The fact that the guys said they got congratulated when they got into the university, and then the girl who said the first thing her family said to her was that they were worried she will scare guys and she would not get married because of attending a prestigious university is bizarre...
I mean, why would someone get intimidated of a girl with high education?. I would probably be more interested in her after hearing that. I guess japanese people have a different point of view about female education.
@@martiddy it’s because a lot of Japanese men prefer to be the “hard worker” in a relationship. When they realize that the girl is most likely smart than them, it makes them feel that she’ll be “wearing that pants” in the relationship and that basically hurts their pride.
"We're good at studying, but that doesn't mean we'll necessarily be good at our job." This is so true. Studying hard can help you but sometimes the concepts in the textbooks are different from experiences in the reality.
If there are 1000 applicants in a big company, they will sort it first by the universities and then grades before you even be called. So if you have low grades, even if you have good work ethics, you won't have the chance to prove it. And again... if you have good work ethics, how come your grade become low?
yes because jobs usually require teamwork, strategy and cooperation..i understand that studying some subjects will give you general knowledge but being required of studying calculus when I'm sure I'm not really into engineering?
@@geneva5yearsago312 the main purpose of calculus in other majors is problem solving. You are faced with a hard problems, how good are you at manage the problem?
True.. I was actually demoraled when a chief accountant told me that what I'm learning in acctg (since it's diff.) can't be applied in our job since we won't apply it anyway once I graduated.. ( few words but made an impact of how I proceeded with my acctg journey) .. I feel like the future is bleak and it's like my hard works are all for null~.. I actually no longer want to cont. studying but I don't want to disappoint my family. . But I think even if I half assed my studies.. God really loves me . cause I never failed a subj. and I passed my CPA board exam the 1st time .. Thanks God 🙏 .. people tell me I'm humble despite being a CPA.. ANSWER( I can't feel superiority with my salary (super low, but + stressful)) 😅
The worst part to me was hearing that woman speak about how her relatives were worried about her chances of getting married rather than congratulating her for entering the top most prestigious college .... if you feel intimidated by a highly educated woman, then you don't deserve someone in that caliber in the first place lmao
You gave the answer to your concern. They feel intimidated thus they won't pursue such caliber women. I think we need to look at this not from the lens of the west but rather from the Japanese people. We know that marriage and birth rates are on the decline in Japan, so much so that the country actively promotes "sex". So from the eyes of her relatives it makes reasonable sense to be concerned for her. They know the culture isn't conducive to marriage of high status woman. Is it messed up? Yeah totally. But that's what's going on. Also this isn't unique to Japan actually. Even in America woman who make more tend to find it harder to get into a relationship than those who don't. The reason is from both sides. Men feel they need to be the ones who work and woman don't like to date down. It's an interesting phenomenon that I think goes much deeper than societal influence.
@@jayrollo1352 Yes. Women naturally date across and up hierarchies while men tend to date across and down. There’s answers and data to all kinds of stuff like this but the education system fails people so answers are usually always “hur dur men bad feminism good”.
In the words of Astrid Leong-Teo, "it's not my job to make you feel like a man", the fact that their own merit or achievements are somehow intimidating to future suitors is honestly a load of bull
@@anm2x Yeah that's definitely true but getting into Tokyo university should be a cause of celebration, not a concern. After all, they studied soo hard to get into it, I feel like they should at least first congratulate and then talk about the marriage.
@@anm2x Since you're speaking about it from the lens of intention, I think the word "chance" would be inaccurate - it should be "her choices would be extremely narrow" instead.
I'm a Japanese and I used to study like 10 hours a day when I was a junior in high school, and I even thought about commit suicide. BUT when I moved to U.S. as a senior this year, my whole life changed positively. me and my homies just do homework together and for the test we use discord. no more stress!!!
Got a question for you. Does being monolingual society make Japan advanced especially in technology or culture? The reason for my question is people always say Japan is so advanced so much so they don't have to master English.
@Apollonia Crysalis I know you aren't characterizing all men but since you mentioned your experience I'll mention mine. When I started dating my wife, I had no degree and a minimum wage job, meanwhile she had just graduated with a BS degree and started a career in a field that pays well. 5 years later, I have a job in IT that pays more with no degree( or student loans). I only mention this for any women or men out there who are reluctant to date someone because they don't have the same education as you or don't have a high paying job like you.
I think in the future that the government will create babies ( of highest IQ people ) in artificial wombs . So when a doctor is needed , then the government will take the sperm and egg of the smartest man and woman , then create a baby with it , then raise it to become a doctor . Regular people will not be allowed to have kids
@Mochi Potato Not really. Per the American Psychological Association, the heritability of IQ (as we measure intelligence currently) is estimated at around 75% by adulthood. This means that most of the difference between person A’s IQ and Person B’s IQ is attributable to their genetic differences (genes inherited by their parents). These estimates began with some of the first research done on intelligence, or “g”, as a construct of general cognitive abilities that underlie most academic tasks. Beginning with family studies (twin studies, adoption studies), the heritability of intelligence is now, I believe, mostly confined to molecular genetic research. However, one should keep in mind that the word most is important. There is still that 25% (or more) attributable to non-genetic factors. Environmental factors can, and do, exert an influence on the development of one’s intelligence. Unfortunately, this tends to be mostly one-way. That is, poor environmental influences can have significantly negative effects on intellectual development while positive (or neutral) environmental influences have minor to no significant effect on one’s IQ.
Just a little more insight on the bottom grade students from my experience. I go to a university here in the States where our school has a 94% acceptance rate and a 48% dropout rate. Plus we have a lot of program budget cuts to add to the sports stuff. Not your ideal college to go to for academic reputation. Our school has an exchange program with Asia University, a low rated uni in Tokyo. I became friends with a few girls there. If there's one thing I learned is that they were more interested in partying with friends then studying yet they still got good marks. She told me this Asia University was actually her 3rd choice and I asked her if she was upset, she said she wasn't. She ultimately wants to be a teacher and doesn't understand why Japanese college students are so competitive. She pretty much told me that she doesn't want to exceed in the ways other kids set high standards for themselves. She feels happy being where she is and it shows. She's been able to work different jobs, school, and still have time to have dance practice and shop with her friends. She appears very happy to me. I don't know if this is the other 99% of students or the bottom grade students experience, but I found it fascinating that she chooses not to give in to the high schooling standards that Japan puts on students.
I went to a university in 1968 (yes, I'm really old). The bottom 50% of the freshman class literally couldn't move on to the sophomore year, no matter what your grades were, because there was no room for the students. I had to attend summer session to bring up my grade in calculus to move on to the sophomore year but then the draft happened. That was the end of my academic achievements.
I attended a major university in the US for Mechanical Engineering. When I heard them say "We studied for 12 hours a day," I was not at all surprised. This is solely due to just how much an average person like me needs to study to maintain a good GPA in engineering, so I'm not speaking for other majors. I did a little programming with Python for my major, and honestly I can't imagine people who get in to IT and other programming-heavy majors do it. By FAR the hardest thing to do was learn how to program (it was in essence like learning another language), but that was because it just took so damn long to do it, and often times what you got didn't work, but even then you were given zero clues on how to fix it. Programmers are absolutely nuts.
Yeah programming is crazy. I’ve been on the self taught route for 2 months now and barely have a grasp on the basics. I much prefer 3D art/animation it’s a bit less stressful.
@Apple I think programmers just need to be determined and have patience. It's one of those things that takes over your whole life. I know people who program for a job during the day, then program with friends at night for fun. It's very impressive, but for me it was too much.
those who like programming have innate joy for problem solving. their logic is next level, meticulous and detail oriented. thank you for the internet and apps. 🙌👊
Like what @Abraham said, in learning a new programming language, you need to get the basics down first: flowcharting, variables, constructors, operators and all the other functions you use in the specific language. It's really hard to study a programming language if the basics aren't mastered. But if you run your software modules and see that they work, the hard work is worth it :)
it's simple. programmers with good skills program in their free time as a hobby. even after a decade now i still feel there's an endless amount of stuff to learn. you can't put a degree or price tag on that. it's simply personal interest. the way other people read books or watch movies, i take out pencil and paper and try to figure out an even better, more efficient way for an algorithm. on the other side, if you just want to get things done without spending your lifetime on it you can always use excel or python, stuff that's designed for the average person
Jeez... studying 15 hours a day. I respect that dude’s commitment to getting into Tokyo university but I don’t think I could ever do that. I like a balance of study and social life. It helps keep me from being stressed
A piece of cake comparing to Chinese， 6：00 AM to 10：00 PM for most of the middle school students and high school students for the whole 6 years . only a few days off in some important holiday severy year(for some middle school maybe a few rest days every month ) especialy for high school ,almost no summer and winter holiday . For the study time above, a lot even harder than that, especially for the year before college enrtance exam.
I would really enjoy to see some interview content regarding people working on jobs that don't require a college degree. Like maids, drivers, waiters and other. I'm a student and I feel like I'm not aware of how much these jobs demand from people and how hard it can be
if so then please consider donating some funds to Asian Boss. The only way you can see the content of your liking is to support the channel financially. I donate regularly to their channel. (just my opinion of course, not a directive).
@@laturista1000 I wanted so much to be able to help, when they announced that they could close I really tried to help but I have no monetary income. I'm a student, and because of the pandemic my family is counties cents. I share a lot of their videos on my social media and to friends and I truly hope to be able to help them as soon as I'm employed because I believe that we should help great content creators like them. Thanks for helping the channel, I hope I can do like you soon
@@ilovecorn97 that's still disgusting just the same to expect a competent female doctor to stay at home and take care of kids. definitely social pressure plays a part there.
