认识港中大（深圳）| Why CUHK Shenzhen? 印尼国际生为您分享

作为一所国际化大学，港中大（深圳）的校园中除了内地学生，还有许多不同肤色、发色的面孔。

通过学生记者Brandon Honanta的采访，来自印度尼西亚的大四学生Dio Renato、Justina Sulystio和Adeline Permata Santoso将与我们分享在港中大（深圳）的就读体验。

来自金融统计专业的Dio表示在大学学到了很多关于哲学和数学知识，增长了见闻。如果能给曾经的自己一句话，他希望是“保持真我”，关注于自己想做的事，寻找真实的自我。 

来自计算机科学与技术专业的Justina将“比赛”作为自己在大学阶段的重点词。比拿奖杯和证书更重要的是，参赛让她获得了书本以外的经验，比如团队管理，以及如何提出想法并向受众更有效地表达想法等。

新能源与工程专业的Adeline曾在印尼一家太阳能光伏公司实习。从项目管理到设计成本估算器，她喜欢把在课堂上学到的东西运用到现实生活中。

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学生介绍 Student Info

Dio Renato

■ Nationality: Indonesian

■ School: The School of Data Science

■Major: Financial Statistics

■Year: 4

■College: Muse

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Justina Sulystio

■Nationality: Indonesian

■School: The School of Data Science

■Major: Computer Science and Engineering

■Year: 4

■College: Muse

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Adeline Permeta Santoso

■ Nationality: Indonesian

■ School: The School of Science and Engineering

■ Major:New Energy Science and Engineering

■ Year: 4

■College: Shaw

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采访 Interview

大学生活并不只有绩点和考试，学习之外，港中大（深圳）给同学们留下了什么印象？大学又在国际生的学习经历中扮演了什么角色？希望三位印尼同学的回答能给予我们更多启发。

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Brandon: Hi, welcome everyone! I'm Brandon Honanta, the host and joining me are three friendly and talented final year international students. I'm going to ask them questions to know more about their academics, like what their opinions are about grades, what their favourite subjects are, organization and internship experiences, and many more. So without further ado, I would like to welcome you to introduce yourselves. What are your full names, what do you major in, and why did you choose your majors.

Dio: Hi, my name is Dio Renato and my major is Financial Statistics. I'm in the fourth year at CUHK-Shenzhen. I chose this major because I wanted to be an actuary.

Brandon: Justina, can you please introduce yourself?

Justina: I am Justina Sulystio. I am a fourth year Computer Science student. And the reason why I chose this major is because I see a lot of potential in this field. And I think taking this subject will enable me to branch out to other industries in the future.

Brandon: Last but not least, Adeline.

Adeline: Hi everyone, I'm Adeline. I'm a fourth year student in New Energy. And I chose this major because I was well aware of the problem of climate change and I wanted to do something about it. And one way to do it was by contributing to the development of new energy.

Brandon: Do you think that grades are the most important or is there anything else?

Dio: Well I think that as far as grades go, I would say that maintaining a 3.0 GPA, having a well rounded good GPA and maintaining a scholarship are good goals for new students to strive for. But aside from that, of course, if you try your best, you can get a higher GPA. But you don't necessarily have to have the highest GPA or achieve 3.5, or whatever. Because as you have mentioned, there are also other things outside the academics in the university. For example, you can become members of clubs and then take part in activities, events, and also become a part of organization, campus work, etc. And also I think as we have talked previously about other than major related courses, we have to take other courses, like GE courses. I think it's more important not to see these courses as a way to get an easy grade but also to improve. To expand our minds like what Justina has said.

Brandon: Can you tell us more about your extracurriculars during this three years? For example, what did you learn from that?

Dio: Well, most of my time I spend in the organization. First one is the PPIT which is an Indonesian Students Organization and the other is the International Student Organization of CUHK-Shenzhen to maintain the international students as a whole. So from these two, I usually participate in organizing events and we have gatherings for new students too. So I take part in the campus orientation activities in which I help new students coming to Shenzhen and make some presentations and organize events for them. So these are mostly what I did in the past three four years.

Brandon: Did it expose you to a new culture, a new way of thinking which you have never thought of before?

Dio: Well, of course. And partly when working with other people, with Indonesian people has its pros and cons. But since I also took part in the international student organization, I also worked with students from other nationalities, they have different ways of thinking, or when I work with the office, with my supervisor, with the staff of the university. I also learn how to professionally do my work and learn to be professional in a working manner, how to prepare for my job after graduation.

