I was born in raised in Texas my entire life. When I decided to attend college I wanted to do something out of my comfort zone and experience something new. A first step toward that was choosing a school where I did not know one person, in a state I have never been to, and that was ten hours away, which was Mississippi State University. I went to Mississippi State University the first two years of college. After my sophomore year I started looking more into what I enjoy and want to pursue in a career, knowing that decisions needed to be made education wise. I decided to transfer and finish my undergraduate at Louisiana State University. The reason I decided to make this move was for my benefit, LSU offered the major of interest, pre- requisites,
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Two obstacles I encountered in my college career were moving to new areas and not knowing a person. I believe this allowed to grow as a person, find myself, and showed the length I am willing to take for my education. During my college career I experienced failures at different levels. The failures I am referring to are the test grades that I received that did not meet my expectations. Since I take my school very seriously and put a immense amount of time into my work this would shake me a little. Through these failures I had to make changes and that started with creating communication between the teacher and I. I would go meet with teachers weekly, ask questions, and participate in study sessions offered. By doing these things it helped create more positive results in my test grades. I finally understood that teachers are there to help me become successful and communication is a key component. My junior year after transferring to LSU I encountered several hardships in a short period of time. My grandmother passed away at the beginning of summer 2015 from lung cancer, my best friend passed away August 2015 after a seven-year battle with cancer, following with my grandfather passing away in October 2015. This is one of the biggest hardships I have ever had to deal with during school. The individuals that passed away always wanted the best
Two obstacles I encountered in my college career were moving to new areas and not knowing a person. I believe this allowed to grow as a person, find myself, and showed the length I am willing to take for my education. During my college career I experienced failures at different levels. The failures I am referring to are the test grades that I received that did not meet my expectations. Since I take my school very seriously and put a immense amount of time into my work this would shake me a little. Through these failures I had to make changes and that started with creating communication between the teacher and I. I would go meet with teachers weekly, ask questions, and participate in study sessions offered. By doing these things it helped create more positive results in my test grades. I finally understood that teachers are there to help me become successful and communication is a key component. My junior year after transferring to LSU I encountered several hardships in a short period of time. My grandmother passed away at the beginning of summer 2015 from lung cancer, my best friend passed away August 2015 after a seven-year battle with cancer, following with my grandfather passing away in October 2015. This is one of the biggest hardships I have ever had to deal with during school. The individuals that passed away always wanted the best