So far, in my treacherous journey through this difficulty gruesome class (Writing for College Success [UNIV 150]) I have somehow seemed to acquire some skills that will or may not potentially help me with my grind for that “So far, in my treacherous journey through this difficulty gruesome class (Writing for College Success [UNIV 150]) I have somehow seemed to acquire some skills that will or may not potentially help me with my grind for that “Dr.” in front of my name instead of this “Mr.”. In my first semester here at Old Dominion University (ODU), I have been forced by the hand of the ODU English Department to write a sum of some ridiculously gross number of words for this writing class. With that, I have had to fill many pages with many empty words. So far, I have written: two essays, a checklist for my first essay, two in-class journals, and this E-Portfolio. After the completion of the gobbledygook, I had received back the helpful, yet scornfully graded, rubric of my first essay. Upon receiving back my first essay, I was to rigorously inspect and write down my ‘analysis’ of the mistakes I had made. For that reason, I was introduced on how to write only the most perfect essay, that is so intricately well written it even puts a tear on a goldfish. However, only relative to my new professor. I mean that is something I had also learned in this class. For the class, there is a complimentary book that aligns with the material that is covered in this class. The book, The Transition to College Writing by Keith Hjortshoj, discusses topics about every little minute detail that the title suggests. It also goes in detail about different subjects, one of them being about how every class will require a different set of skills to be successful in every one of them. I have also learned, so far in this class, many common grammatical errors in writing. Therefore, helping me being able to know how to greatly improve my writing.