Well, this topic reminds me of two years ago when I was accepted into 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 because 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 programs including entry requirements and graduation criteria. There were two options to graduate. The one is to engage in the professional conference and participate in the oral defense. The other one is to submit your thesis to the academic journal, such as the Journal of Dental Sciences. Later on the day, we also met with the professors and each of us had to present our research proposal in front of them. It was quite terrifying because many of them are well-known in the field and have strong academic reputation. Some of them were also strict, so I felt a lot of pressure. Despite the nerves, it was a memorable experience and marked the beginning of an important journey in my academic life.
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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 because 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. There were two options to graduate. One is to engage in the professional conference and participate in the oral defense. The other is to submit your thesis to an academic journal, such as the Journal of Dental Sciences. Later in the day, we also met with the professors, and each of us had to present our research proposal in front of them. It was quite terrifying because many of them are well-known in the field and have a strong academic reputation. Some of them were also strict, so I felt a lot of pressure. Despite the nerves, it was a memorable experience and marked the beginning of an important journey in my academic life.
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