@@cookie1271 I’m not even sure it’s even rigging, maybe Tokyo university tried to hide it, but anywhere else in Asia, women are OPENLY subjected to higher criteria to achieve something. In my high school, classes are divided into courses and in the order of academic excellence. The A class is well, obviously the smartest class. Girls can only enter with 8As and above, but boys with only 5As (not considering the Cs and Ds they might have for subjects they didn’t get A for). They do this to “balance the ratio of boys to girls”, but even then, girls will always have higher grades, and boys will still be a minority in the top classes. Should just do it fairly! Who cares if there are no boys, we’re not trying to create a mating population in the class.
A university degree doesn't necessarily guarantee you a job let alone a dream career regardless of what college/university you graduate from and how well you do. Academics is 1 thing, but networking and other social connections are also very important.
nah mate, things do not work that way in Japan, which kinda sucks. People do care about school's prestige more than they do in US or Germany. Note, I am doing a double degree at Todai and a relatively well known public policy school in Germany :)
Damn being that age ready to enter society whilst competing with your peers and being cut throat to each other so that you come out as the winner is a sad reality
This dude at 03:56 gets it. Also I totally agree to the statement of the guy with the curly hair, that the people around you can push you to new heights and that this is very valuable.
I'm from Germany and here it is a pretty big issue. I think there is something called inequality index where it shows that poor peoples children are less likely to go to the university.
@@oo0OAO0oo This is almost the case for every country (me, trying to get scholarship which is supposed to ease financial burden, yet most awardee are from those famous private international school be like), is there a solution for this problem?
@@rayh.9130 It's not necessarily the connections you make in school and in your free time, but also just the family you were born into. You learn a lot from your parents, including the way you even view the world, which tastes you develop and also your cultural interests. A lot of good notes in high school come from general cultural stuff that you can reference or just being disciplined. Bourdieu calls this "cultural capital" and they empirically researched it and came to the conclusion that these subtle ways of living, thinking, interacting within this world, that you adopt form your parents, are heavily impacting your success in life.
@@vhlong287 Bro wtf are you saying in India getting into a tier 1 college is just all what want and ever heard of JEE ADV that exam is freaking insane yet students study for it 10 hours is min
I can personally relate to the girl’s statement about society expecting you to be perfect because of your academic achievements. My experience was exactly how she explained it, but the society part was just me being a teenager.
"But that doesn't guarantee you'll get your dream job" That's true. Things in life just don't go the way you want sometimes so you just have to embrace it
“We’re good at studying,but that doesn’t mean we’ll necessarily be good at our job” By this he means whatever college you come from and even if you studied very well with all academic honesty, that will not mean that you’re going places. Buy these words of his and way of thinking I think he’s going some places!;)
I respect Japanese people and Japanese culture so much, but the fact that more educated women become less eligible for marriage just doesn't seem right.
Real question do they enjoy studying ? The only way I could ever do something for more than 8 hours a day is if I truly loved what I was doing, or are they just afraid what would happen if they didn't get into the best school ?
It's a very competitive society , you have to study hard to keep your standards up to be able to complete , my guess is a very bad exam could set you back miles
@@JD-jz5rr Actually, studying things that interest me gives me a lot of pleasure. I was reading and studying my chemistry textbook and was so amazed learning the things I read. Another example is my physics teacher who already has a masters but still likes to go to cafes with his old physics textbooks and reread them. Idk, a lot of people do like to study.
I graduated from the top university in my country. I'm not gonna lie, it really looks good on the resume and I get accepted at jobs instantly but tbh I'm not really good at my job. I'm just good at studying.
My workplace is surrounded by top local universities graduates. I'm one of those a few people there who didn't go to top schools. Nobody asks rocket-science problems during the hiring. And, the reality is nobody really cares about your education, companies hire you to finish their work and that with cheap pay. Just settle for it.
i like how the guy said that being good at studying doesn't necessarily mean you will be good at doing a job, because that is definitely true for a lot of people. Also, I like how he said that going to university is not much. Although it has its own merit, you can still do a lot even if you can't get in into one. - (working student)
The fact that they are so dedicated to spending hours studying while there's me scanning my lessons and only familiarizing some terms before exams and happy to be included in the passing grade hits really hard. I admire their determination for this one.
Indeed, they study as much as nurses/doctors work - they are taking it as seriously as working hard. Asian Boss is asking great questions (i.e. how the Covid19 is affecting job market and if college is worth it in 2021)!
As someone who attends one of the most "prestigious" university in my country, I can confirm that environment plays a huge part and although my uni ofted boast about diversity and whatever, the truth is most students who get to attend "prestigious" universities are privileged children.
Depends on the country I am not utterly privileged and I still got into #1 Norwegian university.. I think even if you come from an underprivileged background you can still get in if you have a nice CV/cover letter, and high grades.
@@NewSamanca I didn't say it's impossible for someone from underprivileged background to get into prestigious uni. My point is that it's much easier for privileged students to get in. So the notion that prestigious uni = because you are smart and a hard worker (which is the case in my country, might be different in yours. In my country students from top unis are praised to the point of they are seen as "different level") is not always the case, in my opinion.
@@baeseulgi1742 I always loved the language and culture I glady try again but as of right now is kanji the main dialect since I came across someone who speaks Japanese but speaks in Osaka dialect but he didn't understand some little sentence I was speaking but any recommendations of which dialect to learn first?
@@justaguy2040 Sorry, but this is going to be a long comment. The short answer is: Well it depends on where you want to live. There is Standard Japanese or “Kansai-Ben” which is most widely recognised. There is a main distinction between the different Japanese dialects. They are divided into two major types: the Tokyo-type (東京式/とうきょうしき) and the Kyoto-Osaka type (京阪式/けいはんしき). As you can probably guess, it is a division based on the northern and the southern dialects. So there are numerous subdivisions shaped on each particular region. The dialects belonging to these two groups are, to a large extent, not deriving from standard dialect. As with the standardized British English of London, spoken by the high class Londoners of previous centuries, 標準語 was spoken by the high class citizens of Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration of 1868. There are 7 or so that you might want to learn and I will list them and give background on them: 1. Hiroshima-Ben (popularised partly by 1974 movie “The Yakuza” and the movie used the dialect native to the Chugoku region. Ever since the dialect has had unfair association with mafia lol) 2. Kyoto-Ben (is part of Kansai dialects so along with Osaka-Ben, they are called the Kamigata Dialect. Kyoto-Ben is traditional dialect of Kyoto and is known for being soft and polite. It used to be the standard form of Japanese until the Meiji Restoration so many of its speakers are proud of their quite distinct accent. 3. Osaka-Ben (a more melodic and harsher version of Standard Japanese, and you may find speakers tend to omit particles). 4. Hakata-Ben (Spoken in and around Fukuoka City, and has recently been used in regional news events along with Standard Japanese. 5. Sendai-Ben (Is part of the dialect group Tohoku-Ben, spoken in Tohoou region. Sendai is the capital city of the Miyagi prefecture. Sendai-Ben is the closest of the Tohoku-Ben to Standard Japanese, and as you get closer to Hokkaido, the regional dialects become so different that mainstream media may need subtitles when showing people with such a dialect. 6.Hokkaido-Ben (The island of Hokkaido was settles recently, and after the Meiji Restoration people from Tohoku and Hokuriku regions migrate to Hokkaido and created a unique amalgamation dialect. So Hokkaido-Ben is a mixture of varieties with a set of distinct characteristics. For example よね？ / でしょう？turns into ―っしょ, and だろう / でしょう turn into べ and Potential form of Godan Verbs turns into ーる 7. Finally we have Nagoya-Ben, which is spoken in the Nagoya City of the Aichi prefecture. It is mix of Western and Eastern Japanese due to where Nagoya is situated geographically. Even though it is close to the standard Tokyo accent, we find them quite funny as they are more often than not characterised as speaking like a cat Negative form ―ない turns into ―せん a). 飲ません (のません) - I do not drink b). 食べせん (たべせん) - I do not eat Fun fact ✨ Most anime characters speak Tokyo-ben or Ibaraki-ben, two similar dialects to Hyojungo, which is the Standard Japanese taught in schools. This is true for around about 55-60% of anime characters. For example the famous character Son Gokū from Dragon Ball Z and Super, along with his wife Chichi, speak with a vague Tōhoku dialect, specifically “hokuetsu (北越) which is a sub-dialect of Tōhoku. This kind of “country” language can be seen in the English subtitles they speak how a southerner in USA might speak.What makes Goku so funny is that he actually speaks Yakuza Japanese saying things like “What?” or “Yeah...” so he talks like a gangster and it’s interesting because most people seem to think he was supposed to sound like a hillbilly but in fact it is Yakuza Japanese. I think because the way it is translated into English makes us think of him as a hillbilly which makes sense because he grew up in the mountains but in actuality he sounds nothing like that and just sounds like a gangster. Really interesting how different languages can change perception of a character. For example in their first appearance, Chichi and the Ox-King speak in a quite thick Tōhoku dialect, which for the Ox-King, in particular has the effect of completely disarming him in the eyes of the reader, despite his size and strength.When they reappear later on, however, their "Tohoku" speech has been whittled down to just a few key quirks (mainly monophthongized vowel pairs, use of particle "be", and use of "da" after verbs). I could go into depth comparing Yakuza stereotypes and Goku’s speech patterns but that would make this even longer lol. Sorry again for the long comment and sorry if my English isn’t the best still trying to get rid of some weird habits I do in writing. Hope you enjoyed my ted talk. Hope I answered your question. 😊
shoutout to my Tokyo University people! ❤️ I also agree that studying doesn’t mean you will be good at your job. You may need soft skills like how to negotiate and stay calm under pressure.
