Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!

Bai Qinghua’s words once again elicited light laughter from the students present, even the doctoral students like Chonghui couldn’t help but relax a little.

The man in the blue shirt finally relaxed after the initial tension.

Even though I can’t progress, having a laid-back mentor like this is pretty nice, at least I have more time to plan my personal development.

Unconsciously, he moved his seat further away from Nan Zhubin and Mo Kai.

Next came a series of self-introductions, allowing the new and old members of the research group to get to know each other, a standard welcoming process.

The atmosphere in the office grew more harmonious.

"Alright, that’s pretty much all we have for today," Bai Qinghua said, "However, since we’re having a group meeting, we should report on something."

"Xiaowan just got back, she has been communicating with me over the last few days. I thought since she needs to present her thesis proposal in her second semester, it would be a good chance to practice today."

Saying this, Bai Qinghua gestured to Senior Sister Bun Head.

It turned out this senior sister is a second-year student.

"After Xiaowan finishes her report, anyone else who wants to report can come up and share their recent progress, giving the new junior brothers a chance to learn."

"When we’re done, we will have a dinner party!"

As Bai Qinghua finished speaking, the office erupted in undisguised cheers.

Amid the cheering, Senior Sister Bun Head stepped into everyone’s view and opened the large screen in the office used for reporting.

Nan Zhubin observed her. For a second-year student, she should normally be a year younger than him.

However, Senior Sister Bun Head’s demeanor was poised and confident, her back straight, her smile appropriate, displaying an obvious competence.

"Everyone... I believe we’re all eager to go for dinner now. I want to thank everyone for specifically accompanying me for this report and practice, since our major’s thesis proposal is quite early, scheduled for mid-September."

"I’ll try to speak quickly and not keep everyone hungry for too long."

This remark made Nan Zhubin, who had just completed an EAP project, have a slight flashback to the scene in enterprise mid-management.

Sure enough, Senior Sister Bun Head continued, "During this past summer, I didn’t stay in the research group to work on projects with everyone, but instead asked the teacher to introduce me to a company in Beidu to complete my personal research..."

These words made Nan Zhubin nod slightly in his heart, while the man in the blue shirt was stunned.

With such a mentor, shouldn’t the atmosphere of the research group be carefree and joyful? Why does it sound like everyone didn’t go out to play during the summer, but stayed on campus to work on projects instead?

Bai Qinghua nodded slightly at Senior Sister Bun Head, then turned to the students and said, "Xiaowan’s progress is very fast; the framework she sent me a few days ago is extremely complete, it could already serve as a graduation thesis."

"For the next two years, she can focus on her own things... In her second year, she can take on a company project commissioned to our school and gain experience, essentially having nearly two years of work experience and project leadership."

"With such a resume, she can get a formal internship in her third year and have a good job upon graduation."

Among the official disciples of the Outer Sect, this is perhaps the smoothest path.

Everything is arranged clearly.

As for not getting a project in the second year, not finding an internship in the third year, or not being able to secure a formal position from the internship, these scenarios seem never to be within Bai Qinghua’s consideration.

Bai Qinghua asked, "By the way, Xiaowan, you probably don’t have any classes in your second year, right?"

Senior Sister Bun Head nodded with a smile, "Yes."

The man in the blue shirt, who had just calmed his mind, was stunned again. Wasn’t it enough just to "graduate alive"? How did this become so competitive?

What does it mean to finish a graduation thesis during the first year’s summer? What does it mean to lead a collaborative project with a company in the second year, and how is it possible to have a secured job in the third year?

Senior Sister Bun Head took a deep breath, as if she was truly facing the scene of a graduate thesis proposal with scrutinizing professors sitting below.

"Good morning, teachers and students, the topic I’m reporting on today is – ’A Warning Mechanism for Sudden Negative Emotion Changes in Intelligent Customer Service: A Longitudinal Tracking Study Based on BERTopic.’"

Not only the man in the blue shirt, even Nan Zhubin’s gaze flickered for a moment.

It’s a title where every word can be understood separately, but put together, it’s incomprehensible.

Wait, even that BE-something word is not understood.

From this title, Nan Zhubin could only vaguely infer that the paper is likely focused on the direction of "user experience."

This research direction is considered a relatively favorable choice for students in applied psychology fields upon graduation, as it facilitates entry into enterprises and offers good starting salaries.

However, such a complex thesis is sure to be unintelligible to first-year students, and even second and third-year students in different research directions may struggle to comprehend it. Even doctoral students can only offer appropriate suggestions in areas they excel in, like experimental design and data analysis.

"This study aims to solve a practical problem in the enterprise intelligent customer service context: users may suddenly shift from ’mild dissatisfaction’ to ’strong anger’ during interactions with customer service..."

"The direct purposes of this study are threefold: First, to build a warning mechanism for sudden emotion changes based on longitudinal dialog logs; second, to identify high-risk semantic themes prior to the change; third, to verify..."

This part could be barely understood.

"The definitions of the independent and dependent variables, as well as covariates in this study are respectively..."