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Arizona Reflection

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Welcome to The University of Arizona!

As an ASEMS- Transfer student, adjusting to a larger school with 10X the amount of students at my previous institution can be overwhelming. I, myself, come from New Jersey which is completely different from Arizona in a sense that Arizona is more serene. I transferred into the University of Arizona as a biomedical Science Major interested in pursuing a career in medicine as a physician. As a biomedical Science major the course load is not an easy one. Most of my courses are science course and each class is very demanding in what they require. My first semester at the University of Arizona I made a grave mistake of believing I could do it all. I enrolled in a hybrid course which did not have a tutor …show more content…

You know what is best for you and you also know what is right for you. There will be times when you want to give up, but you have to remind yourself who exactly you are giving up on. If you try a little harder than yesterday great things can happen. I remember taking a course at my previous institution where I was completely lost and confused the first two weeks of class. I was behind and felt like I was failing before I gave myself a chance to show what I was capable of doing. I remember one Friday the teacher announced that there was going to be a test on Monday. Of course I panicked because I did not know any of the material. I sat down with the book in front of me Friday night and I told myself I was not going to leave until I understood every detail of the chapters covered in class. I walked into class on Monday completely confident in my knowledge. When I received the test back that Wednesday I had received a 96% which made me realize that because I didn’t give up on myself I succeeded. In the end everyone can tell you all you want to hear, but if you don’t have the ability to believe in yourself, their encouraging words will fall on deaf ears. Like Layla stated, school is not easy but that’s the price we all have to pay to make our wildest dreams come

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