Wow..seeing students like them talk makes me realise how competitive the world is,nd how smart we have to be to compete with such students.. ( even though I am from India)
And yet, most of the most successful and richest people didn't even go to such universities or even thought of going to college. Academics is not everything!
@@coldhank out of 7 billion how many ppl are u talking about?! 5-6 maybe.. ppl who don't go to college ,is cause they can't,maybe financial or marks is the issue.. if they don't want to go to college ,they better have really good skills😅😅
All girls graduated from Tokyo University I knew are all married, don’t worry! 🤣 You can marry your school mates soon after graduated, most of you girls are actually married earlier than the others, which means before 30, and guys graduated from Tokyo university as well, they all got married early!
I left Japan and did not go to college in Japan but went to college in US. I met some Japanese exchange students from top universities. I have to say they had some sort of pride that they were from top school but kindest nicest Japanese exchange students I talked to were actually not from top college. Some exchange students told me top students themselves judge others academic qualification and name of university they attend. It seems tought situation out there
This might just be me but if I ever got into a prestigious University like Tokyo's, then I'd be a little nervous but overall very proud and happy. And if my relatives ever came forward expressing their worries about me being too "intimidating" for men to ever date or even think of marrying, I'd be even more excited in attending this University.
Another top school Kyoto University's students are more unique, some eccentric, worth interviewing. Yet their talented grads and staff have been awarded highly recognized honors including science Nobel prizes. Todai students are meant for public officials.
I love Japan! This generation and the next one coming are quite open and leveled in thinking, yet they are also ambitious. Very encouraging video. Thanks Asian Boss!
We have kinda the same things in France, with "classes préparatoires" which are basically hell. You study non-stop during 2, sometimes 3 years in order to TRY to enter in a good school. But if you haven't been in a good "classe préparatoire", you have like 1% chance to get into Polytechnique, l'ENS, etc..
All interviewees in this video are top flight of young Japanese, and I`m deeply impressed that none of them are complacent about their privileged position, and observe themselves very objectively. That`s why they are deserved to be the cream of Japan. Hopefully, they will maintain their modesty and diligence even after graduating from the University of Tokyo.
My son graduated college with a chemistry degree. When exam time came, he just practiced on his guitar for hours per day(he played in a heavy metal band during college). I asked him if he should be studying and he replied that if I don't know it by now, there's no hope. Makes sense to me.
This video felt really cathartic as someone who applied to graduate schools and was accepted and is now at a crossroads of choosing the school with the label or the school that is still well recognized globally but is local and accredited. The nuances of whether education is valuable from a university or from one's own studious nature is a consideration, especially given the price of education in the US.
Honestly it kinda saddens me. Imagine abandoning pretty much all social life and maybe damaging your mental health for a chance of getting into a college that might not even assure you a job. I'm not saying they should be vagabonds and just party like there's no tomorrow but I feel like they are way to young to live exclusively for studying
@@juanpaula152 to them it’s worth it. In Japan the college you go to is actually worth a lot more than most people think. Yes mental health is a big problem in Japan especially since it’s something that people just don’t talk about. But it’s also true that college affects your position in work in Japan. Of course, it’s not GUARANTEED, but it’s more guaranteed than most people who go to other colleges. You are more likely to get more jobs, more likely to get treated better, and more likely to get promoted. It’s part of status.
@@soratatami9070 yeah but I think the issue is the fact that college IS so important in Japanese society. Grades, scores, they’re like life and death and I think that’s kinda sad. People will view you differently depending on your education and a person is more than just their grades and scores and education. They could be the kindest, most loyal, giving person but they’ll be treated kinda like trash or overlooked if they didn’t get good grades or went to university. This kinda goes for most societies but i think it’s more severe in japan. Plus these people pretty much lost their teenage years because they were slaving away studying 24/7
@@xhrissy467 yes I agree it is horrible. I understanding it is because I lived in it. But the problem is that the society is already shaped that way. Education is part of status in many places, especially in Japan. It decides where you work, how you get treated, and how your life will go. You can be the most hard working person who has great ideas but if you don’t have to proof of a diploma from a top college, people will look down on you or take advantage of you. There is a big problem in Japan in how workers are treated depending on how they contribute to their company. Companies want to show all their works are “elite” and one way is showing that all of them are from a prestigious college. Also yes some may lose their teenage years depending on how much they commit themselves to education but to them it’s like starting early. Companies want elite young workers who will contribute to their company for years. Some companies won’t hire you if you are too old.
"With everyone taking the same exam, it looks like students have equal opportunities. But the quality of education varies depending on the after school study programs and how wealthy your parents are. So there is a gap in equal opportunities." I wish someone could tell this to the president of the country I live in, where we have 2 learning systems, one for privileged kids who go to private schools called the IEB where they get to do 10 subjects to boost their APS Scores whilst an NSC pupil that goes to a public school who does 6 subjects is expected to have an APS above 420, it being the minimum requirement, that's 100% pass in 4 subjects to get 400 points and the total is 600 points and you get on the waiting list when you have 420, anything below that gets you rejected whilst those with IEB can get 50% pass on each subject and still get 500 points to go straight into university. Inequality is real
@@sandilemlambo5701 Here in Brazil it's similar to this as well. If u come from a wealthy family, you'll study in a private school, with lots of oportunities, a nice infrastrature and better chances to enter a public university(those are the best here). However if u come from a poor family, you'll have to go to a public school that sucks and sometimes can not even provide food and water everyday plus the infrastrature is lame. And yet some people think we all have the same oportunities.
10:10 It is so refreshing to see a national Japanese who cares about the struggles immigrants have to deal with when living in Japan. I really hope he succeeds to make their lives easier 😊
Wow, just from hearing them talk you can already see how smart they are. I am not sure what exactly it is, but all of them give that kind of a "vibe". Really nice. I wish them good luck.
I think that the concern about finding a job after graduating or without a college degree is a worldwide issue. However, it`s a fact that in a society based on knowledge you`ll have more job oportunities if you have a college degree. Furthermore, the most difficult universities to attend are the ones who gives higher prestige to people. But yet, at the time we are living, there are no guarantees that you`ll find a job having or not a college degree! Thanks for the content! Greetings from Brazil!
I hope you can also do this type of interview for Filipinos back in the Philippines. Do interview around high end places. I noticed that interviews in PH are always on common streets and PH has a diverse people. It would be nice to hear interviews from people from different societal classes since there is a gap between societal classes in the Philippines. :) thanks
This deserves many many more likes. Thank you for saying this. Classism and capitalism completely destroys chances of so many students then glorifies those who were successful just to make everything seem good...
I think in the future that the government will create babies ( of highest IQ people ) in artificial wombs . So when a doctor is needed , then the government will take the sperm and egg of the smartest man and woman , then create a baby with it , then raise it to become a doctor . Regular people will not be allowed to have kids
Being a high school teacher with the experience of 33 years' teaching, I believe that the system of university entrance in Japan is relatively fair for now. All the students have to do is to get high marks in entrance exams. It would be quite suffocating for a student to go to high school, thinking that his/her extracurricular activities, behavior, personality, etc. are also being evaluated, which can be quite arbitrary. In Japan, where you go to college doesn't seem to matter that much in landing a job at a company. I used to work for a company listed on Tokyo Exchange for almost 8 yeras and my co-workers were from various universities, including two from Tokyo University. My son went to so called a "third-rate" university and is working for a small construction company. He is in his late 20s and making about $52k. He seems to not be too busy and not unhappy about his job. If you like to work for a company, the most important thing is to do research and choose the right company for you, I think.
Even though they all have worked so hard to reach the uni...it still seems the pressure is never ending...this gave me tension idk why..but it really feels very stressful:(...i guess most of the asians can relate to this.
12 hours a day was a commong thing to me in 2017, i was trying to get accepted in a major of the top 10 in brazil, here the competition is freaking insane, there are around 6 milion people competing the same 10 universities, cause they are all free and have the best reputation and teaching quality of the country.
The one thing that ive learnt is no matter how prestigious your university is, if you cant survive or make it when you go through the realm of work, thats it. Ive seen many people who're struggling to adapt their workplace environment
Japanese guys must insecure af if the high academic achievement of their gf is scaring them... These amazing ladies in the vid deserve supportive partners ❤️❤️
Holy hell , Studying in Europe seems 100x less stressful than over there , I mean you still need to study but exams aren't nearly hard enough for you to have to do 15 hours of study , at least not where I'm studying , most people do maybe 4 hours or so maybe a day during exam season and that's the most I've ever heard
@@JD-jz5rr that's not my point tho , my point is 15 hours of study surely translates to the difficulty of the exam itself , you wouldn't study that much for an exam if the actual exam wasn't Uber ridiculously hard , like where I am studying the top students usually only study 4 hours to be able to get top marks on their exams
@Apple India has an exam you need to take to apply for government jobs called UPSC , the students who prepare for that exam prepare 12 plus hours a day
@Kevin S you're probably right , it sounds really competitive , like I live in a relatively small country with a population of 5 million but there's not alot of Universities maybe 5 major ones , and most of them are in the capital city which has about 1 million people , usually 70k students would be taking exams every year and most of them would be competing to get into those 5 major Universities , so for our population it's still pretty competitive but not nearly on the level it is in Japan
I truly admire East Asian students. The culture of studying is so far from that of the U.S. I study at most, close to 6-8 hours a day but these students are on a whole different level. Wishing them all the best in life and their careers. Thanks for sharing these interviews, Asian Boss! I love watching them. I learn a lot and feel inspired by them.
