First Year Experience Analysis

Saint Peter’s University is my home. Through the relationships I’ve losted and gained, the knowledge I’ve absorbed and events I’ve experienced, I can truly say that college is a handful of joy and pain. Last year, as an incoming freshman, the fear of being in college was stronger than my excitement. I was terrified and coming from my background: 1st generation college student with a single mother of four and barely any money to our family, I felt the pressure. Sabin was my O-Team Leader during my summer orientation and I will never forget his suave demeanour. He was genuine and relatable which made me, as a freshman, more comfortable with being social with the other students. The rest is history. I was also fresh out the EOF summer program …show more content…
I was prepared, confident and vigilant; I wanted to spread that love and energy. Thankfully, I made it! I achieved my goal and was officially in the place of what I aspired to be a year prior. Although the job was a more than I expected, I wouldn’t have changed my decision be apart of First Year Experience if I could. A summarization of my experience is as follows: tiring, energetic, loving, difficult, peaceful, and …show more content…
I believe having a mentor to talk to and keep up with was a positive aspect to the personal and emotional growth of each individual O-Teamer. I believe that if I had more frequent meetings I would have been affected more by the mentoring aspect.
Some of the relationships amongst the O-Teamers were shaky and just after our first Prep Day, we lost three people. That’s to be expected because some jobs just aren’t cut out for particular people and their interests; however their involvement did affect the team before and after their presence. I loved that Patrice took the time to take us to breakfasts, lunches and dinners. It helped with creating the authenticity of the team and ultimate aided in the creation of the bonds that some of still have until today, almost a year later. The outings, laughs and icebreakers that occurred within the team all had a part in creating these relationships. Over the course of the summer I learned that I am an extroverted introvert. I can be completely in the crowd with massive amounts of energy one day and the next two days I am in bed with my phone on “do not disturb”. I learned that I do not have to be friends with everyone and everyone does not have to like me, that is all up to