I'm going to America 🇺🇲

# I'm going to America 🇺🇲 ###### tags: `CWL` `Design` `America` [toc] ## Study Abroad - What is Optional Practical Training(OPT)? https://www.uscis.gov/opt - Where should I be in the next 6 months? >I will go back to Taiwan before August, 29th, for B99 gathering party. What’s my next step? > >**Stay in Taiwan** > > - Health > - Find Tutors Jobs/ Part-time Job for surviving and paying my rents. > - Developing our software. > - Preparing GRE & Toefl. > > - How much time will I get if going back to Taiwan? > Open a personal website to demonstrate tutoring experience to find a job, teaching America school students or Europe School students. > Present current projects' photos and details. > Strength I wanna be good at is design thinking, and public English speaking. > > **Come back to Australia** > >- Save money for future use?! >- Build connections. (high possibility without an actual product) >- Scattered time slots for developing software, English tests preparation, and others… >- How much time will I get if I'm in Australia? - How am I going to get that money? > 銀行留學貸款 > 教育部留學貸款 > [參考文章](https://www.money101.com.tw/blog/%E7%95%99%E5%AD%B8%E8%B2%B8%E6%AC%BE-%E6%AF%94%E8%BC%83-%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E9%83%A8) - What am I interesting in? ![](https://i.imgur.com/xH0T19f.jpg) - What do I have?(Hard skill/ Soft skill/ Experience) > No hard skill > Soft skill: speaking/ team leading/ perseverance - What Consciouswithlife needs? > Resources: Money/ Customers/ Place to work/ Networking - What do I wanna do in America? > Broaden my networking. > Finding decent partners. > Let people know "Consciouswithlife" and "Kuang Kao". - Why America not Taiwan? > Size of market. > Bius of stereotype. - Why wanna make big money? > Serve humanity. - What kind of job I'm aiming for if Consciouswithlife has't had the resource to support me to live? > Free Lance Designer > Writer > Speaker - Is there any other possible ways to stay in America? > - Sponsored Visa from accelerators? > Tech Stars? > YC? > - Working Visa? ## School List ### US |Priority|School|Location|System|Strengths|Weakness| |:-----------------------------|:-----------------------------|:--------------:|:------------:|:-------------:|:--------:| ||UCLA|Los Angeles|Public|Top Psycho/CS/ML Program|Expensive Rent and Living Costs, Hard to get accepted| |Done|UC San Diego|San Diego|Public|Cheaper Tuition & Living Costs, Great Psycho/CS/ML Program|2.5 hrs drive to LA tech hub| ||UC Irvine|Irvine|Public|Cheaper Tuition & Living Costs, Great CS/ML Program|1-hr drive to LA tech hub| |Done|UC Davis|Davis|Public|Cheaper Tuition & Living Costs, Great Psycho, Good CS/ML Program|2.5 hrs drive to SF tech hub| |Done|University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh|Public|Cheaper Tuition & Living Costs, Great Psycho, Good CS/ML Program, In tech hub|| |Done|UC Riverside|Riverside|Public|Cheaper Tuition & Living Costs, Good Psycho/CS/ML Program|2 hrs drive to LA tech hub| ||UC Santa Cruz|Santa Cruz|Public|Cheaper Tuition, Good CS/ML Program, 1-hr drive to Bay Area tech hub|| ||University of San Francisco|San Francisco|Private|In Tech Hub, Good CS Program|Expensive Costs| ||CMU Silicon Valley|Bay Area|Private|In Tech Hub, Great CS Program|Expensive Tuition, Hard to Get Accepted| ||San Jose State University|Bay Area|Public|Cheaper Tuition, Good CS/ML Program, In Tech Hub|| ||Santa Clara University|Bay Area|Private|In Tech Hub|Less Popular| |Done|USC|Los Angeles|Private|In Tech Hub, Top Psycho/CS Program|Hard to Get Accepted, Expensive Costs| ||Seattle - Northeastern University|Seattle|Private|In Tech Hub, Great CS Program|Expensive Costs| ||UW Tacoma|Tacoma|Public|Good CS Program|2 hrs drive to Seattle tech hub| ### Canada ## Programs CMU - Master of Integrated Innovation for Products & Services (MIIPS): https://www.cmu.edu/iii/degrees/miips/index.html - Master of Science in Software Management (MSSM): https://www.cmu.edu/iii/degrees/mssm/index.html MIT - Media Arts & Sciences: https://www.media.mit.edu/graduate-program/apply/ San Diego - visual arts: https://apply.grad.ucsd.edu/masters-programs/mfa#visual-arts-va75 UC Davis - design: https://www.ucdavis.edu/graduate-programs/design - psychology: https://www.ucdavis.edu/graduate-programs/psychology University of Pittsburgh - Graduate school of business: https://www.katz.business.pitt.edu/academics/executive-programs - micro-credentials: https://www.katz.business.pitt.edu/academics/micro-credentials - Film & Media Studies: https://www.filmstudies.pitt.edu/graduate/masters-certificate UC Riverside - Visual Art: https://gradsis.ucr.edu/gradsis/GSIS_GENERAL.DisplayProgramDetail?nProgramId=1400 USC - The MFA Art Program: https://roski.usc.edu/academic/mfa-art-mfa-design - The MFA Design Program: https://roski.usc.edu/academic/mfa-design Toronto - Applied Psychology & Human Development (APHD): https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/aphd/Home/index.html