Yeah, because they can always study and learn while "book smart" people with very bad social behavior need therapy or long periods of times to change the way they interact with others and behave.
@@mauvehawaii but some.of highly successful people like Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos are psychopaths too (criminal behavior) and yet they are not labelled as criminals. they're street smart not book smart. They manipulate book smart people (engineers/ accountant/ developers/ lawyers) to work on their advantage. How many people you know got promoted not based on merit but based on who they know or how well established their social network/ connections? Also, how many percent of your subjects of studies in uni can be applied in real working life?
@@fdja001 elon is actually very book smart tho he programmed video games at 10, has a dual degree of economics and physics and got accepted into phD at Stanford. What is/was your degree my finance/accounting degree is very practical 100% useful and my friends' degrees in dentistry etc. Are just fine.
I'm Iranian. and now I'm high school student and this year I'm going to uee exam.I want to study MBA at university but it's very painful to stady 10 hours per day. and now I saw people that try harder than me and this make me exiting and hopefull. thanks for this good interview
The irony is, a lot of Japanese people tend to slack off big time in university. They really don't care for getting a high GPA. I work as an assistant professor at a medical school in Tokyo (I'm a pharmacist) and I've seen this first hand. I think students studying at top universities would probably put more effort into their studies though. I think university is seen as a bit of a break for Japanese people, after they went through hell in jr high and high school and before they enter the workforce (another sort of hell). A lot are probably quite burnt out from high school and feel as though they need a bit of a break.
I heard this is the case in China and Singapore as well :) In my country (Israel), it's the opposite. We slack off in highschool, then enter a shock of university which features extremely difficult courses and perplexing tests. Lots of students drop out !
I wish they went into more of the work AFTER getting in. I always hear that Japanese undergrad coursework is a massive joke compared to the rigor of studying for the entrance exam.
I'm not from japan but the feeling of getting to a prestigious university is the same i guess, the pride and the feeling of being surrounded by fellow smart people
That's actually true about women with higher education. The more educated a woman is, the harder it will be for her on the dating market, generally speaking. Women with advanced degrees look for either the same level of education as them or higher (hypergamy).
@@randomstuff8027 If they are highly educated and are only willing to date someone as educated or more educated than them, they're not going to have much choices since the amount of highly educated guys are already not super high in the first place.
@@randomstuff8027 The number of males to females in Tokyo university is actually 57% Males to 43% females so the difference isn't very big. And this doesn't just go for females but it's generally harder to find someone with higher education and salary than yourself because the ones at the top are always a selected few. Whereas if you choose to date down, there will be much more options available. As more and more females get higher education and salary, they will undoubtedly find it harder to find someone even higher than they are.
No, not in Japan. Actually all girls I knew whom graduated from top universities in Japan are all married earlier than the others. Guys as well. People are very practical, especially in the top universities girls are lesser than guys, not enough for pairing with guys.
I'd like to see the same video filmed at Kyoto University tbh because I'm interested in seeing if there is a difference in perspective. (context: Kyoto University is often regarded #1 in academics having produced 19 nobel laureates and it's often seen as being on the same level as TokyoU. KyotoU students are known to be more weird and free-spirited than TokyoU students, who are often considered more studious and rigid.)
The immense pressure usually leads to an outburst of suicidal thoughts and more- But due to such a high pressure that feels like a boulder strapped to your chest whilst you are sinking it's hard to come out and say anything.
It's their culture I guess. Sometimes we tend to be bias towards our own culture, yet we forgotten that there are many different kinds of cultures out there. I don't think this one can judged by an outsider. For example, where I live there are regions that the woman's family must "purchase" the man from their family upon marry. For me It sound kind of strange, because I don't think marriage are some kind of transaction. Yet who am I to judge what they do in their daily life.
@@UltimateAlgorithm you do have a point, so i'm sorry if i sounded insensitive(?) 😭 i guess i've been used to living in a place where people think that women can never be of high caliber than men, so i'll keep this in mind! :3
In Japan there is an idiom called 高嶺の花. It means the flower on the mountain top peak. It refers to a person (mostly female) that is unreachable and too good. I would often get called liked that because I'm a medical student from a really good university in Germany. Maybe I worked hard to get into the university but that doesn't mean that I'm supernaturally smart or don't do mistakes. I'm still human and do silly things. But people find it hard to approach me just because of my major. It makes me sad because that way I will stay alone forever.
Hi honey, don't worry, you won't be lonely. You were born loveable, and you will be loved by others your whole life. You will become a doctor. You will save people's lives and make them healthy. The world needs more doctors. Find someone who values you for who you are, because you are a gem inside.
The fact that the guys said they got congratulated when they got into the university, and then the girl who said the first thing her family said to her was that they were worried she will scare guys and she would not get married because of attending a prestigious university is bizarre...
cos patriarchyyyy
I mean, why would someone get intimidated of a girl with high education?. I would probably be more interested in her after hearing that. I guess japanese people have a different point of view about female education.
@@martiddy it’s because a lot of Japanese men prefer to be the “hard worker” in a relationship. When they realize that the girl is most likely smart than them, it makes them feel that she’ll be “wearing that pants” in the relationship and that basically hurts their pride.
@@lemonlove678 really backward mentalities:/
@@martiddy Fragil masculinity i'd say
"We're good at studying, but that doesn't mean we'll necessarily be good at our job." This is so true. Studying hard can help you but sometimes the concepts in the textbooks are different from experiences in the reality.
If there are 1000 applicants in a big company, they will sort it first by the universities and then grades before you even be called.
So if you have low grades, even if you have good work ethics, you won't have the chance to prove it.
And again... if you have good work ethics, how come your grade become low?
yes because jobs usually require teamwork, strategy and cooperation..i understand that studying some subjects will give you general knowledge but being required of studying calculus when I'm sure I'm not really into engineering?
@@geneva5yearsago312 the main purpose of calculus in other majors is problem solving.
You are faced with a hard problems, how good are you at manage the problem?
True..
True.. I was actually demoraled when a chief accountant told me that what I'm learning in acctg (since it's diff.) can't be applied in our job since we won't apply it anyway once I graduated.. ( few words but made an impact of how I proceeded with my acctg journey) .. I feel like the future is bleak and it's like my hard works are all for null~.. I actually no longer want to cont. studying but I don't want to disappoint my family. . But I think even if I half assed my studies.. God really loves me . cause I never failed a subj. and I passed my CPA board exam the 1st time .. Thanks God 🙏
.. people tell me I'm humble despite being a CPA..
ANSWER( I can't feel superiority with my salary (super low, but + stressful)) 😅
Let's give a hand to the interviewees who held their umbrella over the reporter's head 👏👏👏
10:41 the reporter's left shoulder...
Japan...
@@robertalexandru2269 rip
@@robertalexandru2269 except for that guy :
@@lalalili7555 1:55, and him? :)) edit: ?
The worst part to me was hearing that woman speak about how her relatives were worried about her chances of getting married rather than congratulating her for entering the top most prestigious college .... if you feel intimidated by a highly educated woman, then you don't deserve someone in that caliber in the first place lmao
The parent dilemma ehh... How many more decades..
You gave the answer to your concern. They feel intimidated thus they won't pursue such caliber women. I think we need to look at this not from the lens of the west but rather from the Japanese people. We know that marriage and birth rates are on the decline in Japan, so much so that the country actively promotes "sex". So from the eyes of her relatives it makes reasonable sense to be concerned for her. They know the culture isn't conducive to marriage of high status woman. Is it messed up? Yeah totally. But that's what's going on. Also this isn't unique to Japan actually. Even in America woman who make more tend to find it harder to get into a relationship than those who don't. The reason is from both sides. Men feel they need to be the ones who work and woman don't like to date down. It's an interesting phenomenon that I think goes much deeper than societal influence.
Women don’t even date down naturally so you can’t pull the “she’s an intimidating woman” trope.
@@Sageboy13 Exactly. Women don't like to acknowledge that.
@@jayrollo1352 Yes. Women naturally date across and up hierarchies while men tend to date across and down. There’s answers and data to all kinds of stuff like this but the education system fails people so answers are usually always “hur dur men bad feminism good”.
The perspective of people this smart having trouble finding jobs makes me very worried for my mediocre ass
Same!
Lol for real
Im feeling that already..
I feel it too 😣
You're just feeling that just now?
I'm worried about mine every day
In the words of Astrid Leong-Teo, "it's not my job to make you feel like a man", the fact that their own merit or achievements are somehow intimidating to future suitors is honestly a load of bull
crazy rich Asians👌
However most women are also unwilling to date someone who earns less than her which makes her choices extremely narrow if she earns a lot.
@@anm2x Yeah that's definitely true but getting into Tokyo university should be a cause of celebration, not a concern. After all, they studied soo hard to get into it, I feel like they should at least first congratulate and then talk about the marriage.
@@anm2x Since you're speaking about it from the lens of intention, I think the word "chance" would be inaccurate - it should be "her choices would be extremely narrow" instead.
@@otakuu9609 That I can definitely agree with
Only AsianBoss brings up content like this.
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@@ncttboo9106 .
@@sriharip496 ??
Yes they are great!!