Brandon: Yeah. I think it's interesting. Moving on to Justina, what is your highlight of your extracurricular in university? Is it competition or internship or organization?

Justina: I think for me is competition. I really like competitions. In high school, I hated competing against other people just for the trophy. I was usually very soft-spoken and didn't like to talk that much. But I think competitions challenge you to become a better person. and I realized that joining competitions is not about winning the trophies or certificates. But it is about getting the experience and how you learn from it, team management, and how to come up with an idea and how to present it in a presentation format.T here are a lot of things that you can get from a competition other than just the certificates and a good point in your CV.

Brandon: And do you feel that our school support you when you joined a competition?

Justina: The school supports us in many ways, other than funding. You can find competitions on your own. It doesn't have to be from school emails. You can find a competition on your own and you can actually ask the school for support and they will actually sign a mentor for you. They will help you in competitions. I think that's really helpful.

Brandon: I agree. Adeline?

Adeline: Yeah, I agree that competitions are very useful. And apart from competitions and organizations, you can explore other things, for example participating in workshops or go to exhibitions that are relevant to your field. Yeah, basically just to explore, because there are a lot of opportunities that we can find either inside or outside school. That is one way of learning apart from the lectures that could be very useful for future jobs.

Brandon: I also heard that you actually took many internships, can you tell us more about that? What did you learn and would you recommend others to take internships during their studies?

Adeline: Yeah. Internships are particularly useful. Because it is the time when we can apply what we have learned in class in a real life setting.

Brandon: Can you give specific examples?

Adeline: For example, I did an internship at a Solar PV company in Indonesia last semester and I was mainly in charge of the projects in the Solar PV project management. So I was the project coordinator where I manage the project starting from the kick-off meeting, the construction, until the commissioning part. And the second project was designing a cost estimator. From input variables, we can estimate what is the cost of the Solar PV system. I learned a lot from this and applied what I have learned from my courses before. So internships are very useful indeed.

Brandon: Yeah. I think Justina also has something to say about this? You did an internship with a Chinese company, right?

Justina: Yeah, I did. I think taking internships in a Chinese company in China is really useful, because you get to immerse yourself in the Chinese culture. And being placed in a formal Chinese business setting really improves your Chinese speaking skills and your listening skills. And you get to understand how the Chinese people work and how they understand, how they process things. It's really useful. And especially since we are international, you are working overseas. You're basically opening your mind to new stuffs, exposing yourself to new experiences.

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Brandon: Great. How have you transformed in the past three years and what is your advice for your past selves?

Dio: Well, mostly during my journey at CUHK-Shenzhen, I became more enlightened in terms of academic stuffs because I learned a lot about Philosophy and Mathematics. But as a person, based on my experience from the events that I participated in, I became a member of organizations, taking campus works in the office at our school. It's not just about becoming a better person overall, but also realizing what I want to achieve in the future. So if I were to give a message to my younger self, I would say, to stay true to myself. Not focusing about the society, but to focus more on what I want to do and what really is “me", because I have different set of personalities than other people. You don't have to conform to the society, do what the group do. For example, in terms of studying, you don't necessarily have to study every day eight hours a day. That is not a rule in a university. You need to find your own study style and routines. Whether it is studying by yourself, studying with friends, studying in the library, studying in the dorm. There is not a guidance or a rule for it. You need to find it for yourself and of course you can study with friends if it helps you a lot. It is beneficial to have friends, different sets of friends. But eventually it's all about you and how would you achieve these kind of goals that you have by yourself in the end.

Brandon: Yeah. I totally can relate, because until now, I can not study in the library. because every time I study, I would hum or sing. So it would distract other people. I think studying in the library doesn't suit me. Even though other people say: "You should go to the library.” But usually the places that I like most to study is the kitchen. So I can do whatever I want. I think it seems natural for me to find my own methods of studying. Yeah, thank you, Dio. So, Justina, what has transformed in yourself and what is your advice for your past self?

