Study Habits:

I am doing my best in all of my classes, but as far as grades wise my strongest classes are American Literature, Health Professions, and History. I feel those are my stronger classes because for literature I have a love for writing and reading so that class allows me to to just write how I felt about a certain article or text. Health professions is a class where I can just relax and talk about everything as a whole and also learn how to reach my goals. Lastly, history is more of the challenging classes because of the workload, but I feel I am doing well in this class because you cannot change history so you just have to go back and look. I definitely need assistance in Chemistry because the information is a lot to take in and when I feel that I understand and have the hang of it, we learn new information and I get confused. I am still working on strategies in order to better understand and grasp the information, but I feel just making flashcards, and actually taking time out of my day to sit down and study and look over my notes everyday.

Transition to College:

I had high expectations coming into college that I was going to have a good schedule and routine, and just overall do more to make more friends. These expectations have not so much came into play yet because I am still trying to figure out how and what I want to go about doing things in a good timely manner. Also, everything is a bigger challenge than I expected and while I am doing my best, I know I can do better. It is all different because I expected to come in and completely lock in and do what I need to do; but I completely did not think about my mentality and how my personal life and stress could really take a toll on how I perform. I am very surprised on how fast paced everything is and how quickly we have to retain information; I know that with time it will all get easier though. Moving from home to college has been a HUGE adjustment, and has brought a lot more emotion to me than I thought. I am so used to having my family there, and while they still are there, they just are at a distance. So, that is one of my biggest struggles I would say is being away from my family and feeling like I am dealing with some things alone. One of the easiest challenges I had to learn to overcome is that not everyone is going to like you and that is kay, but I cannot let them get to me I have goals. I met some true friends and that made being here a lot easier; I also had to learn how to be independent and learn to manage my money and save, which has become a lot easier.

Major:

Starting my journey in my major/career I learned a lot of information as far as what I need in order to be successful and I learned about out of school opportunities that can help me get to that point as well. Sociology, Chemistry, and Health Professions are all classes that I feel are really preparing me for what is expected to come and what I need in order to do well in my field. The workload and learning some of the information really does make me question if this is actually what I want to do with my life, but when I actually think about I still want to pursue my dream career. I also am interested in business because I want to own my own practice, so I feel having this experience or knowledge in business would really help me succeed in that. I am content with my major choice right now, but it can be difficult at times but I know it will only get harder.

Connecting to Campus:

College has definitely been a wake up call in life, a lot has happened since to first day of move in. I have had some friends come and go, and my classes are giving me a lot of stress at times. I could definitely seek counseling to help me better manage my stress, and the tutor center to help me better understand my work so I won’t feel as stressed. I also got Covid this mid-semester and that really took a toll on everything in my life from going to class and learning information, and it hit me really hard as far as health wise; but I overcame it and worked to recovery. I worked with the Student Outreach and the Health Center, which really helped to get the proper notes and letters I needed in order to let my professors know. I have one really good friend here who really helps like keep me in check as far as doing my work when I lag off, and she checks on me all the time. Having her and our friendship, and laughs really helps to make it easier in knowing that she has my back and cares about me. I have not attended a meeting because I feel this semester was me just getting into the swing of things and finding out what I need and how I want to go about it; right now I don’t think I have the capability of doing classes and a club of some sort just yet. Overall, it may be a struggle right now but I am glad I am getting this experience.