Very true
I'm a Japanese and I used to study like 10 hours a day when I was a junior in high school, and I even thought about commit suicide. BUT when I moved to U.S. as a senior this year, my whole life changed positively. me and my homies just do homework together and for the test we use discord. no more stress!!!
Several European countries like Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, all have much higher suicide rates than Japan.
@jaken yaken hahah underrated comment lol
Discord Study Group gang.
I'm happy that you get to enjoy studying with friends and not being pressured so much by Japanese society :)
Got a question for you. Does being monolingual society make Japan advanced especially in technology or culture? The reason for my question is people always say Japan is so advanced so much so they don't have to master English.
she studied for 12-15 hours while I can't even study for 1 hour straight without being distracted
make that 15 minutes for me X.X
Same lmao
Guarantee they take drugs like Adderall.
I can last 30-60 minutes at a time, maybe 3-4 hours if I'm really going for it
And that's coming from a guy who studies at one of the more prestigious high schools in my country
If my girl studied at the best university in the country, I would be bragging left and right about how lucky I am as a man.
same
Why?
😂😂
Damn, if only all men were like you 😂
@Apollonia Crysalis I know you aren't characterizing all men but since you mentioned your experience I'll mention mine.
When I started dating my wife, I had no degree and a minimum wage job, meanwhile she had just graduated with a BS degree and started a career in a field that pays well. 5 years later, I have a job in IT that pays more with no degree( or student loans). I only mention this for any women or men out there who are reluctant to date someone because they don't have the same education as you or don't have a high paying job like you.
They studied 12 hours a day, I think one of them said. Then there's me feeling as though studying is optional more so before exams 😅
12 - 15 hours. Yeah that's pretty tough.
I think in the future that the government will create babies ( of highest IQ people ) in artificial wombs . So when a doctor is needed , then the government will take the sperm and egg of the smartest man and woman , then create a baby with it , then raise it to become a doctor . Regular people will not be allowed to have kids
Indeed, they study as much as nurses/doctors work - they are taking it as seriously as working hard
@Mochi Potato Read Brave New World and it's not as wild as a thought you would think it is ;)
@Mochi Potato Not really. Per the American Psychological Association, the heritability of IQ (as we measure intelligence currently) is estimated at around 75% by adulthood. This means that most of the difference between person A’s IQ and Person B’s IQ is attributable to their genetic differences (genes inherited by their parents).
These estimates began with some of the first research done on intelligence, or “g”, as a construct of general cognitive abilities that underlie most academic tasks. Beginning with family studies (twin studies, adoption studies), the heritability of intelligence is now, I believe, mostly confined to molecular genetic research.
However, one should keep in mind that the word most is important. There is still that 25% (or more) attributable to non-genetic factors. Environmental factors can, and do, exert an influence on the development of one’s intelligence. Unfortunately, this tends to be mostly one-way. That is, poor environmental influences can have significantly negative effects on intellectual development while positive (or neutral) environmental influences have minor to no significant effect on one’s IQ.
Just a little more insight on the bottom grade students from my experience. I go to a university here in the States where our school has a 94% acceptance rate and a 48% dropout rate. Plus we have a lot of program budget cuts to add to the sports stuff. Not your ideal college to go to for academic reputation. Our school has an exchange program with Asia University, a low rated uni in Tokyo. I became friends with a few girls there. If there's one thing I learned is that they were more interested in partying with friends then studying yet they still got good marks. She told me this Asia University was actually her 3rd choice and I asked her if she was upset, she said she wasn't. She ultimately wants to be a teacher and doesn't understand why Japanese college students are so competitive. She pretty much told me that she doesn't want to exceed in the ways other kids set high standards for themselves. She feels happy being where she is and it shows. She's been able to work different jobs, school, and still have time to have dance practice and shop with her friends. She appears very happy to me. I don't know if this is the other 99% of students or the bottom grade students experience, but I found it fascinating that she chooses not to give in to the high schooling standards that Japan puts on students.
I went to a university in 1968 (yes, I'm really old). The bottom 50% of the freshman class literally couldn't move on to the sophomore year, no matter what your grades were, because there was no room for the students. I had to attend summer session to bring up my grade in calculus to move on to the sophomore year but then the draft happened. That was the end of my academic achievements.
Yo can someone reply to me so I can get back to this video, Im on the verge of sleeping and I dont wanna forget. thx
@@beandiesel974 Replying so you can get back to this video.
@@beandiesel974 just add to watch later or it will be in your subscription list..
@@beandiesel974 lmaooo
NEXT: Being A Top 99% College Student In Japan
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Being the bottom 99% **
99% students: we are happy
Bottom 1% of college students
I attended a major university in the US for Mechanical Engineering. When I heard them say "We studied for 12 hours a day," I was not at all surprised. This is solely due to just how much an average person like me needs to study to maintain a good GPA in engineering, so I'm not speaking for other majors. I did a little programming with Python for my major, and honestly I can't imagine people who get in to IT and other programming-heavy majors do it. By FAR the hardest thing to do was learn how to program (it was in essence like learning another language), but that was because it just took so damn long to do it, and often times what you got didn't work, but even then you were given zero clues on how to fix it. Programmers are absolutely nuts.
Yeah programming is crazy. I’ve been on the self taught route for 2 months now and barely have a grasp on the basics. I much prefer 3D art/animation it’s a bit less stressful.
@Apple I think programmers just need to be determined and have patience. It's one of those things that takes over your whole life. I know people who program for a job during the day, then program with friends at night for fun. It's very impressive, but for me it was too much.
those who like programming have innate joy for problem solving. their logic is next level, meticulous and detail oriented. thank you for the internet and apps. 🙌👊
Like what @Abraham said, in learning a new programming language, you need to get the basics down first: flowcharting, variables, constructors, operators and all the other functions you use in the specific language. It's really hard to study a programming language if the basics aren't mastered. But if you run your software modules and see that they work, the hard work is worth it :)
it's simple. programmers with good skills program in their free time as a hobby. even after a decade now i still feel there's an endless amount of stuff to learn. you can't put a degree or price tag on that. it's simply personal interest. the way other people read books or watch movies, i take out pencil and paper and try to figure out an even better, more efficient way for an algorithm.
on the other side, if you just want to get things done without spending your lifetime on it you can always use excel or python, stuff that's designed for the average person
Jeez... studying 15 hours a day. I respect that dude’s commitment to getting into Tokyo university but I don’t think I could ever do that. I like a balance of study and social life. It helps keep me from being stressed
A piece of cake comparing to Chinese， 6：00 AM to 10：00 PM for most of the middle school students and high school students for the whole 6 years .
only a few days off in some important holiday severy year(for some middle school maybe a few rest days every month )
especialy for high school ,almost no summer and winter holiday .
For the study time above, a lot even harder than that, especially for the year before college enrtance exam.
12 is a basic nesscacity for you to get into IIT collages in india.
Everyone has their own choice. It’s great that you find a way to balance your work and your life. It’s a healthy lifestyle tho.
@justice justice and what have you achieved in your life?
@justice justice yep, just like how we trained our muscles
I would really enjoy to see some interview content regarding people working on jobs that don't require a college degree. Like maids, drivers, waiters and other. I'm a student and I feel like I'm not aware of how much these jobs demand from people and how hard it can be
if so then please consider donating some funds to Asian Boss. The only way you can see the content of your liking is to support the channel financially. I donate regularly to their channel. (just my opinion of course, not a directive).
@@laturista1000 I wanted so much to be able to help, when they announced that they could close I really tried to help but I have no monetary income. I'm a student, and because of the pandemic my family is counties cents. I share a lot of their videos on my social media and to friends and I truly hope to be able to help them as soon as I'm employed because I believe that we should help great content creators like them. Thanks for helping the channel, I hope I can do like you soon
I want an interview with high achiever female doctors who graduate from University of Tokyo now....
Yea especially when a lot of the med school rig the admission so less women can enter....
Specially after that scandal about making the criteria for females much higher than for males...
Wait is this really true? :0 I mean how could they do this (ب_ب)
@@ilovecorn97 that's still disgusting just the same to expect a competent female doctor to stay at home and take care of kids. definitely social pressure plays a part there.
@@cookie1271 I’m not even sure it’s even rigging, maybe Tokyo university tried to hide it, but anywhere else in Asia, women are OPENLY subjected to higher criteria to achieve something. In my high school, classes are divided into courses and in the order of academic excellence. The A class is well, obviously the smartest class. Girls can only enter with 8As and above, but boys with only 5As (not considering the Cs and Ds they might have for subjects they didn’t get A for). They do this to “balance the ratio of boys to girls”, but even then, girls will always have higher grades, and boys will still be a minority in the top classes. Should just do it fairly! Who cares if there are no boys, we’re not trying to create a mating population in the class.
A university degree doesn't necessarily guarantee you a job let alone a dream career regardless of what college/university you graduate from and how well you do. Academics is 1 thing, but networking and other social connections are also very important.
Yes but the university you go to greatly affects your network.
Lmao it’s true to a degree but it certainly helps a lot to be in the top uni
They dont say that though. so whats your point?
Yes it does
nah mate, things do not work that way in Japan, which kinda sucks. People do care about school's prestige more than they do in US or Germany. Note, I am doing a double degree at Todai and a relatively well known public policy school in Germany :)
Damn being that age ready to enter society whilst competing with your peers and being cut throat to each other so that you come out as the winner is a sad reality
It's awful. This is why I hate capitalist education systems.
