Mid-Semester Reflection (100 Points)
Due Date: November 3rd, 2024
Assignment Submission: Google Drive via Canvas
Reflection Instructions
For this assignment, please look back at your Pre-Semester Assessment and identify changes that you have made between the start of the semester, and now.
Answer each question using complete sentences and good spelling and grammar. Be thorough and thoughtful in your analysis! This will be going up on your e-Portfolio. Make sure to add it once it has been graded. You can make edits to it after it has been graded for your e-Portfolio submission.
Reflect on the following:
Study Habits
- What classes are you doing well in, and why? I am doing well in english because I can do pretty well writing essays and meeting the requirements of them.
- What classes did you identify as needing assistance in? I need help in chemistry because the teaching style does not work well for me.
- What changes have you made (i.e. amount of time, location, campus resources, study strategies, etc…)? I have changed my study strategies
Transition to College
- What expectations did you have coming to college? I did not have many expectations coming to college other than I thought I was going to have so much more work.
- Have those expectations come to fruition, or not? No because the work is pretty manageable
- How? Certain assignments I will do early so i have more free time to do other things
- In what way is your college experience different from what you expected?
I am more talkative than I was in grade school and I think it is because these are completely new people vs in grade school I’ve grown up with most of them.
- What has surprised you about your experiences so far this semester? I am out a lot more than I thought I would be because there are different events happening pretty often.
- If you live on campus: What has been your toughest challenge with moving away to college? Easiest challenge to overcome?
My toughest challenge with moving away to college is talking to my family at home. There is so many of them and I don’t really like talking over the phone so there is too many people that i would have to call so certain family members don’t feel left out.
- OR If you commute to class: What is the toughest challenge with commuting to campus? Easiest challenge to overcome?
Major
- Name something you have learned about your intended major that you did not know at the beginning of the semester.
I did not know that for dental hygiene there is a test I can take to submit with my application to the hygiene school.
- Have your feelings changed about your intended major? List some thoughts you are having.
My thoughts have not changed about my intended major
- Is there another subject (major or minor) that you are interested in learning more about?
I would like to learn about other health related majors incase I either don’t get accepted into dental hygiene or end up changing my mind in the future.
Connecting to Campus
- Name one problem or challenge you have encountered this semester, and which resource(s) at ODU you have/can utilize to assist with this situation. The only challenge I have encountered this semester is chemistry and I can go to tutoring or office hours for help.
- Is there a friend, roommate, professor, advisor, or group in the ODU community who has helped you so far this semester? If so, how did they help you? My roommate and friends have helped me this semester because we often study together.
- Have you attended an interest meeting for a club? Why did you decide to get involved or not get involved? I have decided this year I do not want to get involved in a club so I can focus on only my school work.