My University Extra-curricular Activity Tips

Dear Reader/Subscriber,

At university, we have not only academics🎓 but extra-curricular activities🎨. We need to have a work-life balance⚖️ between them for better performance.

Our university has many extra-curricular opportunities🥳, but most of them look at our previous experiences and skills, including:

  • Leadership 🤵
  • Public Speaking 🎙️
  • Web and Backend Programming 🧑‍💻
  • Image/Video Editing 🎥
  • Language 💬 (English and Chinese)

In this article, I will explain how I achieve my work-life balance⚖️ with outstanding results🏅 on both sides, plus my experiences and tips💡 for extra-curricular activities.

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Sharing my University Life in High School

On 27 Aug. 2024, as invited by my high school🏫 homeroom teacher, I shared my university life🧑‍🏫 to future high school students online🌎 (in Chinese, Putonghua (普通话)).

In this lecture, I shared my:

  • Academics 🎓 (e.g., course enrollment needs to be as early as possible)
  • Living Matters (e.g., we don't have to turn off lights at a specific time in our university Halls)
  • Extra-curricular Activities
  • Personal Advice

I also told them this important fact:

  • Our university has many extra-curricular opportunities🥳, but most of them look at your previous experiences.
  • As a high school student, you should prepare early, get working experiences and develop your personal skills.

If you are interested, you can download the Presentation PDF file (in Simplified-Chinese; 简体中文).

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My University FAQs

Do you know is HKUST an open campus to the public? Is it close to mountain⛰️ or sea🌊?

In this article, I will tell you the secrets🔑 (FAQs) behind our university.

This includes:

  • Campus 🏫
  • University Living Matters 🏡
  • IT Services 🖥️
  • Accommodation 🏘️
  • Study and Academics 🧑‍🎓
  • Extra-curricular Activities 🎉
  • Living in Hong Kong 🛍️

At the start of August 2024, I started my "brain dumping" writing down everything I know about my university in my free time.

Then I decided to share it with some high school students, parents and teachers. This is the "HKUST FAQ" Article.

You can contact me💬 (or reply to this Newsletter Email) if you have questions or want to learn more.

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Reducing Load on Personal Project

At this point, you probably want to know why I haven't updated my website for a long time.

Ken's Study Journey website project is not only for content-sharing. It's also for my personal research🔬 about algorithms and structures, etc. behind the web servers🛠️.

Having joined some university extra-curricular activites, including USThing App Team and ITSC Student Helper, I will need some effort for them rather than my personal project.

About Me

Hello there! I am Ken, a Year 2 student at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) with Computer Science + AI Extended Major.

In my free time, I share my study tips, habits, tools and school/campus life.

I am from Guangzhou, China. I speak English and Chinese (Putonghua).

Have any questions or need help? Feel free to contact me and I am here to help you.