The Official June 2015 Study Group Forum

[tapenade]

Teaching English/studying for the LSAT abroad. Good idea? Y/N

Definitely. I'm strongly considering taking a year off / deferring so I can teach English overseas after college. Seems like a fun and inexpensive way to travel, besides being a good resume line.

I've read that you can save 10-17k USD a year in Korea, depending on your spending habits. More if you tutor students on the side (which is technically illegal, but very common from what I understand).

[nlee10]

Teaching English/studying for the LSAT abroad. Good idea? Y/N

Definitely. I'm strongly considering taking a year off / deferring so I can teach English overseas after college. Seems like a fun and inexpensive way to travel, besides being a good resume line.

I've read that you can save 10-17k USD a year in Korea, depending on your spending habits. More if you tutor students on the side (which is technically illegal, but very common from what I understand).

True. I'm guessing OP isn't ethnically Korean...otherwise he could legally tutor on the side.

[RZ5646]

Teaching English/studying for the LSAT abroad. Good idea? Y/N

Definitely. I'm strongly considering taking a year off / deferring so I can teach English overseas after college. Seems like a fun and inexpensive way to travel, besides being a good resume line.

I've read that you can save 10-17k USD a year in Korea, depending on your spending habits. More if you tutor students on the side (which is technically illegal, but very common from what I understand).

And in most places all you need is a BA. It seems like I have better employment opportunities in China than here in the US lol

[ChoboPie]

Teaching English/studying for the LSAT abroad. Good idea? Y/N

Really depends on the circumstances.

How many classes would you be expected to teach? What type of school (if it's like a hagwon, you might want to look into the specific firm/school to get a sense of work hours and intensity)?

Are you familiar enough with the class curriculum to the point where you don't have to spend too much time learning new stuff?

Are you teaching english at a conventional school or are you working for a for-profit company that offers classes to students whose parents pay for them?

Also, are you going to be living somewhere that's comfortable and not too hectic (or at least close to somewhere you can study in peace and quiet)?

Make sure to look into the specific company. And, make sure you have a backup plan in case shit hits the fan and you need to leave the job early. While established programs like JETS and well-known companies like EPIK are seem to have good quality control, there are a lot of slimy companies that won't feel bad at all about screwing you.

Personally though, I'd teach abroad only after taking the LSAT. It's a pretty decent gig for traveling and $$$, but there are a lot of unknowns and experience seems to vastly vary from school to school, person to person.

[RZ5646]

I'll agree with Chobie and qualify my earlier response: teaching English abroad sounds awesome, but studying for the LSAT at the same time might not be a great idea.

[WhiskeyAndCupcakes]

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[ChoboPie]

Also, if you're thinking about SK, the general rule seems to be that pedigree largely determines your options. The top hagwons just love showing off the prestigious degrees of their employees (Harvard is king, MIT's gotten a LOT of love in recent years, and some of the Ivies are okay apparently).

Though, I've heard you can still get a solid gig in Gangnam with like, a UMich degree (not saying that UMich is objectively worse than an Ivy, just saying that there's less name recognition there).

[Buddha180]

Hey guys I'm confused whats the difference between "Manhattan Prep" and Manhattan LSAT"?

[tapenade]

Also, if you're thinking about SK, the general rule seems to be that pedigree largely determines your options. The top hagwons just love showing off the prestigious degrees of their employees (Harvard is king, MIT's gotten a LOT of love in recent years, and some of the Ivies are okay apparently).

Though, I've heard you can still get a solid gig in Gangnam with like, a UMich degree (not saying that UMich is objectively worse than an Ivy, just saying that there's less name recognition there).

From what I've read the typical hagwon cares about a BA (any) and TEFL certification. With those I should be fine. Though I'd probably be shut out of BIGTUTORING without a name brand degree .

[RZ5646]

This world's obsession with prestige and branding disgusts me.

[tapenade]

This world's obsession with prestige and branding disgusts me.

I was kidding FWIW. Only a handful of private academies (and most likely international schools) care about your undergrad. I've read hundreds of threads on different forums, talked with recruiters, current/former teachers, etc. and no one has asked me about my UG's USNews ranking. Most kids stay for one maybe two years. They can't afford to be picky in that regard.

[RZ5646]

This world's obsession with prestige and branding disgusts me.

