During my first semester of college, I think it was a very long learning process. There was many things that I did this semester that I will not do next semester and many things that worked for me. Such as my study habits, when I do my homework, when I eat, what I eat, my class times, and a few other things here and there. Overall I think my first semester was a huge learning experience. I learned that I cannot always wait till the last minute for things, I cannot underestimate what I know for tests and for the subject. Hopefully it won’t take too much longer into my second semester to know what I have to do to maintain a decent gpa.
My biggest challenges so far have been making enough time to do school work and prioritizing school before friends. My biggest achievements so far I think would have to be my finals. I studied the hardest for them than I have for anything all year. I also think that by staying in a class that I almost dropped out of because I wasn’t doing so well in and sticking it out and trying harder is an achievement. Since I knew that I wasn’t doing so well in a class, I went and talked to the teacher a couple times about what I can do and asked if she can help me, sometimes she didn’t but I also went to the writing center which was very helpful. Next semester, If I am having trouble with writing I will definitely be attending the writing center more often. Also with math or a different subjects, there are tutors for that.
Time management for me wasn’t top notch. I usually tried to get the work done that was due first for the most part. For example, If I went to math Monday and had an assignment due Wednesday, id wait to do all my work that was due Tuesday first. The most time I put into math and anthropology. Math is always a struggle and something you actually need to learn or else you can’t go onto the next thing, and anthropology was just an awful class. I don’t recommend it to anyone unless you know what your getting yourself into before you go. It was unfair that we didn’t get to pick our classes because if that was the case, I definitely would not have picked anthropology or an online math class!
My grades this semester have not been A’s and B’s…mostly C’s. I’ve never been an A student, mostly because I’m lazy. I wish I wasn’t lazy because I’d love to get A’s. Less to worry about coming into the end of the semester. The goal that we set for ourselves in the beginning of the semester sounded good, and were easier said than done. I wish I didn’t procrastinate and I wish I stayed on top of everything before it got too late. Somethings I did do on time and didn’t procrastinate, but the others yes, I did put them off for a while. In order to get to the point I would like to be at, I really cannot procrastinate and be lazy. They’re both very bad habits and I know the are too but they’re hard to fix.
