5th-year Chinese

During dinner, I met a junior who’s currently helping the head Chinese language professor write next year’s 5th-year curriculum. Since I’ll be doing 4th-year Chinese this summer, I’ll be in that 5th-year class this fall. She told me that the work is VERY difficult. Just to qualify her statement, she’s from China, and said the [...]

Chinese program is expanding

I woke up to an e-mail this morning from the head of our Chinese department explaining how the Chinese program will be changing next year. I think our Chinese-language faculty have really begun to feel the strain of the ever increasing number of students enrolling in Chinese.
They’re creating two tracks from first to fourth-year Chinese: [...]

I finally chose my major

The weeks of deliberation have come to an end. And my major? Drumroll, please…
I’ll be majoring in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and getting a certificate (minor) in Chinese and East Asian Studies.
The advice from the professor that I’d e-mailed played a decisive role. Here’s what he said:

–He’ll be offering a [...]

More on my major

I’ve been having a difficult time choosing my major. I decided that it would be a good idea to e-mail a professor who shared my interests and who was affiliated with both departments. Here is the e-mail I wrote him, which has been edited for privacy:
Dear Professor ******,
My name is Cha Shao Bao and [...]

Major pain

Choosing one’s major is very stressful. At least, it is for me. I was whining about my difficult decision to my suitemate on the phone last night, and he, no fan of blogs, facetiously told me to write a post about choosing my major with the lame, corny title ‘major pain.’
So, for his amusement, I [...]