Singer Toc Tien revealed that she did not graduate from college in the US
Toc Tien said she did not graduate from college in the US. She dropped out of school to focus on singing.
Recently, through a Q&A session with fans on social media, Toc Tien revealed the pressure she had to go through to take the university entrance exam. When asked to share about her time as a student, the singer said she was so stressed and obsessed with studying that she had a stomachache. She said she was not a “bookworm” but studied a lot.
“I studied for the university entrance exam from the summer of 10th grade to 11th grade. In 12th grade, to take the B block exam to enter the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, my mother let me take 3 extra Biology classes, 2 Math classes and 1 Chemistry class. During 12th grade, I studied from 6am to 11pm. I was so stressed and haunted that I had a stomachache,” she said.
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Toc Tien recalls the time of pressure because of exams. |
"Once I asked to sleep in and then woke up at 4am to continue studying. The alarm went off, I jumped up and ran around the bed, mumbling: 'I'm studying'. I will always remember the feeling of the last university entrance exam day, when I stepped out of the exam room, for the first time I understood the feeling of freedom. I miss Le Hong Phong high school with many memories but I never want to go back to that time," she recalled.
The singer then continued to receive questions related to her major in the US. She answered: “I studied biology first, but after 2 years I couldn’t keep up, so I switched to communications. After studying for more than a year, I returned to Vietnam to participate in The Remix and have developed my career until now. I’m not afraid to share that I haven’t graduated from college. For me, life is the most challenging threshold.”
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The singer said she did not graduate from college in the US. |
She advised her fans to continue studying if they have the opportunity and said she wants to study more in the future. “In the future, I will register to study something more because I really have a thirst for knowledge.”
Toc Tien was born in 1989 and has been involved in singing since she was a child. After moving to the US and studying at Pasadena City College, she continued to sing at overseas centers. Unable to balance singing with her study schedule, the singer changed her major after 2 years.
2015 marked an important milestone when she returned home to participate in The Remix. Hit songTomorrowWith gong dance helped her become famous and have reputation until now.