First Semester

I feel as if I have grown a lot from this semester. I learned very much about myself and how much I can handle when it comes to coursework. Honestly, I had low expectations coming into this year, I was nervous about my study habits and how to acclimate to this new college environment. I wish I knew how to stand up for myself and be more vocal about when I needed help. Being vocal is something I’ve always struggled with. While I tried being vocal, I should’ve been more vocal and not settled as I feel like this hurt me towards the end of the semester.

Study Habits

I spend about a few hours studying for class now compared to the beginning of the semester when I would only study right before a test. I implemented a new study method towards the end of the semester called active recall which I feel has helped a lot. This method really helped me make sure that I don’t only memorize the material but learn it as well. I learned about the tutoring opportunities they have at this school that I plan to use in the future, especially for my upcoming math course

Health Professions Learning Community

These courses are very much tied together, I can’t say anything for HIST 104H, but for Chemistry and Sociology, they talk a lot about the healthcare system. I learned about discrimination and how that can affect the healthcare community while in chemistry I learned about why It’s needed to be a healthcare professional. One is more practical and the other helps you make sure everyone gets equal care.

Parallel Plan

I’m very interested in recreational therapy and exercise science, and even though no one from exercise came to talk to us, I went out a researched it after we spoke about recreational therapy. I love how recreational therapy helps many with disabilities, as someone who has a disabled person in my family that means a lot to me. For exercise science, I have always been interested in physical therapy as well, and I can use an exercise science degree to go into a master’s program in physical therapy. With exercise science degrees you can still use it to help still go into nursing, I had talked with my success coach who told me that she had a previous student that used her exercise science degree to be a respiratory nurse.