Personal Narrative: My First Year Of Graduate School

1. As a senior with a Biomedical Science major, I have engaged in several interesting courses in biology, biomedical science, and chemistry. I have enjoyed absorbing knowledge from all of these courses. However, there’s one class that truly stands out as one of my favorites, and that was BMS 301 Introduction to Research. One aspect that made BMS 301 my favorite was the professor, Dr. Sylvester. He did an outstanding job in presenting the material. For example, he would write out the section of notes on the white board, giving us a few minutes to copy them down. He would then use the time to explain the information on the board to provide us with a deeper understanding of the material. Whether it was by providing examples or just explaining

This class also helped me become a better writer because now I carefully consider the best way to present information to readers. Sometimes a memo will do, but other times you need to create a presentation or set of instructions. Through this class, I learned the different ways to present technical information, which will come in handy once I am out of school and working. Overall, this course ended up being interesting and useful to me and I am glad I was required to take

Spring 2016 was a semester I thought I would give my all to since it was just one step away before I graduate. I did not realize the overwhelming stress it would have over me struggling to keep my GPA. When I spoke with my advisor for Spring advisement I wanted to transfer to a 4 year college since my GPA was high enough at that point but my advisor informed me I am close to graduating and the better choice would be to finish and graduate with my Associates Degree. I took the advice and enrolled in two science classes, on music class, and one statistics class. Taking two science classes was not the best idea especially being so close to the finish line of graduating. I took a Bio 210 class and Chem 121, I am not a science major and I have decided

How do you think developing this course helped to develop your knowledge of pedagogy? How about of supervision? Were there surprises?

To the outstanding men and women of the Prince George's County Maryland Chapter of Virginia State University Alumni Association, I would greatly appreciate if I was awarded this scholarship on your behalf. I have just finished my first year at Virginia State University and as the only first-year female Manufacturing Engineering major, it has been tough.

One sunny day many years ago in the parking lot of Husson University a car comes to a sudden stop. The door swings opens and out steps a young woman named, Heather Patten. It’s the first day of college and she can feel the butterflies franticly swarming around in her stomach. “Husson University is a big place especially if you don’t know anyone there and have no clue where your classes are.” Eventually, like any place, Heather got used to the many buildings and huge campus. She was at a great place in her life, finally she was own her own. She graduated high school 10th out of her class, and got her wish to go to a college close to home.

Professor McDevitt’s thorough teaching style and availability has allowed me to perform exceptionally well in his courses. He carefully explains topics during his lectures and is willing to answer questions so that his students are able to follow. What I have found very helpful is

As a student this course forced to become a better student and manage my time wisely. The course was demanding and rigorous while also making me more observant of what is happening in education globally. This aspect of the course has help me professionally. Therefor the answer to both sections of this question is similar.

A friend of mine mention to me that AAP offered free GRE courses for the summer. Although I had little to no understanding of graduate school, I was sure that the GRE was a part of it, therefore I made an appointment with an AAP graduate mentor. I must admit I felt a little embarrassed when he mentioned to me that that wasn’t one of the resources they offered, it hit me that I was so unprepared and although I was about to be a senior, I had never thought about what to do after UCLA. It was then that I began my research. As a member of Lambda Theta Alpha, I have created graduate brainstorming workshops in which my sisters and I have been able to search for programs that interest us and help one another narrow our interest. I have also had the

However, as the course went on, I grew to value it more and more. I enjoyed writing the book review in Week Two, and the interview in Week Three, although not something I plan on doing often in the future, was an interesting experience. My original thought that the grant and residency applications would be boring was proven to be entirely wrong, and writing the book proposal allowed me to fully flesh out an idea that had been bouncing around in my head for months. As my

Growing up for me was rough, I grew up in Brooklyn, New York where nobody expected much from the youth. I had to be different, my only escape was school. School was the only thing that kept a smile on my face. School was my gateway to happiness. I made the choice to go to college because I wanted to learn more. I wanted to further my education so I can better myself and enlighten my community. I knew college would be expensive, but the cost did not deter me. When there is a will there is a way. The only person that helped me finance my college career was my mother. No one else tried to help me. She was the only person I had that supported me 100%. The only thing that my mother wanted me to do was promise her was that I graduate from college. School was a big thing to my mother. When it came to school she did not play. She always believed in hard work, me wanting to further my education made her proud.

Sports are something a lot of people love, softball was my favorite. I had also played volleyball for a long time, however after my freshman year I lost the desire to play any longer. My heart was with softball, doing anything and everything I could to make myself the best player I could be.

“No matter how good you are, someone is always going to be against you. But never let them be the limit of your success” (Terry Mark). Throughout my first 3 years of high school, I was always a shy/quiet girl who wanted nothing to do with anyone. I did not want to do after school activities, I did not want to participate in class, I didn’t like going to the football games anymore since I was no longer on the cheer team and I did not want to go to school dances, all mainly because I thought about what people thought or said about me, and it bothered me… a lot. Since I had friends growing up doing things they shouldn’t be doing at their age, like drugs, partying, going out, etc., not acting like them I felt out of place, like I didn’t fit in.

Freshman year of college, a time to spread one’s wings, figure out the rest of one’s life, and express oneself. One way that I was able to express myself throughout my first year of college was through writing. This semester I expressed myself in two major projects, the first project was an evaluation on Fellowship of Christian Athletes Organization and what makes it a good organization. The second project was about why colleges and universities in South Carolina should serve fresher, healthier, non-processed foods in dining halls. While writing these papers I came across my strengths and weakness as a writer and as a student.

To me, the most valuable part of this course was the “practice” element of it. I felt I learned quite a bit from reviewing former clients’ papers and figuring out what would be the best strategy in working with them. By dissecting them individually, in pairs, or as a class, it became easier to pick up on common mistakes and writing issues. In addition, when we reviewed the piece on the abusive mother, it made me realize just what types of papers I may come across as a tutor. Since I am a social work major, I am used to frequently seeing these types of stories in my classes, but never really thought about how I would see them here, as well.