Attending the University of Puget Sound has always been a goal of mine since I was a child, being a local kid I attended a lot of the University’s children sport camps and even luau. Once I reached high school I made the decision that I would get a Computer Science degree from this University, so I worked diligently to achieve a 3.78 GPA as a full AP student with extra-curricular as Robotics and Sea Scouts. When I started my freshman year at the University things went smooth and I was enjoying myself, I focused on taking my computer science cores and studying. During my freshman finals my grandmother Virginia passed away. My school career was spent taking care of her, so sudden death made my depression get noticeably worse and caused me to begin struggling. My second semester of freshman year my
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Making it through the summer I had a fall out with my mother and we stopped talking and I did not get back onto my medication, with this load of personal issues I started struggling in my next semester. I had also made the decision to push myself and major in a subject that I enjoy greatly but struggle in. A double major in Computer Science and Mathematics, while possible can be extremely difficult. As my mental stability got worse my attendance plummeted my first semester as a sophomore, causing my grades to plummet hard and myself to fail Linear Algebra.
I met with Joel Ross, my academic advisor to discuss my options for the first semester on Academic probation, and how I can advance myself to not fail another class. We talked about my options and I worked a schedule out with him that had me taking an English/Fine Arts course, a required CS course, Math210 a CS requirement and Multivariate Calculus, something I needed to take to get on track for my double major.
Making it through the summer I had a fall out with my mother and we stopped talking and I did not get back onto my medication, with this load of personal issues I started struggling in my next semester. I had also made the decision to push myself and major in a subject that I enjoy greatly but struggle in. A double major in Computer Science and Mathematics, while possible can be extremely difficult. As my mental stability got worse my attendance plummeted my first semester as a sophomore, causing my grades to plummet hard and myself to fail Linear Algebra.
I met with Joel Ross, my academic advisor to discuss my options for the first semester on Academic probation, and how I can advance myself to not fail another class. We talked about my options and I worked a schedule out with him that had me taking an English/Fine Arts course, a required CS course, Math210 a CS requirement and Multivariate Calculus, something I needed to take to get on track for my double major.