Casi Kilano: Journal Entry In College

Starting college as a Freshman is exciting; it is also unnerving. The comfort of everything I know is going to disappear and it will be time to grow up and face reality. However, reality isn’t doomed to be negative if I prepare for my future and

College is a life changing adventure, and I want it to be the best experience I can possibly receive. Attending Medgar Evers College, I have set high hopes and expectations. I hope to interact with people of diverse ethnicity. I want to learn more about different cultures and the individualization of people. And so far getting to know people on campus has been one of my greatest experiences. I have met so many wonderfully different people here. I hope to develop more independence. To be more responsible for keeping up with my schoolwork, preparing for tests, and making most out of my classes, even when they start early. Being successful in college is about more than handing your work in on time and passing classes. It’s about staying motivated. I know for a fact there will be a lot of demanding of my time. I know that procrastinating is not the best way of approaching situations. It is my responsibility to try to regularly motivate myself, even if it’s pulling

My first semester as a college freshman is finally coming to an end. This semester has been the start to a new chapter in my life and I am glad to have finally finished my first semester on a high note. Coming into college I never knew what things would be like and how would I adjust. All I knew is that I wanted to succeed and eventually graduate college. The courses I have taken this semester have had big impact on my learning and my future. Assignments that taught skills and lessons to be used in the future. I have learned skills such as being able to collaborate in groups because of projects in ASU 150.

Advice for an Incoming student- This new adventure called “college” is a scary but a worthwhile experience. The pages are blank and you get to decide who you are and how you let the King’s College community shape you. This is the

Collecting my belongings and putting them into my bag, I felt exhausted. I had tried my hardest but I didn’t know if my hardest was good enough for the college qualifications. Getting into college was one of the most important things to me. I dreamed all my life of getting accepted into a great college, and increasing my education to become something I love. I always strived for success in school, and I was always being complimented for my work of ethic. I believe that college is my path to a great

The first of our assignments, “7 Things Graduating Seniors Should Know About College” by Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman, taught me some of the beginning steps of how to be prepared for my first time at college. For example, I learned that you do not need to have a major picked out right away. As students grow through college, there are plenty of opportunities that arise that will make them want to change majors. I also learned that, unlike high school, college class attendance is critical for passing the classes. Professors have a limited amount of time to teach each topic and a student could miss a good portion of knowledge because he or she missed a handful of classes. These are only a few pieces of advice the article gives new college

With the switch from high school to college, students will be changed for the better or worse. An article titled “Your First Year of College: 25 Strategies and Tips to Help You Survive and Thrive Your Freshman Year and Beyond” written by Randall S. Hansen, a retired professor, explains that college does not need to be complex as most make it out to be. In college, the first week is essential to all students “It is during this time that you make critical decisions that will have an effect on the rest of your life.” (Hansen 1). Many kids drop out of college early due to their participation in the party scene. Students who are dedicated to their education receive the true college experience. Hansen explains that scholars should relax and participate

Throughout my first week as a Bluffton University student, I have already learned a decent amount both inside and outside of the classroom.So far I have learned that college is going to be much, much different than high school and I am going to be held to a different standard so I need to be responsible, punctual, and dedicated. While I am very excited to start my college career, I am also feeling a bit nervous and overwhelmed at the same time.

1. Describe what you did. This does not mean that you copy and paste from what you have posted or the assignments you have prepared. You need to describe what you did and how you did it.

I hope that you are very excited to start your journey in your new college program. This will no doubt be a very exciting time in your life. You will work very hard, but must remember not to stress yourself out.

Stony Brook has a large campus that I have yet to get used to. Often times, finding a building that I have not visited or go regularly. I am here because I could not afford the tuition in California. I was not ready to pay fifty thousand per year to attend a university. Procrastination will come “easy” to me this semester. With this much freedom, I am bound to forget and do homework at three in the morning. This happened often in high school as I was unmotivated to do anything. I have to be able to keep track of time and watch myself before I mess up. None of my values will be challenged by simply attending a college. By the end of the semester, I hope that I would have a 3.5 GPA. I hope I manage to succeed.

This week’s journal entry starts off with Monday, and like the past three weeks a single day will account for one journal. As for why I am writing an entry beginning with Monday this is because it is “block week,” meaning I am will be at placement from Monday to Friday this week! This is an occasion that given all else that my mind has been preoccupied with within the last couple of weeks, I thought I would be too preoccupied to get excited about and enjoy, yet as soon as I got to placement Monday and in the days following, getting ready for bed I realized this was not the case, at least in those instances—getting to bed for the following day and once up in the morning for the start of the given day. Overlooking the aspects that may seem unpleasant, such as the long days, resulting in great tiredness—especially with Wheel-Trans, getting ready for bed, knowing that for the next four days I am heading to placement and not to school, it felt like each day I was getting ready to go on mini field trip, like those in grade school, looking past the fact that I was going to the same location each day.

Dear diary, my father is a preacher who has preached a lot in America but one of his favorite places to preach is in the Philippines, but before I was born my family lived in the Philippines. From the start of my mom’s pregnancy it was rough. On multiple occasions my family and doctors thought that they had lost me. While my mom and brothers and sisters would sing bible verses together. On August 14, 1987 I was born. At the age of three we moved from the Philippines to Jacksonville, Florida. Growing up my family was competitive at ever thing no matter what it was from Monopoly to basketball no one wanted to lose. When I was five and tee ball started I had already played a lot of player pitch with my brothers, so the idea of hitting of a tee

So far, my semester up until this point has gone well. For the most part, I like all of the classes that I am taking as well as all of my professors. I am also enjoying the school; the campus is beautiful, and all the people here are extremely welcoming and friendly. The greatest difficulty that I have encountered so far is being away from home, Dallas, and missing my family. Over the few short months that I have been here I have come to the conclusion that college life is not as daunting or scary as I at first conceived it to be. The few differences that I have noticed for myself include more free time and less of a provided structured schedule. I am left to create my own timeline for the week to get my assignments done on time. I have

When I initially decided to take this class, it was an easy decision. I had heard great things and I needed another 200 level course. I thought I would learn to use language and speech in ways that would help me in interviews (for law school) and in the courtroom one day. Which I have, but I’ve found the journaling and meditation aspects of the course to be most challenging. My mind has always been running, and that would often hinder my academic success. It led to test taking anxiety, because my mind would go through all of the “what ifs” surrounding my grades. It grew to rule my life in high school, and my mom would always tell me, you need to try Yoga and meditation. But sitting still with my thoughts only gave me anxiety about all the things I could be doing and throughout this course I have found myself fighting those same thoughts. As I’m studying for the LSAT, any free moment I have is devoted to getting something done and throughout the first few weeks of classes I really struggled to sit and not be anxious about all I could be doing. Those same feelings came out in my journaling time. There have been so many times in my life where I have tried to journal and I always found it to be a hassle, or a chore. Each time I’ve lived abroad (3) I’ve attempted to keep a journal, but each time I have been unsuccessful; usually letting it slip after a few weeks. With these first three mindfulness topics, I found myself struggling with actualizing my thoughts towards each theme.