My Major Academic Goals

Living in America, and more specifically Wisconsin for my entire life has made me extremely excited for a chance to go abroad. At Madison I have the opportunity to go abroad and explore a new place. The fact that I have the opportunity to experience Vesalius College for a semester is the main reason that I want to go abroad. It is a special privilege to have this opportunity, and I intend to take full advantage of being abroad by accomplishing things that will help me have a fantastic time in Belgium but also influence my life going forward. In order to achieve what I want to achieve I have set several goals that will help me succeed. Professionally, a few goals come to mind when it comes to looking at my future life as a member of the …show more content…
One of my major problems as a student at the University of Wisconsin is that my second semester grades drop off from those which I received first semester. Every year I am able to post good grades my first semester, and do to some factors, I have not been able to repeat those grades during the second semester. Going abroad will keep me motivated throughout the second semester so I will be able to have a greater chance of repeating those first semester grades. I say this, first off because I believe that going to a place with different professors, and more so different teaching techniques will be an enjoyable change from the courses that I have experienced at Madison. Not only the teachers, but a different location will be a welcome difference from all of the classes that I have taken at social sciences the last few semesters. The mere fact that I will be with new people who are challenging themselves to be good students, will make me want to do the same. All of these as one will encourage me to stay motivated throughout my second semester and I feel that I will be able to post grades that will be satisfactory to my