parts of the exam thanks to a new exam model that the country is trying out. These are…
· Ryan General
Filipina Student Proves Haters Wrong By Earning Three College Degrees in 5 Years
A female Filipino college student’s inspiring story of determination and triumph has recently been making the rounds on local social media in the Philippines. Despite being called “bobo” (which means stupid) and “ambisyosa” (a negative form of ambitious in Filipino) by her…
· Carl Samson
Jeremy Lin Reveals That Asian Racism in College Was Way Worse Than in the NBA
Racism is worse in college than in real life, at least according to Jeremy Lin. The Brooklyn Nets point guard, who happens to be the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA, recalled unpleasant experiences while representing Harvard in “Outside Shot…
· Hannah Tran-Trinh
What It’s Like Having All White Friends in College
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Amherst Wire. Only 25 percent of University of Massachusetts Amherst students are people of color.
· King Malleta
Bangladeshi Teen Gets into Stanford After Writing #BlackLivesMatter 100 Times on College Essay
An 18-year-old Bangladeshi-American named Ziad Ahmed got the biggest surprise of his life when was got accepted to Stanford University after he wrote #BlackLivesMatter 100 times on his college essay, according to the Telegraph. Ahmed said that on the essay portion of his college…
· Editorial Staff
Malaysian Teen Reveals the College Essay That Got Her into All 8 Ivy Leagues
Orange County teen Cassandra Hsiao made headlines everywhere for being accepted to every Ivy League school. The 17-year old moved to the United States from Malaysia when she was just five years old. She and her family, who lived in Walnut, California, struggled at first to…
· Khier Casino
Vogue Model Allegedly Commits Suicide in College Dorm Room
Model and medical student Raudha Athif, known as the “Maldivian Girl With Aqua Blue Eyes,” was found by her classmates hanging from a ceiling fan in her dorm room on Wednesday. Athif, 21, was a second-year student at Islami Bank Medical College in Bangladesh. She is believed to…
· Khier Casino
38-Year-Old Man Graduates From the Same College He Guarded for 17 Years in the Philippines
After 17 years of serving as a security guard at St. Theresa’s College in Cebu City, the Philippines, 38-year-old Erwin Macua from Trinidad, Bohol, will be graduating at the same school cum laude on Saturday. The father-of-three juggled being a security guard and college student…
· Carl Samson
Lazy College Girl in China Finds Genius Way to Get Food to Her Room on the 6th Floor
For many of us who have lived or are currently living in dormitories, the experience is simply incomplete without getting food delivered straight to our doorstep. But for some who are literally far from their door to meet the delivery guy, there must be some way to get their…
· Khier Casino
Russian Students May Have to Learn Mandarin For College Entrance Exams By 2020
Russia’s Federal Service for the Supervision of Education and Science plans to make Mandarin Chinese a mandatory foreign language in state testing across the nation by the year 2020. In 2018, 9th graders in Russia will be given the option of taking Chinese on their final exams…
· Carl Samson
Asian Woman Attacks Muslim Couple on College Campus Because She Was ‘Scared’
A video of one Asian woman going on a racist tirade against a Muslim couple has gone viral. The incident occurred at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, on Friday afternoon. Ramzy Alamudi and his wife, who just finished a final exam towards her medical science degree, was…
· Khier Casino
Florida College Student Makes a Living Selling Her Positive Pregnancy Tests and Urine
One Florida woman sold her urine and positive pregnancy tests for $25 on Craigslist to put herself through college. In a Jacksonville-area Craigslist ad, which has since been taken down, the unidentified woman said she was selling “positive pregnancy tests or urine for your own…
· Khier Casino
Elderly Singaporean Man Helps Drug-Addicted Single Mom Get a College Degree
Jaycie Tay, a school dropout and former drug offender, is on the path toward a degree thanks to John Shu, a 50-year-old mechanic she happened to meet at a bus stop. In 2013, Tay was waiting for a bus in Yishun, Singapore, to return to halfway house The Turning Point after…
· Ryan General
Japanese-Style Dorm Room Will Make You Bitter About Your College Living Situation
A beautifully designed dorm room, which participated in an interior design competition, has recently gone viral on Chinese social media for its intricate traditional Japanese design. The entry became an instant favorite among Chinese netizens before finally bagging the top prize…
· Ryan General
South Korea Literally Shuts Down When Students Take Brutal College Entrance Exams
A blanket of silence has once again fallen over the whole of South Korea on Thursday as over 600,000 students take the College Scholastic Ability Test that is widely seen as a crucial factor in determining one’s future. Teenagers reportedly spend years preparing for the test…
· Carl Samson
Ignorant College Students Ignite Internet Fury After Posting Racist Snapchat
Two students from Washington University received backlash for putting liquid face masks and uploading their photo with a questionable caption. On Friday night, one of the students shared the photo on her Snapchat story, backed by a description: “We’re in the Zulu tribe.”
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Firm Allegedly Bribes American College Admissions to Accept Their Students
Rumors about a major Chinese education company indicate that money can certainly buy things like influence and a higher likelihood of being accepted at top U.S. universities. Former employees of the Shanghai-based Dipont Education Management Group have stepped forward with…
· Editorial Staff
10% of Chinese College Girls Have Gotten Pregnant At Least Once, Survey Reveals
One in 10 female university students in China has been pregnant at least once, a recent survey has found. Conducted in 2015, the survey polled 18,000 college students in about 130 universities across the country, China News reported. Sixty percent of the respondents were females.
· Ryan General
Chinese College Poisons All Dogs at a Nearby Shelter, Leaves Owner in Tears
China’s treatment of animals has always been a concern for animal lovers around the world. While movements towards animal welfare and animal rights are growing in China, cases of animal abuse still continue to plague the country. One such case is illustrated in a heartbreaking…