Ha.  Sam Cassell is kind of ugly.  But he is a good player and seems like he is nice enough.

pbf is amazing. 'will you marry me?' 'no, not now.'

My views certainly don't reflect those of the typical Asian American college student, but I think that college life is not very enjoyable. Although I'm usually too busy studying to really care about the events that are happening around here, I have encountered too many Asian Americans who believe in stupid stereotypes about interracial dating. Neither side is willing to admit their own faults to the other side even though it's so easy to spot the flaws in their arguments. Just witnessing so much ignorance gathered in one place makes my blood boil. Even though I went to a predominantly Asian high school, there weren't any Asian Americans bickering with one another because of these things.

I guess I've had my fair share of bad experiences with all sorts of people of my race in college. I've dealt with people who smoke cigarettes in large groups while standing outside with their rice rockets, exchanging dirty looks with me. I've been yelled at by women who apparently believe in the negative stereotypes about Asian men when it comes to dating even though I'm not interested in dating any of them. And I've been harrassed by the people of my race for not having any cultural pride.

I would say that many students remain in Asian organizations. But I personally don't join such clubs or organizations because I fail to see the importance of cultural identity. That, and it kind of goes against my beliefs that everyone should be seen as equal regardless of their ethnic background. I just don't like it when people celebrate their differences. One professor has even written an essay about how cultural pride can destroy the unity of our nation.

As of now, I'm actually struggling to find other Asian students who believe in what I believe in. In a school with tens of thousands of students, I would like to think that at least one person agrees with me. But for now, I shall remain alone in my thoughts.

I would go to Stanford if I could. Tuition fees have been wavered for families that make less than $45k a year so perhaps I can get a transfer agreement with them sometime. Perhaps the college experience will be far better up there.

when u r freshman in college, people makes friends and cliques. Some people make good friends. Some people make wrong friends and end up looking for different clique. However as years go by, it's hard for friends to see each other because everyone has different majors and they take different classes. My point is, don't worry about the percentage of ethnicity when u decide for college cause it won't be big of a deal.

never been to stanford. or berkeley for that matter.

go to stanford, its a better school.

you can type normally! im shocked

dude you're applying to stanford?

heh at least u got good enough grades to shoot for stanford
yea seriously don't waste money going to berkeley
pay over 20k for an overcrowded school in a not-so-nice neighborhood (from what i know i might not be right)

hi there...i have visited both berkeley and stanford and you're pretty much right about both. the asians at berkeley do have a reputation though for being very, VERY competitive. and they'll do anything to be sure that they are the ones who set the curve. but i know plenty of people, asian and non asian, that are going to berkeley next year and they're fantastic people. classes are also much bigger there and you're probably not going to get a lot of help. i think it just depends...if you get into both, i'd say definitely pick stanford if you like the private school environment and the small city atmosphere (i did not apply to stanford because i live in suburban southern california and going to palo alto was pretty much like driving 7 hours to a place that looked exactly like where i lived). just like gooksantiger says, don't make ethnicity stats a factor in your college decisions, it's what you think about the campus and how you think you're going to succeed there.

I'm headed to UC San Diego next year, which also has a reputation for being primarily asian (i mean, yellow fever, c'mon...). i'm not sure how my college experience is going to be compared to yours since i'm only half-asian, but i guess i'm just going to have to take things how they come and deal with it then. best of luck to you!

oh yeah and responding to phobious_pimip, the city of berkeley is pretty bad (bums and everything) but that means it's more fun right? proof = tijuana :D

do hush, you already know where i write actual substantive things

i'll admit, i ogled that pre-john tong picture for a minute before i realized it was a dude. i feel dirty.

oh yeah, that i can understand...especially their new stuff because it sounds kinda whiny...but i still like it.
their old stuff is pretty good once you get past the screamo, i suppose XD...they are one of like only 3 screaming bands that i like. the others are more "singing-y" i guess hahahah

who is john tong? is it the 6th picture down? man i knew that bryan was always gay ahahahah >:]

if i were you i wouldn't give a damn about the demographic of any school. i will choose a school that i like and then go with the flow. any ivy league school will have tonnes of asian therefore you can't escape it.

my advice for you is to choose a small school that is far away from your home........dont choose big schools because you wont learn as much as you can in smaller ones. try to stay in rez. for first year bc u will make friend with a lot of people.

university experience is awesome......you'll will have the best time of your life, as least youll have the most fun

umm, there is ONE white person on my bus home. ONE! yeah, welcome to america plz. the only things that were white on the bus were our ipods; now even they are going black o_O!

FOURTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL NAMED RUTH WAS SITTING AT HOME EATING TACOS WHILE BABYSITTING HER BROTHER WHILE HER PARENTS WERE OUT GETTING DRUNK.ITS 9:00 SO SHE PUTS HER BROTHER TO BED AND HE FALLS ASLEEP IMMEDIATELY.SHE WATCHES TV AND AT 1:27am THE PHONE RINGS.SHE PICKS IT UP AND A VOICE THAT SOUNDS ERIE.HE SAYS SOMETHING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE THAT SHE CANNOT UNDERSTAND SO SHE JUST HANGS UP.AND LATER ON AT ABOUT 3:13 THE PHONE RINGS AGAIN.THE SAME VOICE COMES ON THE PHONE HE SAYS CHECK YOUR BROTHERS ROOM!! AND SHE SAYS WHO ARE YOU AND WHATS YOU PROBLEM??THEN SHE HANGS UP.SHE GETS SCARED AND GOES AND CHECKS HIS ROOM JUST IN CASE.SHE OPENS THE DOOR AND SHE SEES HER BROTHER HANGING FROM THE CLOSET DEAD!!!SHE CALLS THE POLICE AND THEY COME RIGHT OVER.THEY DO THE WHOLE INSPECTION THING AND SHE GOES TO COURT AND THE JUDGE FINDS HER GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF HER BROTHER PELSWICK OSWALD THE THIRD.SHE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON.THIS IS NO JOKE ITS A TRUE STORY OF A DEAR FAMILY IN FORK CITY, UTAH.SHE HAUNTS THOSE WHO DO NOT RE-TELL HER SYORY AS SHE THINKS THAT ITS THEM WHO MURDERED HER DEAR BROTHER.IF YOU DO NOT SEND THIS TO 15 PEOPLE IN THE NEXT 313 MINUTES SHE WILL APPEAR AT YOUR BEDSIDE AT 3:13 AND TORCHER AND HANG YOU JUST AS IT WAS DONE TO HER BROTHER.I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A JOKE ITS REAL AND THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR DISBELIEF IN THE DEATH OF PELSWICK OSWALD THE THIRD.REPOST THIS