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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My two cents--

You work hard, that's how you do it. If you want do every single non-academic thing  (spend a day at the mall) then you cannot make time for sitting down to study. You prioritize your life to make time to study.

If you expect to do every single thing you want to do (spend Sundays watching ballgames, friday nights are movie nights, Monday, Wed are sports practice). Then ask yourself "How do I do it while not giving up anything?" then the answer is, you can't.[/quote]

I felt like I had time to do both. Sports, clubs, hanging out with friends, etc. [b]Academics were solid enough to get me into my college of choice but that last two percent isn't what makes or breaks you.[/b] [/quote]

Think you're missing the point. In the stereotypical Indian families, "solid enough" is not good enough, and they do believe that the last 2% makes or breaks you. That last 2% is what keeps you from getting into an ivy/MIT/Caltech/wherever. That last 2% is what keeps you from being promoted at work; while a Caucasian person will get promoted at 100%, some Indian parents believe that their Indian kids will only be promoted if they are 102%. Same with college admissions -- esp with the over-representation of Asians at top colleges -- you won't get in if you aren't better than the majority applicants in a statistically significant way.

I think you have to grow up in this fear to truly understand it. Believe me I am living it right now, when my white friends are looking at me like I'm crazy for being SO worried about my job prospects given my degrees and experience.[/quote]

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