Growing up in a small town, where everyone knows everyone, and everyone are friends, she was use to her daily routine, from going to school with who she hung out with afterwards, she was not ready for change and the thought of it rocked my whole world. I soon had to break out of my shell and begin my new life with my new opportunities.
August twenty-second two thousand and sixteen was the beginning of a new chapter in my life. When my alarm clock went off at six that morning, my mind was full of different thoughts and emotions from fear to overwhelming excitement. As my car slowly pulled up to the stop light right before campus, I remember praying, asking God to give me the strength and courage to begin my new life journey, to not underestimate …show more content…
While in high school, I did not spend hours on end studying or even put forth an extreme amount of effort, but my first semester in college has shown me that I need to give it my all if I want to be successful. I do not want to sugarcoat my first semester by saying it was academically amazing, when it was far from that. During high school, I excelled with a grade point average higher than a 4.0 and participated in numerous extracurricular actives. Unfortunately, while in college, I have struggled tremendously with my grades and have not been a part of extra activities like I was once use to. My academics have brought upon high amounts of stress and frustration which I blame on the fact that my high school did not prepare me for the college experience. This year is the first time I have ever had to take a final for a class or even worry if my grade point average will be enough for scholarships, which is emotionally tiring. I am the type of person who is extremely hard on myself and expects to achieve more than what I am actually capable of. With finals coming to an end, I have unfortunately gotten the realization that my goals that are set for me will not be met, which makes my first semester of college extremely bitter for me. I do not want to say that my entire experience was imperfect, because it was not. Since starting college, I have now learned and caught on the proper way of taking notes, writing essays, and the most important of all studying! The thought of failure frightens me, the thought of not only letting myself down, but also my family terrifies me, but I too hope this is an obstacle I will
August twenty-second two thousand and sixteen was the beginning of a new chapter in my life. When my alarm clock went off at six that morning, my mind was full of different thoughts and emotions from fear to overwhelming excitement. As my car slowly pulled up to the stop light right before campus, I remember praying, asking God to give me the strength and courage to begin my new life journey, to not underestimate …show more content…
While in high school, I did not spend hours on end studying or even put forth an extreme amount of effort, but my first semester in college has shown me that I need to give it my all if I want to be successful. I do not want to sugarcoat my first semester by saying it was academically amazing, when it was far from that. During high school, I excelled with a grade point average higher than a 4.0 and participated in numerous extracurricular actives. Unfortunately, while in college, I have struggled tremendously with my grades and have not been a part of extra activities like I was once use to. My academics have brought upon high amounts of stress and frustration which I blame on the fact that my high school did not prepare me for the college experience. This year is the first time I have ever had to take a final for a class or even worry if my grade point average will be enough for scholarships, which is emotionally tiring. I am the type of person who is extremely hard on myself and expects to achieve more than what I am actually capable of. With finals coming to an end, I have unfortunately gotten the realization that my goals that are set for me will not be met, which makes my first semester of college extremely bitter for me. I do not want to say that my entire experience was imperfect, because it was not. Since starting college, I have now learned and caught on the proper way of taking notes, writing essays, and the most important of all studying! The thought of failure frightens me, the thought of not only letting myself down, but also my family terrifies me, but I too hope this is an obstacle I will