# <center><i class="fa fa-edit"></i> Experience Reflection on My BMW Lab TEEP Internship </center>
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## Background
For context, I am a Chinese-American student from Fairfax, Virginia. I recently graduated from the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and was originally admitted into the UChicago of 2025. However, due to COVID-19, I decided to instead defer my admission and take a gap year

My goals for this gap year were relatively simple: to strengthen my technical background, make and learn from friends with wholly different backgrounds. I am incredibly lucky to say that my time at the BMW Lab has helped me accomplish all three goals!

## Daily Life at the Lab (Remote)
The basic terms of the lab were relatively simple: be online from 9-5 every weekday, write progress notes on HackMD every day, and prepare to report said progress at the weekly meeting every Thursday.

Really, the part of the experience that was a slight struggle was the 12 hour time zone difference.

## Reflection
In total, my internship only lasted for the April 2022 to the end of August 2022, but the experience will stay with me forever. Many other students have told me similar things–after a short internship here, they couldn’t help but return for a longer stay.

If you want to strengthen your technical abilities, further your academic career, get a global education, make friends from all different backgrounds, and broaden your horizons–if any of those appeal to you, I highly encourage you to consider joining the BMW Lab. Be it as a summer intern or a full-time student, remote or on-site, you will grow and gain.

I am incredibly grateful for my time here, and I hope you will be as well.