Justina: I think one thing that I noticed about myself and probably all my high school friends noticed about me is that I've become more outspoken. And I've become more adventurous, in a sense. In high school, I was very shy and reserved. I was scared of everything, scared of what people thought of me. Before entering university, I set a goal for myself that I would speak more, challenge myself more. But once I was a freshman, I became grade oriented. I focused a lot on my grades. If I got a very bad score in a midterm, I would be very depressed about it. I would think about it every day. But now that I think about it, after joining all these competitions and internships, I think grade is not really a big deal. If I were to give an advise to my freshman self, I would tell her to stop thinking about her grades. Just keep challenging yourself in your competitions and internships, projects, organizations. and everything else. Of course, grade is important. You still need to graduate, you need to pass all your courses. But in the end, it's just a number on your report card. What matters most is how you challenge yourself every day. I think going out of your comfort zone is more important. Your personal development is the most important.

Brandon: That is a very valuable lesson to take in. Thank you. How about you, Adeline? How have you transformed yourself?

Adeline: I totally agree with Justina. I think what has transformed the most for me is also from the personal development point of view. I have been able to stretch myself and explore new opportunities and experiences. I think similar to Justina, I was also quite grade oriented. When I was in high school, I didn't really explore on opportunities. I was just studying what was being taught in class. But in university, I have learned that there are a lot of opportunities beyond that. It's not just about lectures and GPA. Although GPA does matter for me, and it is quite a good incentive to help us persist in studying. But it's not everything. There are a lot of opportunities out there that we can explore, aside from lectures.

Brandon: Yeah, I would totally agree about that. Okay, so last question. What is your advice for those who are still studying right now, be it for the first year students, second year or third year? Can we start with Adeline again?

Adeline: Yeah. I think my first advice is to explore. Just figure out what you really want to do in life. Because if you don't know what you want to do in life, then you got to explore right? If you don't explore, you don't know what is it. You don't know if you like something or not if you never try it. So I think one of the most important thing is just to stretch yourself and explore new things. And the second is I think what Dio has mentioned about the study style. I think it is nice to try and find your own study style. For example, Brandon, you find it more comfortable to study in the kitchen. Everyone has their own study style so I think it is a good way to find your own method of studying. And the third is to maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle and mental wellbeing. I think they are very important.

Brandon: Thank you. Justina?

Justina: I'm more in the practical stuff. I think what advice I would give to the freshmen, is to attend office hours more. If you don't understand something from your course, don't delay and don't wait until the last minute, before an exam to ask. You have to approach a TA or your professor to ask. Some professors don't really teach well in a classroom setting. But actually, I personally found that when you approach professors during their office hours, it is more intimate. And I feel that they actually explain things better. Because it's one-on-one, so they know that you don't understand this aspect of the subject. So they try to explain. So my advice basically is to attend office hours as much as you can. If you don't understand anything, sure, you can consult Google or Stack Overflow, but if you have the chance, you should ask a TA. And basically you can use the chance to get closer to your TA. Get closer to your professor. Especially if you want to attend a graduate school. Maybe they can give you a letter of recommendation. Or you can be best friends with your professors.

Brandon: Yeah. I totally agree. Because for me, in my first year, at most, I went to a lot of teaching hours and actually the professors became my best friends. Their teaching hours is until 3:30 PM, but I pushed it to 4:40 PM. They really care for us. They want us to really understand and it doesn't really matter to them to actually spend more time with us. Because I think what teachers really want is for the students to understand and succeed in their classes. So Dio?

Dio: Well, other than what Justina and Adeline have mentioned, I would advice the new students to try things that they have not done before. For example, participating in events or become members of student organizations and so on. But I think, most importantly of course, as Adeline has mentioned, you need to have a balanced lifestyle, in terms of times spent for studying, or times spent for academic related activities. But other than that, I would say that as I have mentioned before, I think it is very important to stay true to yourself and do the things to understand yourself more, because people have different set of skills and personalities and characteristics, so I would really put more highlight: you don't have to conform to the society or bring your pre-intended premises that you have brought from high school or from your country to China, to CUHK-Shenzhen and apply it. Because you need to be more open-minded and to expand your horizons and understand that there is no rules or confinement in the world. You have to decide for yourself what you going to do. How do you want to do that, and whatever other people say to you doesn't really matter because eventually you need to take more care about yourself. And I think in terms of practical stuff, I would say that at least try to take part in internship opportunities like Adeline and Justina. Because I think it is important to learn about the real life before actually graduating and actually work in real life. So you need to understand what you are up to. How to apply what you have known to the real life scenarios. That's from me.

Brandon: Okay. So that's a wrap for today. Thank you to Dio, Justina, and Adeline for sharing your thoughts so our junior classmates can achieve better in life and academics as well. Thank you for all viewers who have watched this video until the end. See you and bye-bye!

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