To tell the truth, I'm a junior now and I didn't join the party. In fact, it doesn't matter much whether you join the party or not. You don't have to join the party to show patriotism. It's like I'm using an Apple phone instead of a Huawei phone, but I love my motherland as much. So I suggest that you make up all the things you should receive before you consider joining the party. Joining the party is generally a requirement of people who want to be soldiers or serve in the future. Or to be a civil servant in the government, you usually have to join the party. If you don't have these plans, you can leave them out for the time being.