Reflect on the following: 

Study Habits

• What classes are you doing well in, and why? I’m doing well in my math and English class because English has been one of my favorite subjects and the math course that I take right now is Math 100 so overall it has been easy.

• What classes did you identify as needing assistance in? Chemistry

• What changes have you made (i.e. amount of time, location, campus resources, study strategies, etc…)? I tried to take the time to go to my professor office hours.

Transition to College

• What expectations did you have coming to college? I expected to have more freedom and have classes that were not so early in the morning.

• Have those expectations come to fruition, or not? Yes

• How? I do have more freedom, but I wasn’t able to have all of my classes in the afternoon.

• In what way is your college experience different from what you expected? I expected to have free time, but I realized I don’t have as much as I thought because I have a lot of schoolwork that was getting assigned.

• What has surprised you about your experiences so far this semester? It’s surprising how fast the semester is going by, I thought it would last longer.
• 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 was to college is getting comfortable with sharing a space with a person I don’t really know. My easiest challenge to overcome was being independent, I’m the only child so already was kind of prepared to do things on my own.
• 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. At first, I didn’t know that nuclear medicine still involved working with patients. I thought it was basically the same as medical laboratory science where you would just work in the lab.
• Have your feelings changed about your intended major? List some thoughts you are having. Yes, I don’t enjoy chemistry as much and that’s what I should be good in for my intended major. I feel that since I have a hard time in chemistry. I began to think about changing to a major that doesn’t require it.
• Is there another subject (major or minor) that you are interested in learning more about? Yes, cybersecurity.
• 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.  Chemistry has been challenging for me, I found out the tutoring hours for chemistry and office hours with my professor that I could go to 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 advisor helped me by checking in throughout the semester to see how I’m doing with classes and if I needed help with anything.
• Have you attended an interest meeting for a club? Why did you decide to get involved or not get involved? No, I have not attended an interest meeting for a club.