My second semester of my college career, I would say, was a lot better than my first. I was fortunately able to pick my own classes and get the classes I wanted. I also started to get more involved on campus in terms of activities and organizations. Overall, my course load for the second semester…
I was not exactly having the time of my life this past week due to the amount of stress that finals has put on me. I have been too caught up with school to reflect on what I had experienced this school year. Two semesters felt like two years. I had obstacles thrown at me…
It has been one crazy ride—my first year of college, that is. I have endured many laughs, tears, failures, successes, feelings of excitement, and feelings of frustration. Although I did my best in preparing for the transition of moving to college, I realized that I was not at all ready for what was to come.…
With all my finals completed, I can now say that I finished my first year of college. Looking back, at the Beginning of August, I would never thought I would make it this far. I was unconfident in myself because college was something new and different for me. I managed to maintain my 4.0 GPA,…
My first semester of college was probably my most difficult one so far. Since I had been a part of a bridge program 3 weeks prior to school, when the semester started I didn’t necessarily have to look for too many friends on my own, which definitely helped. Unfortunately, I didn’t attend summer orientation so…
I am astonished to say that my first year at Cal has come to an end. I never imagined one year to have as much as an impact on me as it did. I remember being unsure of my footing for months, stating that my major was undeclared and that I did not have a…
First things first, snow. The wet, slippery, sloppy pathways to class are like completely some military mission in Andes Mountains. As you can probably already tell I don’t go to school in California. I go to Knox College in Galesburg Illinois, which is about 3 hours outside of Chicago. The whole point of this post is to let…
Sorry for the delay on the blogs, this year has been a challenging one. I’m just going to start of with a college experience that happened before college that really helped me out in the long run. I was fortunate enough to get excepted into this bridge program called The Learning Community (TLC) which is…
My first year in college was no piece of cake, I mean I’m majoring in software engineering, but hey with a little effort and positive energy you can get through pretty much anything. So far college, both academically and socially, has been an exciting experience. I’ve met several new people who I treasure dearly and…
My first year in college has been a great experience, I have learned so much, I have struggled but everything has been worth it. I have met wonderful professors that are very knowledgeable and helpful which is great , I hope that I continue to have amazing professor like this next year, but we can…