UNAIR NEWS – Yuyun Agustina successfully finished college with honors. Why didn’t she? She graduated with a title of best graduate for bachelor program of the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) Universitas Airlangga. Yuyun finished her study at Statistics program with a GPA of 3.77.

“I didn’t set a target to graduate in 3.5 years. My target was only to finish college not longer than the normal time. Yet Allah has helped smoothen the process of doing my final essay, so Alhamdulillah I have passed it,” she said.

This only child who was born in Pacitan admitted that she had to struggle in finishing the final essay, especially when facing her counselor. “Being a final-year student and had to finish the final essay, I complained a lot because it was too much. Sometimes dealing with revision over and over again, waiting for the counselor for hours. It was just too much, yet I had to enjoy it,” Yuyun added.

Moreover, the young woman who had used to be an assistant lecturer revealed that she once cried when testing out a program. It happened when she was writing a program in a software (coding program), where she had to sharpen her logic. This is when she cried because the program kept showing error.

“Let alone when the program is ready, we have to wait for the program running result for hours then we can see the output. That’s why extra patience is needed when dealing with programs,” she said.

Yuyun suggests the students to plan their life as well as possible and to socialize more. “Plan your life, evaluate your environment and society. Learn to take responsibilities, keep studying and set your dreams. In front you, chances are plenty, don’t lose before fighting,” was her advice.

Author: Achmad Janny
Editor: Bambang Bes