I was kidding FWIW. Only a handful of private academies (and most likely international schools) care about your undergrad. I've read hundreds of threads on different forums, talked with recruiters, current/former teachers, etc. and no one has asked me about my UG's USNews ranking. Most kids stay for one maybe two years. They can't afford to be picky in that regard.

Korea really is especially superficial and materialistic though. I read once that it's one of the world's largest markets for plastic surgery.

[nlee10]

This world's obsession with prestige and branding disgusts me.

I was kidding FWIW. Only a handful of private academies (and most likely international schools) care about your undergrad. I've read hundreds of threads on different forums, talked with recruiters, current/former teachers, etc. and no one has asked me about my UG's USNews ranking. Most kids stay for one maybe two years. They can't afford to be picky in that regard.

Korea really is especially superficial and materialistic though. I read once that it's one of the world's largest markets for plastic surgery.

It probably is and am myself pretty disgusted with the superficially of the culture there. But its rise to a rich country within a generation, I still give my people props.

[RZ5646]

Finished those linear games and did very well. Gonna do an LG section in the morning to see what level I'm at. Really hoping for -4 or better.

[McJimJam]

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[RZ5646]

Nice work! Is your timing improving?

I think so. I had done those linear games before so I'm not sure how much I should read into being able to speed through them, but I did a hell of a lot of games this week, both linear and grouping, and they weren't terribly difficult, so hopefully I'm at least back to the level I was at when I was studying in January.

At this point I'd say I know all the techniques; I just need to spend a lot of time practicing to make sure I can consistently apply them quickly and accurately.

[Dr. Nefario]

Chobopie has the greatest tar of all time. OF ALL TIME.




That is all.

[Rigo]

Chobopie has the greatest tar of all time. OF ALL TIME.




That is all.

Are you slow?

[ccordero]

Can anyone explain to me how the conclusion of PT34 S3 Q11 makes any sense? If we are unable to save people with degenerative brain disorders, how can they make up an "ever-increasing proportion of the population" if they are the ones who are dying?

If there are 100 people in a city and 30 of them have a degenerative brain disorder and they're dying, then as they die off the proportion of people with degenerative brain disorders should be falling.

[Rigo]

Can anyone explain to me how the conclusion of PT34 S3 Q11 makes any sense? If we are unable to save people with degenerative brain disorders, how can they make up an "ever-increasing proportion of the population" if they are the ones who are dying?

If there are 100 people in a city and 30 of them have a degenerative brain disorder and they're dying, then as they die off the proportion of people with degenerative brain disorders should be falling.

Didn't look up the question, but are you considering that more people are being born or diagnosed with the brain disorders than are dying?

Or that the total population is falling at a faster rate than the people with the brain disorders are dying--thus the proportion is rising?

[The Abyss]

Can anyone explain to me how the conclusion of PT34 S3 Q11 makes any sense? If we are unable to save people with degenerative brain disorders, how can they make up an "ever-increasing proportion of the population" if they are the ones who are dying?

If there are 100 people in a city and 30 of them have a degenerative brain disorder and they're dying, then as they die off the proportion of people with degenerative brain disorders should be falling.

Didn't look up the question, but are you considering that more people are being born or diagnosed with the brain disorders than are dying?

Or that the total population is falling at a faster rate than the people with the brain disorders are dying--thus the proportion is rising?

Didn't look it up either, but I think this one has to do with organ transplants curing ailments, but brains can't be transplanted so ---> brain disorders start to make up a larger percentage of population. I vaguely remember this question.

[Rigo]

Try Manhattan forums.

[Shemp]

If nobody's dying of heart, lung, liver, etc. diseases then they will live long enough to develop brain diseases. I think you are assuming that the number of people who could benefit from brain transplants is stable, but any trip to Walmart will prove that brain damage is constantly on the rise.

[NL2424]

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[PeanutsNJam]

Didn't look it up either, but I think this one has to do with organ transplants curing ailments, but brains can't be transplanted so ---> brain disorders start to make up a larger percentage of population. I vaguely remember this question.

This is credited. I just looked it up.

Premise 1 - Life can be extended by transplanting organs.

Premise 2 - We can transplant any organ except brains.

My extension of premise 2 -The only degenerative organ that can't be dealt with via transplants is the brain.

Conclusion - More and more people will die of a failing brain, as opposed to a failing heart/liver/whatever (because we can just transplant a new one of the other organs).

C is right because the question assumes we can't find another way to fight brain degeneration (medicine, magic, prayer, etc.)