Honestly
@@Wackaz it's the same in China if you're asking tbh
You're absolutely right. This system of education is animalistic. It fires up our lowest human instincts of being cut throat with each other.
@@LordYamcha I like how critiquing a capitalist education meritocracy leads to someone pointing to a state capitalist country.
This dude at 03:56 gets it. Also I totally agree to the statement of the guy with the curly hair, that the people around you can push you to new heights and that this is very valuable.
I'm from Germany and here it is a pretty big issue. I think there is something called inequality index where it shows that poor peoples children are less likely to go to the university.
@@oo0OAO0oo This is almost the case for every country (me, trying to get scholarship which is supposed to ease financial burden, yet most awardee are from those famous private international school be like), is there a solution for this problem?
@@rayh.9130 It's not necessarily the connections you make in school and in your free time, but also just the family you were born into.
You learn a lot from your parents, including the way you even view the world, which tastes you develop and also your cultural interests.
A lot of good notes in high school come from general cultural stuff that you can reference or just being disciplined.
Bourdieu calls this "cultural capital" and they empirically researched it and came to the conclusion that these subtle ways of living, thinking, interacting within this world, that you adopt form your parents, are heavily impacting your success in life.
That was an interesting point. I wished they expounded more on it
@@xXWorldgamefunXx do you have the link for the reference? I am interested
The 2 young ladies are impressive. Good luck to all the graduates
What about the guys?
I think you misspelt intimidating * 😉
@@bocchi_boy what??
@@SamiNami they are very impressive too☺️
I just noticed in 14:00 that the man makes sure that the interviewer is being protected from the rain is goals
I notice that too😄
Omg, I was so shocked hearing them. They studied exceed 12 hours a day.
its pretty much normal in Asian countries to study that much for college entrance exams :(
@@ukm7740 nope. Mostly just east asia + singapore. It's more relaxed in other asian countries
@@vhlong287 In India, it is very competitive as well, there are toppers who spent 15 hours a day studying.
@@vhlong287 Bro wtf are you saying in India getting into a tier 1 college is just all what want and ever heard of JEE ADV that exam is freaking insane yet students study for it 10 hours is min
@@vhlong287 i think it should be east asia + singapore + India😑... sad but truth.
I can personally relate to the girl’s statement about society expecting you to be perfect because of your academic achievements. My experience was exactly how she explained it, but the society part was just me being a teenager.
"But that doesn't guarantee you'll get your dream job"
That's true. Things in life just don't go the way you want sometimes so you just have to embrace it
Oh... Yep. I definetly agree.
“We’re good at studying,but that doesn’t mean we’ll necessarily be good at our job”
By this he means whatever college you come from and even if you studied very well with all academic honesty, that will not mean that you’re going places. Buy these words of his and way of thinking I think he’s going some places!;)
I respect Japanese people and Japanese culture so much, but the fact that more educated women become less eligible for marriage just doesn't seem right.
@C No it doesn't.
The same thing happens in China, South Korea, and Vietnam too. And probably a lot more countries in Asia.
@@tueanhvu1627 Can confirm happens in India as well
Real question do they enjoy studying ? The only way I could ever do something for more than 8 hours a day is if I truly loved what I was doing, or are they just afraid what would happen if they didn't get into the best school ?
It's a very competitive society , you have to study hard to keep your standards up to be able to complete , my guess is a very bad exam could set you back miles
Nobody likes studying
@@JD-jz5rr Actually, studying things that interest me gives me a lot of pleasure. I was reading and studying my chemistry textbook and was so amazed learning the things I read. Another example is my physics teacher who already has a masters but still likes to go to cafes with his old physics textbooks and reread them. Idk, a lot of people do like to study.
@@ldive Most people don’t like studying.
@@JD-jz5rr What make you think that way?
Not only is the video informative but also the comment section. This is what I love about this channel.
I graduated from the top university in my country. I'm not gonna lie, it really looks good on the resume and I get accepted at jobs instantly but tbh I'm not really good at my job. I'm just good at studying.
Interesting perspective
My workplace is surrounded by top local universities graduates. I'm one of those a few people there who didn't go to top schools. Nobody asks rocket-science problems during the hiring. And, the reality is nobody really cares about your education, companies hire you to finish their work and that with cheap pay. Just settle for it.
i like how the guy said that being good at studying doesn't necessarily mean you will be good at doing a job, because that is definitely true for a lot of people. Also, I like how he said that going to university is not much. Although it has its own merit, you can still do a lot even if you can't get in into one. - (working student)
That's right!
The fact that they are so dedicated to spending hours studying while there's me scanning my lessons and only familiarizing some terms before exams and happy to be included in the passing grade hits really hard. I admire their determination for this one.
Indeed, they study as much as nurses/doctors work - they are taking it as seriously as working hard. Asian Boss is asking great questions (i.e. how the Covid19 is affecting job market and if college is worth it in 2021)!
As someone who attends one of the most "prestigious" university in my country, I can confirm that environment plays a huge part and although my uni ofted boast about diversity and whatever, the truth is most students who get to attend "prestigious" universities are privileged children.
Depends on the country I am not utterly privileged and I still got into #1 Norwegian university.. I think even if you come from an underprivileged background you can still get in if you have a nice CV/cover letter, and high grades.
@@NewSamanca I didn't say it's impossible for someone from underprivileged background to get into prestigious uni. My point is that it's much easier for privileged students to get in. So the notion that prestigious uni = because you are smart and a hard worker (which is the case in my country, might be different in yours. In my country students from top unis are praised to the point of they are seen as "different level") is not always the case, in my opinion.
I’m here to listen to Japanese. Such a beautiful language!!!!!
Same I stopped learning the language for 3 months but I'm thinking of trying again.
@@justaguy2040 you will not regret learning it I would love it if more people spoke it
@@baeseulgi1742 I always loved the language and culture I glady try again but as of right now is kanji the main dialect since I came across someone who speaks Japanese but speaks in Osaka dialect but he didn't understand some little sentence I was speaking but any recommendations of which dialect to learn first?
@@justaguy2040 Sorry, but this is going to be a long comment. The short answer is: Well it depends on where you want to live. There is Standard Japanese or “Kansai-Ben” which is most widely recognised. There is a main distinction between the different Japanese dialects. They are divided into two major types: the Tokyo-type (東京式/とうきょうしき) and the Kyoto-Osaka type (京阪式/けいはんしき). As you can probably guess, it is a division based on the northern and the southern dialects. So there are numerous subdivisions shaped on each particular region. The dialects belonging to these two groups are, to a large extent, not deriving from standard dialect.
As with the standardized British English of London, spoken by the high class Londoners of previous centuries, 標準語 was spoken by the high class citizens of Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration of 1868. There are 7 or so that you might want to learn and I will list them and give background on them:
1. Hiroshima-Ben (popularised partly by 1974 movie “The Yakuza” and the movie used the dialect native to the Chugoku region. Ever since the dialect has had unfair association with mafia lol)
2. Kyoto-Ben (is part of Kansai dialects so along with Osaka-Ben, they are called the Kamigata Dialect. Kyoto-Ben is traditional dialect of Kyoto and is known for being soft and polite. It used to be the standard form of Japanese until the Meiji Restoration so many of its speakers are proud of their quite distinct accent.
3. Osaka-Ben (a more melodic and harsher version of Standard Japanese, and you may find speakers tend to omit particles).
4. Hakata-Ben (Spoken in and around Fukuoka City, and has recently been used in regional news events along with Standard Japanese.
5. Sendai-Ben (Is part of the dialect group Tohoku-Ben, spoken in Tohoou region. Sendai is the capital city of the Miyagi prefecture. Sendai-Ben is the closest of the Tohoku-Ben to Standard Japanese, and as you get closer to Hokkaido, the regional dialects become so different that mainstream media may need subtitles when showing people with such a dialect.
6.Hokkaido-Ben (The island of Hokkaido was settles recently, and after the Meiji Restoration people from Tohoku and Hokuriku regions migrate to Hokkaido and created a unique amalgamation dialect. So Hokkaido-Ben is a mixture of varieties with a set of distinct characteristics. For example よね？ / でしょう？turns into ―っしょ, and だろう / でしょう
turn into べ and Potential form of Godan Verbs turns into ーる
7. Finally we have Nagoya-Ben, which is spoken in the Nagoya City of the Aichi prefecture. It is mix of Western and Eastern Japanese due to where Nagoya is situated geographically. Even though it is close to the standard Tokyo accent, we find them quite funny as they are more often than not characterised as speaking like a cat
Negative form ―ない turns into ―せん
a). 飲ません (のません) - I do not drink
b). 食べせん (たべせん) - I do not eat
Fun fact ✨ Most anime characters speak Tokyo-ben or Ibaraki-ben, two similar dialects to Hyojungo, which is the Standard Japanese taught in schools. This is true for around about 55-60% of anime characters. For example the famous character Son Gokū from Dragon Ball Z and Super, along with his wife Chichi, speak with a vague Tōhoku dialect, specifically “hokuetsu (北越) which is a sub-dialect of Tōhoku. This kind of “country” language can be seen in the English subtitles they speak how a southerner in USA might speak.What makes Goku so funny is that he actually speaks Yakuza Japanese saying things like “What?” or “Yeah...” so he talks like a gangster and it’s interesting because most people seem to think he was supposed to sound like a hillbilly but in fact it is Yakuza Japanese. I think because the way it is translated into English makes us think of him as a hillbilly which makes sense because he grew up in the mountains but in actuality he sounds nothing like that and just sounds like a gangster. Really interesting how different languages can change perception of a character. For example in their first appearance, Chichi and the Ox-King speak in a quite thick Tōhoku dialect, which for the Ox-King, in particular has the effect of completely disarming him in the eyes of the reader, despite his size and strength.When they reappear later on, however, their "Tohoku" speech has been whittled down to just a few key quirks (mainly monophthongized vowel pairs, use of particle "be", and use of "da" after verbs). I could go into depth comparing Yakuza stereotypes and Goku’s speech patterns but that would make this even longer lol.
