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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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 Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:53 am Post subject: What's the truth behind the SNU/Duke relationship? |
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A comment by a poster (yeah, often dubious, I know) says this:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/06/117_46195.html
"SNU was recently fired from its sister school (Duke) due to complaints Duke had over the quality of the exchange students it was receiving."
Is this true in any way, or just a load of crap? |
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John_ESL_White
Joined: 12 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:14 am Post subject: |
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I e-mailed a prof., from Duke. Even though I am a UNC alumni, I'm sure I'll get a response.
I'd go with the "Duke is unhappy with the quality of Ks its getting" thing though.
Duke is one of the top schools in the US and would not tolerate plagarism, the inability to write a research paper, or uncreativity in its student body.
And, those are the qualities Korea has to offer in the way of students.
The rare Koreans who graduate from Ivy league schools, and sub-Ivy league schools in the US were almost certainly educated in the US from a very early age.
Don't you think? |
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digsydinner
Joined: 24 May 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:54 am Post subject: |
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| John_ESL_White wrote: |
I e-mailed a prof., from Duke. Even though I am a UNC alumni, I'm sure I'll get a response.
I'd go with the "Duke is unhappy with the quality of Ks its getting" thing though.
Duke is one of the top schools in the US and would not tolerate plagarism, the inability to write a research paper, or uncreativity in its student body.
And, those are the qualities Korea has to offer in the way of students.
The rare Koreans who graduate from Ivy league schools, and sub-Ivy league schools in the US were almost certainly educated in the US from a very early age.
Don't you think? |
i think that's a crude generalization about korean students. can you please back up your statement that korean students can only plagiarize and have the inability to write a research paper?
i believe the joint program is with the fuqua mba program at duke... not undergrads. SNU is a less matured program, compared to most U.S. business schools (namely Fuqua)...obviously, there will be an imbalance in the talent at both campuses. most of the native korean talent do not even consider korean business programs...and will study abroad for their mba.
rare koreans who graduate from ivies? are you kidding? do you know anyone who graduated from an ivy? tell them that koreans are rare there, and they will know you are not from academia. don't believe me? just facebook search koreans + your favorite ivy league school. see how rare the numbers look.
typical unc alumni i guess.... |
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winterfall
Joined: 21 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| digsydinner wrote: |
| John_ESL_White wrote: |
I e-mailed a prof., from Duke. Even though I am a UNC alumni, I'm sure I'll get a response.
I'd go with the "Duke is unhappy with the quality of Ks its getting" thing though.
Duke is one of the top schools in the US and would not tolerate plagarism, the inability to write a research paper, or uncreativity in its student body.
And, those are the qualities Korea has to offer in the way of students.
The rare Koreans who graduate from Ivy league schools, and sub-Ivy league schools in the US were almost certainly educated in the US from a very early age.
Don't you think? |
i think that's a crude generalization about korean students. can you please back up your statement that korean students can only plagiarize and have the inability to write a research paper?
i believe the joint program is with the fuqua mba program at duke... not undergrads. SNU is a less matured program, compared to most U.S. business schools (namely Fuqua)...obviously, there will be an imbalance in the talent at both campuses. most of the native korean talent do not even consider korean business programs...and will study abroad for their mba.
rare koreans who graduate from ivies? are you kidding? do you know anyone who graduated from an ivy? tell them that koreans are rare there, and they will know you are not from academia. don't believe me? just facebook search koreans + your favorite ivy league school. see how rare the numbers look.
typical unc alumni i guess.... |
That's a bit harsh. But, I agree with John. By and large the Korean people that go to those big name Korean schools. Can't write too well.
I've been a writing tutor for awhile. Friends of friends. Buy me dinner once in awhile, give me a good reference, and I'll do it for free.
I tutored a few people from Yonsei and Ehwa and their English writing skills were horrible. They got the basic grammatical rules down but logical reasoning, the flow of the essay, research, etc etc. It was all sloppy and looked like a middle school kid wrote it.
I was surprised I thought they were joking but that was actually the best they could do. |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| digsydinner wrote: |
rare koreans who graduate from ivies? are you kidding? do you know anyone who graduated from an ivy? tell them that koreans are rare there, and they will know you are not from academia. don't believe me? just facebook search koreans + your favorite ivy league school. see how rare the numbers look.
typical unc alumni i guess.... |
While there are many Asians going to Ivy schools, not ALL of them are Korean. Just because some idiot builds their Facebook page to over 500+ friends does not make every one of their friends/acquaintances members of said school
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Learn to type with CAPITAL LETTERS PLEASE! |
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