Daeil Overseas Studies Program (DOSP)

For those of you who are interested in what degrees make the most money in the United States- Check the article from CNN.com.

This is the survey from their website, but I encourage you to read rest of the article here.

According to Kaplan and MSNBC they have created a list of 25 schools that will become the new Ivy League.

You can find the complete article here. You’ve most likely heard of many of these schools.

I’ve posted the schools and their web address for your convenience and research.

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine

Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Claremont Colleges: Harvey Mudd and Pomona
Claremont, Calif.

Colby College
Waterville, Maine

Colgate University
Hamilton, N.Y.

Davidson College
Davidson, N.C.

Emory University
Atlanta, Ga.

Kenyon College
Gambier, Ohio

Macalester College
St. Paul, Minn.

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich.

New York University
New York, N.Y.

University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, N.C.

University of Notre Dame
South Bend, Ind.

Olin College of Engineering
Needham, Mass.

Reed College
Portland, Ore.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, N.Y.

Rice University
Houston, Texas

University of Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.

Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Tufts University
Medford, Mass.

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif.

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn.

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Va.

Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Mo.

First and second years we’ll be taking the official PSAT on Wednesday October 17th, 2007 at 12:50PM in the Library.

We’ll be giving more details as the days come.

If you’re interested in University of Pennsylvania, please go to this college meeting.

Where: Daewon Foreign Language High School in the Conference room
Daewon’s Address: San 3-18 Chungkok-Dong Kwangjn-Ku, Seoul, South Korea 143-713
When: Thursday, September 27, 2007 @ 6:00PM

You MUST RSVP with either Paul or directly with Eric Cho at Daewon.
RSVP: Tel: 2204-1525 or email Eric Cho: daewonglp [at] gmail [dot] com.

Note: All the colleges listed award scholarships more than the tuition fees excluding the living cost.

You can find more information in the following excel sheet: Scholarships for Foreigners

Jason H. has sent me an update about getting your student visa here’s the updated information straight from the source.

*First of all, you need your I-20 or DS-2019 or whatever the document that the school you are going to attend will provide you.

*Once you receive your I-20, visit http://www.FMJfee.com . to pay your SEVIS fee.(probably an explanation note will be included in your I-20 package)
*Follow the instruction neatly at the website, and do not forget to print your receipt couple of pages
*an original receipt of your SEVIS fee will arrive by DHL within couple of days (important document)
*you will need a certificate of balance (잔고증명or평전) and copy of the same account’s  bank note(통장 사본). both must show sufficient amount of money to support your estimated financial need as I-20 shows.
*http://korean.seoul.usembassy.gov/downloadable_forms2.html this link will be helpful
go to 주한미국대사관 website -> 비자업무 on the top menu -> 서류 다운로드 on the left -> and fill out DS-156, DS-157, DS-158. If there is anything ‘not applicable’ on the document write ‘NONE.’ if you leave it blank, you will need to write ‘NONE’ when you go to the embassy among loads of people.
*on the 주한미대사관 website, register your interview date, time and print the reservation paper.
*certificate of graduation, transcript (졸업증명서, 성적증명서) ..
*TOEFL, SAT score report
*go to 신한은행 for interview fee $100 say “im here for visa business” and they’ll take care of everything
*사업자 등록증 of your parent(s) (if applicable) (in my case, i did need them)
*US VISA photograph, 5cm x 5cm with no frame. you will  need to attach this photo on your DS-156

so far, you will have;

-I-20,
-Passport,
-VISA interview reservation paper,
-SEVIS fee receipt,
-VISA interview fee receipt from 신한은행,
-DS-156,DS-157,DS-158 all filled out
-Certificate of bank balance
-copy of bank note
-transcript
-certificate of graduation
-TOEFL, SAT score report
-사업자등록증 of your parent(s) (if applicable)

TIPS: New U.S. immigration law limits arrival into the United States to begin your study to no more than 30days prior to the report date listed on your Form I-20 or Form DS-2019. Please be sure to plan accordingly! You should also carry original financial documents with your upon entry to the United States as prrof to support the funding listed on your Form I-20 (F-1 students) or Form DS-2019(J-1 studnets). You may be requested to show this by immigration officials at the port of entry..

To: All DOSP Students and Parents

CC: DOSP Teachers

From: DOSP Staff

Subject: Homework Policy

Due to lack of participation and responsibility from students, effective immediately we will be enforcing the following homework policy.

You must turn in homework for every class or the following procedures will be taken.

• The first infraction you do not turn in homework you will receive a warning from your teacher and/or counselor.
• The second infraction you do not turn in homework your parents will be called.
• The third infraction a parent, student, and counselor meeting will take place.

This policy is to encourage students to be active in their education and to bring stability to the DOSP Program.

If there are any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to ask your counselors.

Sincerely,

DOSP Staff

I get this question quite a bit, here is one source you can refer to get some more tips. A lot of these I’ve been stressing in class.

Life Hack: 10 Steps to Better Writing

Here is an outline of the post, but I strongly encourage that you go to their website and look at their information.

• Pace yourself
• Plan, than write
• Start in the middle
• Write crappy first drafts
• Don’t plagiarize
• Use directions wisely
• Avoid wikipedia
• Focus on communicating your purpose
• Proofread
• Conclude something

I hope you can continually improve your writing and perhaps in the future we’ll see you on the bestsellers list.

For all of you who have been curious about CEO compensation. You can find a lot of how they are specifically paid here at this website.

As for a brief quote, I thought the following was most interesting:

2006 CEO Compensation (millions)

The Top 10 CEO compensation packages of 2006 follow:

1. Steven P. Jobs, Apple - 646.60
2. Ray R Irani, Occidental Petroleum - 321.64
3. Barry Diller, IAC/InterActiveCorp - 295.14
4. William P Foley II, Fidelity National Finl - 179.56
5. Terry S Semel, Yahoo - 174.20
7. Angelo R Mozilo, Countrywide Financial - 141.98
8. Michael S Jeffries, Abercrombie & Fitch - 114.64
9. Kenneth D Lewis, Bank of America - 99.80
10. Henry C Duques, First Data - 98.21

I don’t know if it is fair or not, but that is just how the world seems to work. If you want to make that hundreds or tens of millions you need to read about how they got there- instead of just drooling about the dollar signs.

You can learn so much through the Dumb Little Man has a lot of good information I’ll be adding them to our RSS feed reader to the right.

You can check out the full article here.