Sorry again for the long comment and sorry if my English isn’t the best still trying to get rid of some weird habits I do in writing. Hope you enjoyed my ted talk. Hope I answered your question. 😊
@CIA yes
shoutout to my Tokyo University people! ❤️
I also agree that studying doesn’t mean you will be good at your job. You may need soft skills like how to negotiate and stay calm under pressure.
Wow..seeing students like them talk makes me realise how competitive the world is,nd how smart we have to be to compete with such students.. ( even though I am from India)
Are you good at math?
@@sarno97 yes
I understand your pain👍
And yet, most of the most successful and richest people didn't even go to such universities or even thought of going to college. Academics is not everything!
@@coldhank out of 7 billion how many ppl are u talking about?! 5-6 maybe.. ppl who don't go to college ,is cause they can't,maybe financial or marks is the issue.. if they don't want to go to college ,they better have really good skills😅😅
All girls graduated from Tokyo University I knew are all married, don’t worry! 🤣 You can marry your school mates soon after graduated, most of you girls are actually married earlier than the others, which means before 30, and guys graduated from Tokyo university as well, they all got married early!
This kind of content is so interesting. Getting to know the thoughts of the 1% gives me much insight.
I left Japan and did not go to college in Japan but went to college in US. I met some Japanese exchange students from top universities. I have to say they had some sort of pride that they were from top school but kindest nicest Japanese exchange students I talked to were actually not from top college. Some exchange students told me top students themselves judge others academic qualification and name of university they attend. It seems tought situation out there
Its the same everywhere , you are valued by the college you came from rather than what you are capable of .
to the women in Todai, you're doing a great job
This might just be me but if I ever got into a prestigious University like Tokyo's, then I'd be a little nervous but overall very proud and happy. And if my relatives ever came forward expressing their worries about me being too "intimidating" for men to ever date or even think of marrying, I'd be even more excited in attending this University.
Another top school Kyoto University's students are more unique, some eccentric, worth interviewing. Yet their talented grads and staff have been awarded highly recognized honors including science Nobel prizes. Todai students are meant for public officials.
I love Japan!
This generation and the next one coming are quite open and leveled in thinking, yet they are also ambitious.
Very encouraging video. Thanks Asian Boss!
And I am so glad to see there is advertisement in this video! Am I late to notice this?
We have kinda the same things in France, with "classes préparatoires" which are basically hell.
You study non-stop during 2, sometimes 3 years in order to TRY to enter in a good school. But if you haven't been in a good "classe préparatoire", you have like 1% chance to get into Polytechnique, l'ENS, etc..
Is sorbonne very hard to get into as an undergrad? And sorry for the spelling i dont have french keyboard.
All interviewees in this video are top flight of young Japanese, and I`m deeply impressed that none of them are complacent about their privileged position, and observe themselves very objectively. That`s why they are deserved to be the cream of Japan. Hopefully, they will maintain their modesty and diligence even after graduating from the University of Tokyo.
I hope there's also for China and other Asian countries about the 1% Top College students
My son graduated college with a chemistry degree. When exam time came, he just practiced on his guitar for hours per day(he played in a heavy metal band during college). I asked him if he should be studying and he replied that if I don't know it by now, there's no hope. Makes sense to me.
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This video felt really cathartic as someone who applied to graduate schools and was accepted and is now at a crossroads of choosing the school with the label or the school that is still well recognized globally but is local and accredited. The nuances of whether education is valuable from a university or from one's own studious nature is a consideration, especially given the price of education in the US.
I'm glad I donated to help this channel stay afloat because they deserve it for making content nobody else even thinks to cover.
This gives me strength to share my knowledge amongst apprentices, even though my knowledge isn't as great as my masters.
I really love how much effort the students put in getting accepted to the uni
Honestly it kinda saddens me. Imagine abandoning pretty much all social life and maybe damaging your mental health for a chance of getting into a college that might not even assure you a job. I'm not saying they should be vagabonds and just party like there's no tomorrow but I feel like they are way to young to live exclusively for studying
@@juanpaula152 to them it’s worth it. In Japan the college you go to is actually worth a lot more than most people think. Yes mental health is a big problem in Japan especially since it’s something that people just don’t talk about. But it’s also true that college affects your position in work in Japan. Of course, it’s not GUARANTEED, but it’s more guaranteed than most people who go to other colleges. You are more likely to get more jobs, more likely to get treated better, and more likely to get promoted. It’s part of status.
@@soratatami9070 yeah but I think the issue is the fact that college IS so important in Japanese society. Grades, scores, they’re like life and death and I think that’s kinda sad. People will view you differently depending on your education and a person is more than just their grades and scores and education. They could be the kindest, most loyal, giving person but they’ll be treated kinda like trash or overlooked if they didn’t get good grades or went to university. This kinda goes for most societies but i think it’s more severe in japan. Plus these people pretty much lost their teenage years because they were slaving away studying 24/7
Then next challeng will be how to get into a good paying company
@@xhrissy467 yes I agree it is horrible. I understanding it is because I lived in it. But the problem is that the society is already shaped that way. Education is part of status in many places, especially in Japan. It decides where you work, how you get treated, and how your life will go. You can be the most hard working person who has great ideas but if you don’t have to proof of a diploma from a top college, people will look down on you or take advantage of you. There is a big problem in Japan in how workers are treated depending on how they contribute to their company. Companies want to show all their works are “elite” and one way is showing that all of them are from a prestigious college. Also yes some may lose their teenage years depending on how much they commit themselves to education but to them it’s like starting early. Companies want elite young workers who will contribute to their company for years. Some companies won’t hire you if you are too old.
I hope Asian Boss manages to recover from its struggles since Covid. Your videos are so eye-opening and entertaining!
"With everyone taking the same exam, it looks like students have equal opportunities. But the quality of education varies depending on the after school study programs and how wealthy your parents are. So there is a gap in equal opportunities." I wish someone could tell this to the president of the country I live in, where we have 2 learning systems, one for privileged kids who go to private schools called the IEB where they get to do 10 subjects to boost their APS Scores whilst an NSC pupil that goes to a public school who does 6 subjects is expected to have an APS above 420, it being the minimum requirement, that's 100% pass in 4 subjects to get 400 points and the total is 600 points and you get on the waiting list when you have 420, anything below that gets you rejected whilst those with IEB can get 50% pass on each subject and still get 500 points to go straight into university. Inequality is real
What is your country?
@@alterzy5197 South Africa
@@sandilemlambo5701 Here in Brazil it's similar to this as well. If u come from a wealthy family, you'll study in a private school, with lots of oportunities, a nice infrastrature and better chances to enter a public university(those are the best here). However if u come from a poor family, you'll have to go to a public school that sucks and sometimes can not even provide food and water everyday plus the infrastrature is lame. And yet some people think we all have the same oportunities.
10 subjects is frustrating and I have 11 subjects on my second sem 32 units for 6 months to be completed I'm asian and I attend public local uni.
i would honestly love to see being a top 1% college student in singapore or hong kong next!
10:10 It is so refreshing to see a national Japanese who cares about the struggles immigrants have to deal with when living in Japan. I really hope he succeeds to make their lives easier 😊
Wow, just from hearing them talk you can already see how smart they are. I am not sure what exactly it is, but all of them give that kind of a "vibe". Really nice. I wish them good luck.
I think that the concern about finding a job after graduating or without a college degree is a worldwide issue. However, it`s a fact that in a society based on knowledge you`ll have more job oportunities if you have a college degree. Furthermore, the most difficult universities to attend are the ones who gives higher prestige to people. But yet, at the time we are living, there are no guarantees that you`ll find a job having or not a college degree! Thanks for the content! Greetings from Brazil!
I hope you can also do this type of interview for Filipinos back in the Philippines. Do interview around high end places. I noticed that interviews in PH are always on common streets and PH has a diverse people. It would be nice to hear interviews from people from different societal classes since there is a gap between societal classes in the Philippines. :) thanks
The bottom grades students never get talked about.
This deserves many many more likes. Thank you for saying this. Classism and capitalism completely destroys chances of so many students then glorifies those who were successful just to make everything seem good...
can we get Asian Boss to interview the bottom grade students and to know what their experiences are.
I think in the future that the government will create babies ( of highest IQ people ) in artificial wombs . So when a doctor is needed , then the government will take the sperm and egg of the smartest man and woman , then create a baby with it , then raise it to become a doctor . Regular people will not be allowed to have kids
Or people who didn't even went to an university and don't work at the family business.
@@JD-jz5rr Stop.
Thank you for bringing this content to us Asian Boss!
Being a high school teacher with the experience of 33 years' teaching, I believe that the system of university entrance in Japan is relatively fair for now. All the students have to do is to get high marks in entrance exams. It would be quite suffocating for a student to go to high school, thinking that his/her extracurricular activities, behavior, personality, etc. are also being evaluated, which can be quite arbitrary. In Japan, where you go to college doesn't seem to matter that much in landing a job at a company. I used to work for a company listed on Tokyo Exchange for almost 8 yeras and my co-workers were from various universities, including two from Tokyo University. My son went to so called a "third-rate" university and is working for a small construction company. He is in his late 20s and making about $52k. He seems to not be too busy and not unhappy about his job. If you like to work for a company, the most important thing is to do research and choose the right company for you, I think.
