questions from South Korea
I'm 20years old, 18 in U.S. age. I am hoping to get a job and success in U.S.. My plan is going a community college in California for a transfer to UCB or UCLA (econ or poliecon). But the concerns are that I am not good at speaking or writing(didn't knew about the formats), discriminations by races, getting a job as a foreigner(no permanent resdidency), drugs, and gun death stuffs. I'll be waiting for your wise opinions :)
Markets are efficient. Whatever plans you have, the whole of finance bros in Asia have as well. Think about it.
Is it worth it to put yourself in debt to chase a bleak dream that even Harvard kids have failed at, or is it wiser to stay where you are, and fight a battle you know, in your terrain?
These are important questions to ask yourself.
If you do decide to move, you might be better off adjusting your mindset - you're there to expand your horizons, not solely to land a Wall Street job. Be a process-based finance bro, don't be an outcome-based finance bro. The process-based finance bro knows that even tho he may not have broken into GS NY, he still gained a fuck ton of knowledge, wisdom and experience from trying and moving. The outcome-based finance bro is fixated on the end results only and is blinded by that, and doesn't appreciate the journey.
Well in Korea if you graduate in top1 univ, you get payed not only 50k(non included 30%of taxes), but also hard to get job. That 50k job is like 5% in 20~early 30. Fine dust from China is getting worse and worse, and birthrate is under 0.8. I guess our country will collapse soon.
P.S. our family can afford me up to $ 0.4M, so money cant be my obstacles
Haha nice, that's a lot of support from your family. I suggest trying to get into a semi-target or target if you can, then decide.
1) Get on language courses as quickly as you can, there are plenty of exchange visa for native English teachers and South Korea is one of the countries with excellent programs.
2) Start engaging with colleges and see whether your stats are good enough to get in.
3) Plan and execute your enrollment, move, logistics, ..
4) When you are in the US your English will improve, you are young and eager to learn. Get the right internships in any job you can get.
5) California is very diverse and discrimination should be much lower than in other states. There is never a guarantee, but I think you should be alright. There are a lot or Koreans in California, I have Korean friends myself (who are from Korea).
6) During/after the education you should be able to score something on OPT-F1, then ideally find a H1b sponsor. This isn't easy, but not impossible.
7) You need a green card sponsor afterwards, so you can establish permanent residency.
As an international in need of sponsorship, it makes little sense to attend an average or below average school in the US. You need to land a position which requires a certain mindset, a lot of discipline, and an organized approach. You don't want to spend all that time and money to attend a school that won't get you anywhere.
None of this is easy, but I believe you can make it with the right amount of funding, effort and a little bit of luck.
Gun deaths... no comment on that one. Yes, there will be an increase in crime compared to South Korea. But I don't think it's that bad if you stay clear of some neighborhoods or areas.
With AI, opportunity everywhere in white collar work (broadly speaking, there will be potentially some nice pockets) will decrease. I frankly don't think paying international tuition to go to a good US school will get you a good ROI long-term
I love how Koreans count time in the womb as a part of their age.
이거 아니면 죽을거라는 생각으로 한다면 되겠지요. Period.
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