Wang Ji-Hue (Business 18) Student Interview_Interview on receiving the Dean's Award for Student Success
- bizskk
- Hit475
- 2022-12-21
1. Hello, please introduce yourself first.
Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Wang Ji-hue, class of 18, Department of Business Administration, who graduated this August. Due to COVID-19 and personal reasons, I delayed my admission to the UK graduate program and am currently an intern of product manager for AI products at Baidu company.
2. I heard that you won the Dean Award in the Student Success Award at the degree ceremony in 2022. Please give us a brief acceptance speech.
To be honest, it was unexpected to receive this award. The past winner's careers on the school website were so great that I wasn't confident when I applied. But I applied with the thought that it's the last 'task' that I can submit at Sungkyunkwan. Eventually, it was such an honor to receive this award, and it seems to have put a perfect end to my life at Sungkyunkwan.
3. Are there any internal and external activities that you participated in when you were an undergraduate? Please introduce the most memorable activity.
As an international student, I received a lot of help in adapting to studying and cultural life in Korea. Sungkyunkwan provided various opportunities for cultural exchange activities inside and outside the school, so it was an unforgettable opportunity. The most memorable activity for me was Yeonam Road Korea-China Youth Peace Camp that I participated in in the summer of 2019. There, I got to know a lot of great peers, there were Chinese students studying in Korea, and there were Korean students from prestigious Chinese universities. We listened to a lecture by young North Korean people, toured the DMZ area, and participated in panel research. Even after event, I meet these friends often and travel with them, and I am still close to them.
4. You must have had a lot of difficulties in campus life due to COVID-19, how did you overcome it?
At first, I couldn't get used to the learning method of taking classes only on the internet because I couldn't go to the campus. And I'm not a very self-controlled person, so I always watch class videos during the last period of attendance check, so the learning effect was not good. However, as time went on, I got used to it, and the difficult part is that I can pause and find the material or listen to it repeatedly, which is something I can't have with offline classes. And because I didn't have to go back to campus, I had the opportunity to do corporate internships, and in 2020, I went back to China and participated in several internships. I think practice is also an important way to improve skills for business students.
5. What are your future career paths and goals?
After four years of studying in business school, I felt the ability and confidence to pursue higher academic goals. To respond to complex business data, I want to learn advanced data science analytics techniques and ultimately gain the ability to understand and value how data science analytics can be applied to the business sector. After finishing graduate school, I want to get a job as a business analyst at a global company and use my multilingual strengths and extensive study abroad experience to become an international, innovative, and leadership person like the educational goals of our business school.
6. Lastly, please give us some advice for the classmates of the business school.
If you want to continue your studies or get a job in a business-related field, I think it is important to find a direction you are interested in in university studies. The Department of Business Administration provides a very wide range of curriculum covering all aspects of management, including management information, marketing, production management, personnel organization, finance and accounting. If we can choose one field and focus on it, we will be more competitive for employment, and it would be good to apply for a second major.
Many international students like me can have a lot of difficulties in studying abroad, and the biggest difficulty is not only language and lifestyle, but also loneliness. My advice is that you don't have to participate in too many social activities to get rid of loneliness, but sometimes learn to enjoy loneliness, and focus on studying or hobbies during your time alone to gain strength in self-development. This experience of living in Korea itself will be a precious memory of our lives.