During my first semester of college I endured many hardships along with some irresponsibility on my part, which I am not proud of, but taking ownership of my mistakes are the first steps to improvement and success. These factors combined led to unsatisfactory grades and disappointment from myself, my family, friends, and peers who know what I am capable of and expected more from me. Starting my first semester of college as a biology major I over extended myself. The high school that I attended (J.P McCaskey High School) required three science credits in order to graduate, therefore I took one science class for my freshman, sophomore, and junior year each. For my senior year I did not take a science class because I struggled with the higher
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When these fits began to be too troublesome to handle at home I was taken to Albert Einstein hospital in Philadelphia PA by ambulance and later diagnosed with anxiety. My anxiety worsened when on October 22nd, 2017 I was almost kidnapped by my Uber driver. I live in lancaster city and I had to go home for a family emergency and that night it was too late to take the bus so I called an Uber. On the ride back to Millersville my driver began making inappropriate comments about my body and asking me to be his “friend”. As I kept insisting that he’d stop making inappropriate comments to me, he began to get angry and he pulled over into a dark alleyway and locked the doors. I asked what he was doing and I asked him to open the doors and let me out, he turned around and yelled at me multiple times and said no and started trying to reach for my phone which was in my hand. I found the lock on the door and ran out of the car and he began chasing me in his car while I ran down george street to the Student Memorial Center. I entered the building through the entrance near the school store and ran to the information desk and asked them to call the police. He sat outside in his car for a moment and then he pulled off. I spoke to an officer and he told me that he would be in
When these fits began to be too troublesome to handle at home I was taken to Albert Einstein hospital in Philadelphia PA by ambulance and later diagnosed with anxiety. My anxiety worsened when on October 22nd, 2017 I was almost kidnapped by my Uber driver. I live in lancaster city and I had to go home for a family emergency and that night it was too late to take the bus so I called an Uber. On the ride back to Millersville my driver began making inappropriate comments about my body and asking me to be his “friend”. As I kept insisting that he’d stop making inappropriate comments to me, he began to get angry and he pulled over into a dark alleyway and locked the doors. I asked what he was doing and I asked him to open the doors and let me out, he turned around and yelled at me multiple times and said no and started trying to reach for my phone which was in my hand. I found the lock on the door and ran out of the car and he began chasing me in his car while I ran down george street to the Student Memorial Center. I entered the building through the entrance near the school store and ran to the information desk and asked them to call the police. He sat outside in his car for a moment and then he pulled off. I spoke to an officer and he told me that he would be in