Cheng Tsz Ho

Cheng Tsz Ho
BEng (Hons) in Structural and Fire Safety Engineering, Year 1

Hello! I am Cheng Tsz Ho, a first-year student majoring in Structural and Fire Safety Engineering. I feel extraordinarily grateful that the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering had nominated me for CEE Entry Scholarship for outstanding HKDSE Student.

I have developed an interest in fire safety as my uncle is a fireman. When I saw this subject on the PolyU Information Day, I did not plan to devote the coming four years to structural and fire safety. As I made my JUPAS choices, nevertheless, I was struggling to give priority to either my interest or my HKDSE scores. In the end I think the most important is my interest. So I placed Structural and Fire Safety Engineering as my A1 choice.

Let’s talk about my university life over these two months. I could not adapt very well at the beginning as university and secondary school are different in many ways. In university, there is plenty of free time and no teacher would force you to study – unlike secondary school where timetables are assigned by school and teacher would push you to meet deadlines. Self-discipline is of utmost importance at university. Excellent time managements are important!