Thread: Studying and living in the USA
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Apr 28, 2009, 10:02 AM #61
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Re: Living in USA
gue juga ga masalah kalo mesti nyetir di jakarta ato di US dulu. soalnya kalo di US pasti pake matic, di jakarta masih pake manual. tapi sekarang udah ga ngaruh sih.. cuma dulu mayan jadi bikin ga kagok. hehe..
ttg parkir memarkir.. gue juga setuju ama debbie, enakan parkir itu pantat duluan. tapi kalo di kota gede macam NYC sih parkiran mah selalu.. paralel!!! jago deh parkir paralel kalo udah lama tinggal di NYC. tapi parkir paralel nya nuyorkers itu rada 'curang'. soalnya mereka pas parkir tuh gak masalah kalo mesti bump bumper mobil depan & belakang. it's a common practice.
jadinya ya males deh punya mobil bagus2.. pasti itu bumper pada leceettt!! cuma dari cara parkir paralel nuyorkers ama turis, ketauan banget gara2 ini.. hihi...
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Apr 28, 2009, 05:56 PM #62
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Re: Living in USA
Shinta Gw sih tetep oke pake stick shift dan otometik, soalnya mobil gw ada yg stick shift. Lebih menantang kata laki gw. Cuman temen gw gak ada yg mau bawa mobil gw kalo pas gw lagi bawa itu. Takut mundur di tanjakan Hidden Content
Btw, bener bgt tuh NYers cara parkirnya kayak gitu. Laki gw selalu bilang, bumper itu emang buat dilecetin! Normal!
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Apr 29, 2009, 06:48 PM #63
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Re: Living in USA
flea, kata gw masih jauuuh lebh gampang nyetir daripada naek sepedah. Gw nyetir di manapun asik2 aja *kecuali parkir di tempat sempit* tapi langsung menyerah kalo harus belok kiri naik sepedah. Mending gw tuntun aje dah tu sepedah. Trauma gw jatoh berdebum sampe lutut gw bonyok pas belok kiri plus dipepet truk plus ditabrak ibu2 dari belakang.
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Apr 29, 2009, 07:06 PM #64
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Re: Living in USA
dundan, emang benernya sih bumper bakal sering lecet. Namanya juga "bumper" Hidden Content Tapi kalo di Indo lecet dikit udh ke bengkel.
bea, kalo nabrak mah sering banget dan pernah punya pengalaman pas di Belanda pas lampu ijo gue mulai jalan tapi oleng2 gitu. Di belakang gue ada bapak2 ampir nabrak trus dia tereak "f*** you!". Gue sempet bengong beberapa detik tapi untungnya gue sempet bales tereak "f*** you,too!!!" Hidden Content
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Apr 30, 2009, 01:57 AM #65
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Re: Living in USA
bea Mustinya pas diteriakin "fu*k you", elo bales teriak :"Not with you, Opa!"
Gile juga tu orang. Di sini, mobil malah takut ama pejalan kaki dan org naik sepeda. Biar kata ngeselin, tetep kita kudhu sabar menanti.
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Apr 30, 2009, 02:05 AM #66
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deb, itu si fleamarket yang sempet2nya tereak. kalo gw boro2... lutut kagak bonyok aje udah sembah sujud gw dah Hidden Content
gw sebagei pengendara mobil juga paling takut sama pengendara sepedah. raja jalanan bener, well except kalo gw yang mboseh sepedah Hidden Content . kata guru nyetir gw, "bagusan nabrak truk daripada nabrak sepeda, urusannya lebih singkat". gila tu guru.
btw gw liat kalo di amrik orang2 pada heboh gitu ye perlengkapan naik sepedahnya, pake helm segala. kalo gw ga malu gw juga mau, sayang di sini bisa2 gw jadi tontonan orang sekampung kalo sepedahan pake helm Hidden Content
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Apr 30, 2009, 02:10 AM #67
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Re: Living in USA
Pake helem itu peratura di sindang, Bea.