Even though they all have worked so hard to reach the uni...it still seems the pressure is never ending...this gave me tension idk why..but it really feels very stressful:(...i guess most of the asians can relate to this.
4:32 unfortunately this is still common in Japan... I hope she doesn’t feel pressured to change...
All of them seem so nice, intelligent, ambitious. I wish all of them achieve their dreams.
12 hours a day was a commong thing to me in 2017, i was trying to get accepted in a major of the top 10 in brazil, here the competition is freaking insane, there are around 6 milion people competing the same 10 universities, cause they are all free and have the best reputation and teaching quality of the country.
The one thing that ive learnt is no matter how prestigious your university is, if you cant survive or make it when you go through the realm of work, thats it. Ive seen many people who're struggling to adapt their workplace environment
Japanese guys must insecure af if the high academic achievement of their gf is scaring them... These amazing ladies in the vid deserve supportive partners ❤️❤️
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Lol you think girls want someone who has less achievements? In Asia??? 😂😂
Wow.....I'm really loving this series of interviewing top students of other countries and I'm waiting for next episode with next country
Holy hell , Studying in Europe seems 100x less stressful than over there , I mean you still need to study but exams aren't nearly hard enough for you to have to do 15 hours of study , at least not where I'm studying , most people do maybe 4 hours or so maybe a day during exam season and that's the most I've ever heard
European countries are not as overpopulated as Japan. Less population. Less competition
@@JD-jz5rr that's not my point tho , my point is 15 hours of study surely translates to the difficulty of the exam itself , you wouldn't study that much for an exam if the actual exam wasn't Uber ridiculously hard , like where I am studying the top students usually only study 4 hours to be able to get top marks on their exams
@Apple India has an exam you need to take to apply for government jobs called UPSC , the students who prepare for that exam prepare 12 plus hours a day
@Kevin S you're probably right , it sounds really competitive , like I live in a relatively small country with a population of 5 million but there's not alot of Universities maybe 5 major ones , and most of them are in the capital city which has about 1 million people , usually 70k students would be taking exams every year and most of them would be competing to get into those 5 major Universities , so for our population it's still pretty competitive but not nearly on the level it is in Japan
@@Buccallmann456 That looks like a Scandinavian country haha
I truly admire East Asian students. The culture of studying is so far from that of the U.S. I study at most, close to 6-8 hours a day but these students are on a whole different level. Wishing them all the best in life and their careers. Thanks for sharing these interviews, Asian Boss! I love watching them. I learn a lot and feel inspired by them.
"We're good at studying, but that doesn't mean we'll necessarily be good at our job" .... tht feels way too accurate and it's sad
Very interesting to hear! Thanks for still making these videos 🙏🏼
You can be book smart but it's better to be street smart. Confident and good persona always preferred in a career most of times.
I agree with you.. I always admire street smart people.. given I'm good at academics + shy.. and I always feel they'll have a better future
Yeah, because they can always study and learn while "book smart" people with very bad social behavior need therapy or long periods of times to change the way they interact with others and behave.
@@mauvehawaii but some.of highly successful people like Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos are psychopaths too (criminal behavior) and yet they are not labelled as criminals. they're street smart not book smart. They manipulate book smart people (engineers/ accountant/ developers/ lawyers) to work on their advantage. How many people you know got promoted not based on merit but based on who they know or how well established their social network/ connections?
Also, how many percent of your subjects of studies in uni can be applied in real working life?
@@fdja001 elon is actually very book smart tho he programmed video games at 10, has a dual degree of economics and physics and got accepted into phD at Stanford. What is/was your degree my finance/accounting degree is very practical 100% useful and my friends' degrees in dentistry etc. Are just fine.
I'm Iranian. and now I'm high school student and this year I'm going to uee exam.I want to study MBA at university but it's very painful to stady 10 hours per day. and now I saw people that try harder than me and this make me exiting and hopefull.
thanks for this good interview
Honestly, I feel really bad for students who are graduating this year, and then I remember that I am graduating this year.
I like the way they talk, expressing their thoughts.
Are you kidding me? Having an intelligent partner is actually a turn-on, I wouldn't mind my wife being more educated and intellectual than me at all..
I love how this video was inclusive of various opinions upon the same subjects.
The irony is, a lot of Japanese people tend to slack off big time in university. They really don't care for getting a high GPA. I work as an assistant professor at a medical school in Tokyo (I'm a pharmacist) and I've seen this first hand. I think students studying at top universities would probably put more effort into their studies though.
I think university is seen as a bit of a break for Japanese people, after they went through hell in jr high and high school and before they enter the workforce (another sort of hell). A lot are probably quite burnt out from high school and feel as though they need a bit of a break.
I heard this is the case in China and Singapore as well :)
In my country (Israel), it's the opposite. We slack off in highschool, then enter a shock of university which features extremely difficult courses and perplexing tests. Lots of students drop out !
their answer were damn smart and realistic.. that's why they are the top 1%.. good interview and content as always from asian boss
I wish they went into more of the work AFTER getting in. I always hear that Japanese undergrad coursework is a massive joke compared to the rigor of studying for the entrance exam.
I'm not from japan but the feeling of getting to a prestigious university is the same i guess, the pride and the feeling of being surrounded by fellow smart people
That's actually true about women with higher education. The more educated a woman is, the harder it will be for her on the dating market, generally speaking. Women with advanced degrees look for either the same level of education as them or higher (hypergamy).
can't they just date guys as educated or more educated than them?
@@randomstuff8027 If they are highly educated and are only willing to date someone as educated or more educated than them, they're not going to have much choices since the amount of highly educated guys are already not super high in the first place.
@@anm2x If I am not wrong then most students in Tokyo university are men so their are way more than them
@@randomstuff8027 The number of males to females in Tokyo university is actually 57% Males to 43% females so the difference isn't very big. And this doesn't just go for females but it's generally harder to find someone with higher education and salary than yourself because the ones at the top are always a selected few. Whereas if you choose to date down, there will be much more options available. As more and more females get higher education and salary, they will undoubtedly find it harder to find someone even higher than they are.
No, not in Japan. Actually all girls I knew whom graduated from top universities in Japan are all married earlier than the others. Guys as well. People are very practical, especially in the top universities girls are lesser than guys, not enough for pairing with guys.
thank you for bringing this kind of content, Asian Boss
I'd like to see the same video filmed at Kyoto University tbh because I'm interested in seeing if there is a difference in perspective.
(context: Kyoto University is often regarded #1 in academics having produced 19 nobel laureates and it's often seen as being on the same level as TokyoU. KyotoU students are known to be more weird and free-spirited than TokyoU students, who are often considered more studious and rigid.)
Cool to see hes acknowledging opportunity gap at 4:10. Nice video as usual, AsianBoss
They must feel the need to constantly live up to unrealistic expectations...
The immense pressure usually leads to an outburst of suicidal thoughts and more-
But due to such a high pressure that feels like a boulder strapped to your chest whilst you are sinking it's hard to come out and say anything.
@@LordYamcha yes I see it also I deal with it too. It’s truly disappointing
@@sunflowergarden9794 I know- society is just not fair
@@LordYamcha I hope life treats you well stranger!
@@sunflowergarden9794 you too as well stay safe friend
loving the video, thank u Asian boss
sis, you are not intimidating.
they are simply intimidated by you.
there's a difference 😭
It's their culture I guess. Sometimes we tend to be bias towards our own culture, yet we forgotten that there are many different kinds of cultures out there. I don't think this one can judged by an outsider. For example, where I live there are regions that the woman's family must "purchase" the man from their family upon marry. For me It sound kind of strange, because I don't think marriage are some kind of transaction. Yet who am I to judge what they do in their daily life.
@@UltimateAlgorithm you do have a point, so i'm sorry if i sounded insensitive(?) 😭 i guess i've been used to living in a place where people think that women can never be of high caliber than men, so i'll keep this in mind! :3
U look intimidating
Well, I guess my prayers have been heard. Thnx for this Asian Boss 👍👍🇵🇹
There is a typo for the last time stamp/chapter. It should be ‘Japan’ not Korea
Is it fixed now?
@@lIlIlIlI-gs2qx yup
Is all about hard work, they deserve all the praise they receive. Congratulations!
I noticed so many of the top 1% are in arts courses which really shows how STEM are really harder than these courses
You guys are back!! ❤️❤️
me happily watching this after successfully neglecting my studies. ^^
Thanks for sharing this kind of interview. So I can know a big picture about being top 1% student in Japan, the most fascinating country
In Japan there is an idiom called 高嶺の花. It means the flower on the mountain top peak. It refers to a person (mostly female) that is unreachable and too good. I would often get called liked that because I'm a medical student from a really good university in Germany. Maybe I worked hard to get into the university but that doesn't mean that I'm supernaturally smart or don't do mistakes. I'm still human and do silly things. But people find it hard to approach me just because of my major. It makes me sad because that way I will stay alone forever.
Hi honey, don't worry, you won't be lonely. You were born loveable, and you will be loved by others your whole life. You will become a doctor. You will save people's lives and make them healthy. The world needs more doctors. Find someone who values you for who you are, because you are a gem inside.
Maybe you can find a nice international student to date/marry.
I would love to see a follow up on 10 years. I wish them all the best, but a great college doesn’t equal happiness