Well, this topic reminds me of two years ago when I was accepted into a master’s degree program in dentistry. My university is located in Taichung City, which is in the central part of Taiwan. On the first day of school, I drove my car to Taichung, and it took about 30 to 40 minutes. I was a bit nervous as I wasn’t really familiar with the roads, so I used Google Maps to navigate. When I arrived, we had an orientation meeting with secretaries, professors, and doctors in our department. The secretary gave us information about the program, including entry requirements and graduation criteria. She explained that we have to complete one of two options. The one option is to engage in the professional conference and participate in oral defense. The other one is to submit your thesis to academic journals such as Journal of Dental Sciences. Later on that day, we also met with professors, and we had to present our research. It was terrifying because many of the professors went on in their files and had strong reputation, so I felt a lot of pressure.
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Well, this topic reminds me of two years ago when I was accepted into a master's degree program in dentistry. My university is located in Taichung City, which is in the central part of Taiwan. On the first day of school, I drove my car to Taichung, and it took about 30 to 40 minutes. I was a bit nervous as I wasn't really familiar with the roads, so I used Google Maps to navigate. When I arrived, we had an orientation meeting with secretaries, professors, and doctors in our department. The secretary gave us information about the program, including entry requirements and graduation criteria. She explained that we have to complete one of two options. One option is to engage in the professional conference and participate in an oral defense. The other option is to submit your thesis to academic journals such as the Journal of Dental Sciences. Later that day, we also met with professors, and we had to present our research. It was terrifying because many of the professors had strong reputations, so I felt a lot of pressure.
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