Institut Teknologi Bandung

Aletha Shahisa, commonly known as Ale, is a student in the Undergraduate Study of Management from the School of Business and Management (SBM) class of 2019. Ale said that she is not different from other students who spent most of their time on academic activities.

In her freshman year, Ale spent most of her time in the Management Student Family ITB (KMM ITB) organization. She joined an internship program in the intracampus division at KMM. According to her, this was an exciting experience because she had the opportunity to interact with other student associations and from there Ale's gained more relations and connections.

In addition to organization, Ale also actively participated in many competitions and worked as an organizer of several events. In her third year, which is also her last year in ITB, she was faced with the responsibility of managing several important events. Ale also became the Vice Deputy of a Governing Body in the ITB Student Family which governs 6 enterprises each with a different baseline.

Moreover, Ale also became the Head of Public Relations in the April Graduation Ceremony 2022. Ale also enrolled herself in an internship program in the marketing department of Rasa Nusantara where she was given a task to build an online community. And surely, in her last year Ale was also working on her final project, which was according to her "stressful".

Her dense nonacademic activities do not hinder her spirit to excel in academics. During her interview with the ITB PR Reporter, Ale shared some of her studying tips.

During his studies at SBM, Ale found a learning method that helped her achieve good grades. Ale expressed that she likes to begin her day by writing all activities that she wants to do on that day. In addition to that, she often brings references from the lecturers in the form of a textbook before the lecture begins. This ensures that she is ready and can understand lectures more easily. During a lecture, Ale also likes to write important points using an application called Notion App.

"Utilize the help from the lecturer's assistant as well as you can and never become a deadliner so that you can have the optimum experience and achieve the best result. Then, the importance of a friendship circle or choosing a constructive friendship that matches your pace of learning," she added.

Undoubtedly all her efforts were fruitful. Only 0,02 from the perfect GPA, Ale became a student with the highest GPA. Ale expressed her strategy in earning perfect index in every course, that is by doing the tasks that were given by the lecturer as best as she can aside from the Mid-Term Test and End-Term Test. Even when Ale only managed to earn an AB grade in two of her courses in the first and fourth semesters, this in turn made her more eager to study and became an evaluation for her to never repeat the same mistake.

Ale's plan after graduating is to look for work. Ale also wants to continue her education after is already working in a company so that she can work and study at the same time.

A mindset that Ale always held is "go with it, everything will pass" because she believes that everything will pass and become a valuable experience in her life. Ale is also not the type of student that is ambitious in academics, she always took time to do her hobby while also not forgetting her duties as a student.

"Good GPA is an advantage for yourself but does not reflect your value. GPA is only a key to open the lock for your early career," she said.

Reporter: Pravito Septadenova Dwi Ananta (Geological Engineering, 2019)
Translator: Favian Aldilla R (Civil Engineering, 2019)