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NTU Observations and Reflections (7): Junior Winter Break & Junior Year (Spring)

My days at National Taiwan University (NTU) have now completed a full three years. This post records my life from junior-year winter break to junior-year spring in the Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering (BIME). The storyline can roughly be divided into three parts: research, coursework, and extracurricular activities. That said, even though I study in BIME, most of the stories are not actually “BIME stories.”

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NTU Observations and Reflections (6): Junior Year (Fall)

Before I knew it, my college life had already entered its second half: junior year, fall semester. This semester I took 19 credits, but I compressed them into three days, and arranged the other two days for a company internship. There is not much to say about coursework. Basically, I had already decided to develop toward software engineering. For the required BIME courses, I only wanted to scrape by and pass. I did attend most classes, but I did not put in real effort, and I did not care about grades. I spent my time on research and improving my software development skills.

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NTU Observations and Reflections (4): First Semester in BIME — Extracurricular Activities

Before high school, I dreamed of becoming a physicist. After entering university, I gained a fresh perspective on the world. During freshman year, I attended talks in many places and took courses in other departments. Little by little, my interests in other fields surfaced. I could also feel it myself: compared with the academic path, I was more suited for engineering. In the end, I transferred—into the Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering (BIME).

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