Reflect on the Fall semester and the overall experience of your first semester at college.
The Reflection will also be posted to your e-Portfolio.
Reflection Instructions
For this assignment, please reflect on the Fall 2023 semester and your experience as a whole. For each question, please provide a few thoughtful, well-constructed sentences.
Your First Semester
- Tell us how you have grown from the beginning of the semester to now.
I think the way I have grown from the beginning of this semester is that I am more in control of my freedom. At the beginning of the year, I would go out every weekend and go to parties or just hang out with my friends instead of keeping up with my schoolwork. But now I don’t go out and I am more consistent with getting my work done on time.
- What were your expectations for this year? Did this semester’s experiences meet your expectations? Explain.
My expectations for this year were that I would attend all my classes and try to keep my grades up at all times. I did not keep up with my expectations for attending classes because there were many instances where I overslept and I just wasn’t feeling well so I didn’t get to go to class.
- What is something you wish you had known 14 weeks ago?
Something that I wish I’d known was that I should try and attend all classes and keep up with my workload. I feel that if I had known this information many weeks ago I would have not been struggling to keep up with my Chemistry classes now.
Study Habits
- How much time do you spend studying for each class now vs. at the beginning of the semester?
I spend the same amount of time
- How have your study habits changed?
- Tell us about a resource that you have used/learned about this semester that will assist you next semester.
One resource that I have used this semester is the library. I have gone there and used the computers and the quiet study space to get many of my assignments complete
- What study habits/techniques will you use going into next semester?
One technique that I will be using next semester is that I will go to the library to get my work done and I will make a spreadsheet on Google with all my assignments so that I do not lose track of my assignments and their due dates.
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, each professor intentionally drew connections between the content and the subjects discussed. Discuss how these courses are tied together.
I did happen to take quite a few of these classes but I never really understood how they worked together. But in class that I did take was a Psychology class with Professor Mozo. I saw many of the topics that we discussed in class were the same as what happens in Sociology. The main connection that I saw between the two classes was that they both related to Human Nature and how and why humans act the way that they do, My Human Nature classes talked a lot about the same thing.
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 of possible parallel majors to your current intended major.
- Which two other majors would you be most interested in? Why?
I think I would be interested in a Major in Psychology and Sports Medicine because I still would want to help people whether that be taking care of athletes or just lending someone an open ear and advice on things.
- What benefit is there to having a parallel plan (or two) in place?
It allows me to check out my other options and if I ever wanted to do something else I would always have a backup choice.
- How could one or both of these two majors benefit your current intended major?
I feel like anything in health care like nursing. It is important to understand people’s minds and they