Reflective Essay: My Success To College

Success to College When I started college I was excited but also extremely nervous. I came in saying I was going to get straight As but then I started to struggle, slowly losing hope in my grades. I am slowly stating to get the hope again that I can get the As I want I am trying much harder than before. I decided that giving up wasn 't an option, as I had been in this exact spot many times in high school. So as I sat in my classes I paid more attention and took notes. I realized I needed a plan to get through the semester to I decided to make a schedule do certain things certain days, do homework of some kind every day, and actually study for my test. So that I could actually succeed in college like I was planning from the beginning. I am not a very good organizer so I had my mom help me with my schedule. We decided that certain days should be focusing on certain classes. I worked on math most Tuesdays and then composition on the other Tuesdays. Wednesday was strictly Biology, Thursday was cornerstone every other Thursday and then the Thursdays in between were math again. I struggle most in math and composition but I go to the academic support center for composition to get my essays corrected. So I spend two days a week on math so that I get more time in for it. I enjoy all my classes a little more now that I have scheduled out how I should work on the classes. Now I always have homework of some sort so I study each lesson on specific days but homework is a whole other story. Homework is a scheduling game just like everything else, so I worked it out where every day I work I get to do homework. So I spend all my weekends at work doing homework for my classes I do one assignment per hour to hour and a half depending on what I have to do. I can say getting a job has defiantly helped me with school. I normally wait until last minute to do school work but since I can do it at work I get it done ahead of time. It is a big help in making me more responsible. Because I wasn 't …show more content…
I 've always been pretty good at taking test, so I have no reason to study or I thought. When i got in to my nursing class my junior year of high school I started studying but not very efficiently. Then my second year in nursing my senior year of high school showed me I had to study, so I joined a study group. I learned many techniques of studying, so when I started struggling I brought out them techniques and used them to study for my test this year. I really struggled this semester but I 've figured it out my first year into something is always really hard for me but I learn what I need and get better at it. I learn and fix and move on and make it all work out for the best, so that I succeed. I may struggle with things but I always figure it out like I did this semester, I made a schedule, I do homework every day, and I actually study for my test. It 's a long process but I got it under control and I 'm learning the most efficient way to manage my schedule and to get my work done. Growing up is hard and growing up and going to college is even harder but I 'm figuring it out just like all the other people my