Reflect on the Fall semester and the overall experience of your first semester at college.
Your First Semester
- Tell us how you have grown from the beginning of the semester to now.
At the beginning of the semester, I was really shy and scared that I wouldn’t make any friends. I was worried about how I would adjust academically, and if I would be able to pass all my classes. Now, I look back and think about how silly my worries were. I really had nothing to worry about. I have a great group of friends, and my grades are great.
- What were your expectations for this year? Did this semester’s experiences meet your expectations? Explain.
My expectations for this semester were that classes would be hard, and I wouldn’t have any time to do anything other than my course work. I’m glad that this semester didn’t meet my expectations. Sure, my classes were challenging, but they weren’t hard, and I had plenty of time to do other things like join a club and hang out with my friends.
- What is something you wish you knew 14 weeks ago?
I wish I knew that I didn’t have anything to worry about.
Study Habits
- How much time do you spend studying for each class now vs. at the beginning of the semester?
I haven’t really kept up with the amount of hours I spend studying, but I would say that I spent about 2-3 hours a day at the beginning of the semester. I think I spend about the same amount of time now, I maybe spend an hour more now then at the beginning of the semester.
- How have your study habits changed?
My study habits haven’t really changed. I just look at the materials offered to me and use them to study for exams.
- Tell us about a resource that you have used/learned about this semester that will assist you next semester.
I have just now started going to the library to study and work on assignments. I find that I am more successful in completing my work while at the library, so I will definitely utilize the space next semester.
- What study habits/techniques will you use going into next semester?
Making study guides and quizlets.
Health Professions Learning Community
- This semester you were enrolled in at least SOC 201S, and HLTH 101. Many of you were also enrolled in CHEM 105N and CHEM 106N, and some of you were enrolled in HIST 104H with Professor White.
- On the surface these classes do not appear to be connected; however this semester each professor was intentional about drawing connections between content, and subjects discussed. Discuss the ways in which these courses are tied together.
So, I actually wasn’t in any of the classes mentioned. However, I was enrolled in Information Literacy for Health Professions. So, we used examples from HLTH 101 to work through real life problems in Information Literacy.
Parallel Plan
- This semester we had presentations from different majors in the College of Health Sciences as well as from different majors on campus. This was to give you an idea for possible parallel majors to your current intended major.
- Which two other majors would you be most interested in? Why?
Physical therapy and recreational therapy. I always said that if I weren’t an athletic trainer I would be a physical therapist. As a physical therapist, you can still work in sports and with athletes, and that is my main goal: to work in sports. Recreational therapy is a major that allows the students to work with those with disabilities. The program really interested me because of the exposure you will get, it’s also led me to want to minor in recreational therapy.
- What benefit is there to having a parallel plan (or two) in place?
In case I change my mind on what I want to do in the future, it’s good to have parallel plans.
- How could one or both of these two majors benefit your current intended major?
Recreational therapy could help with learning/working with disabilities.