College Junior Life

It’s been a while, and this is already my 5th blog. Every time, I switch to a new one. I don’t plan to import my previous posts, so I’ll just start fresh this time.

Actually, writing every day would be great, but every day feels so busy, and I don’t seem to have any extra time to write a blog. So, I’ll just write whenever I’m in the mood.

My sophomore year has passed, and the plans and goals I set during my freshman summer are slowly being achieved one by one. That’s how people are - as long as you have a goal, you’ll have direction for your efforts. You won’t give up, even in the face of confusion and hardship. However, achieving your goals is still not easy, and being able to persist is already a success.

During my sophomore year, I joined the Electronics Association, applied for the URP project, passed the English 4 and 6 levels, and the Computer Level 2 exam. At the same time, I raised my overall GPA to 3.2 and learned C++, Matlab, Java, English writing, and Multisim. I also self-studied Python Django and VC++ and completed the development of the Google Map API, made a website using Mambo, published many hacker articles on the Wuse Tu forum, gave a great hacker knowledge lecture, and gathered technical talents.

I have no regrets.

My junior year of college is a year of learning English. This year, I need to do well on the GRE and TOEFL iBT, which is a daunting task.

Why do I want to go abroad? I want to learn from the advanced knowledge in the United States. In China, there aren’t any particularly excellent instructors. It’s not that I’m arrogant, but after interacting with them, you’ll naturally feel that they are generally outdated and the knowledge they possess is obsolete and useless for my improvement, especially in my field, which is rapidly developing. I don’t know if there will be excellent professors in the United States or if I’ll be able to meet them. However, going abroad is always a good thing. Many times, you just need to take a chance and go. If a man doesn’t venture out and challenge himself when he’s young, but instead follows his parents’ arrangements and takes the traditional path, he will undoubtedly fail. I firmly believe that such a man’s life will be incomplete, and only those who dare to think and act boldly can succeed.

In addition to going abroad, improving my English skills is another reason I want to take these two exams. My current English level is still not good, and even reading basic English magazines like Times and National Geography is a problem. Sometimes, Chinese knowledge is not enough, and many advanced concepts are expressed in English. If you can grasp this knowledge first, you can often turn it into RMB in China. I discussed this issue with my dad, and in the information age, whoever possesses the most information or has the ability to control information channels and search for useful information will have more wealth.

So, English is very important. Remember that.

Now, let’s talk about my friends.

My friend “Niu” has already been accepted into MIT and has completely entered the realm of the elite. The talented female student from the Peking University Chemistry Department is indeed exceptional, and graduating from Peking University in just three years is really cool. I can only admire from afar.

My other friends are still studying hard.

Oh, who are these friends? They’re the ones who seem a bit crazy. Ha ha. They’re a group of talented people who do ACM. ACM is actually very interesting, but it’s just too time-consuming, and I don’t think I have the patience or interest to devote to it. I can only play with it as a hobby. After hanging out with them, I learned two words: “ym” (which means “admiration”), but I always feel like I’m “ym” (frustrated) :) .

In the new year, I still need to read more books. Reading books is useful. Recently, there’s been a trend on Douban that says reading books is useless. Some people are jealous of those who have read thousands of books and say a lot of nonsense. Actually, reading books is not about turning your brain into a playground for others’ thoughts, but about absorbing others’ knowledge and perspectives. You can grasp the knowledge and ideas that others have spent a lot of time summarizing in an instant. This is like taking advantage of others’ time, and the person who has the most time is not necessarily a successful person, but they will definitely be wise. However, this is predicated on reading good books.

Oh, and from now on, I’ll write about some issues and arguments here. If there are a lot of ridiculous grammatical errors, please don’t mind. My grammar is really bad, but I’ll improve slowly.