Abis itu masih pake relection vest yg nyala2 kalo kena lampu--> saingan sama tukang aspal jalan, ditambah dengan headlamp (kalo malam).
Tsk.. kurang stylist, gitu lhoo.. Hidden Content
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Apr 30, 2009, 02:18 AM #68
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dan satu lagi yang beda dengan di belanda adalah sepeda di amrik rata2 bagus2, kagak kayak sepedah di sini, udah karatan masih ajeeeee dipake.....
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Apr 30, 2009, 06:57 AM #69
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Yang gue tau sih Amrik is very big on safety...Cowok gue noh, terheran-heran bgt ngeliat standard "safety" kita disini Hidden Content Kudu gue ajak naek ojek keliling jakarta dulu kali ye.
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Re: Living in USA
bea di Amrik maling sepeda gak sebanyak di Belanda kali yee..
berarti di Amrik kayak di Paris donq, parkir paralelnya beneran bumper to bumper, ngedorong mobil pun pake bumper mobil sendiri *sigh*
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Sekolah di US
Mbak..
Mari kita share info tentang sekolah di US... Setau aku disini ada beberapa member lulusan US.. siapa tau bisa kasih info mulai dari Uni apa aja yang top, living cost, gmat prep, etc etc deh..
oh iya... kalo thread ini pernah dibuat,, tolong di apus aja ibu mods.. Hidden Content (setau aku sie belum pernah)
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Oct 16, 2009, 06:09 AM #72
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Re: Sekolah di US
mitmitnie, it would be more helpful kalo kamu ada bayangan tinggal nya dimana dan mau sekolah dimana, and at what level (phd/master/college).
Living cost di US varies greatly with location and lifestyle. I used to pay $739 for a very spacious 2 bedroom with a den in Indiana. Now I pay more than twice that amount for something that's a tad smaller in Boston. Segitu aja udah dibilang murah bgt ama temen2 gue, given the space, location and the amenities.
On GMAT prep, gue recommend Pascal di Gedung Patra Jasa. It's a smaller program dan lebih dari mulut ke mulut. Tapi selalu penuh programnya. Adek gue currently skrg lagi ambil SAT (mau masuk college).
Patra Jasa Building, 9th Floor, Jl. Jendral Gatot Subroto, Kav 32-34, Jakarta, 12950.
(021) 529 00 899
Soal university sih ya standar lah, liat aja ranking nya di US News. Emang mau master atau college sih?formerly uberboston
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Oct 17, 2009, 07:24 AM #73
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wulan,, aku prefernya sie business school yang bagus2.. Hidden Content terus aku pengen ambil master.. tapi bingung kadang2 sama procedure sekolahnya... kaya ada beberapa sekolah yang gak bisa accept 3-years undergraduate degree..
kalo living cost itu relative kali ya? beda state beda living cost bukan.. hehe
terus bener gak sie mbak, kalo mau masuk sekolah2 yang top-top gitu, harus ada connection sama government atau siapa lah...
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Re: Studying, living and travelling in the USA
mtimitnie, gue merge threadnya di sini ya.
cost of living varies by state tapi juga sebenernya varies by city and/or rural/urban setting. generally urban areas are more expensive.
sekolah top kan populer banget, jadi kriteria untuk diterima bukan hanya academic performance (krn sudah pasti banyak yg pinter2 yg ngelamar kan), but also other criterias, including previous jobs, potential for leadership, social/community service, etc. jadi connection bukan dalam arti KKN...
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ditto on urban-suburban setting. Tapi emang beberapa state yg historically lebih mahal than the other.
mitmitnie, sekolah bisnis yg bagus itu apa? Like Harvard or Stanford? Gue sendiri mikir banyak bgt waktu daftar ke business school, ga cuma ranking, walau gue personally mengerti kalo branding is very important. Menurut gue, lo harus bisa banget articulate in your essays why lo come up with the decision to apply to a given school, and that would entail more than just 'sekolahnya bagus'.
At the end of the day sih, yg paling penting ya kualifikasi elo nya. Lain2nya like ada koneksi and all, more anecdotal than anything else.formerly uberboston
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