Personal Narrative: My Freshman Year Of College

Since the start of the semster I have learned many different things about myself and how I can become a better student all around. Summer classes can fly by fast and doesn’t feel like a real semester. That it is just to get credit and move on to the next semester. That was not the case for me this summer semester because I needed to think about the rest of my college career. This summer semester is my first one coming back from academic suspension and I took last semester at South Plains College and Tarrant County College. I did really well making a 3.00 GPA overall and am most likely going to make a 3.5 this semester. This will be a huge boost to my overall GPA. The point is am at the point where I am ready to graduate and will try my hardest to get the best grades I can. I really just changed my mindset towards college and the way I prepare for tests and studying.

Junior year. My junior year I realized things about myself that I hadn’t previously known. Things I’ve never done before and things people thought I couldn’t do. Situations I thought I wouldn’t be in and there I was. Junior year, I did it.

My freshman year at Community College of Philadelphia was interesting and a great learning experience. Being a criminal justice major we have requirements that is needed to be completed. I tried to take the easy way out and it backfired on me. I took SOC 101 online and the professor taught me a lesson of tough love. He failed me and told me “come back when you’re serious.” I was embarrassed and disappointment in myself. Since that day I took college seriously and every experience been good.

Being a freshman is the hardest of your four years in high school. Have you ever been pressured to be the best person you can be? This is how my year was as a freshman. Freshman year was the most different I never thought I would of found my way around the school when I first started to go there. Freshman year was the best year throughout my years of high school and it was the only year I had friends. During this year I had a lot of anxieties which dealt with me thinking I’m gonna be alone and not have any friends throughout the year to support me through the whole thing. Also, I would think of the pressure of not doing good in any of my classes so I would think it would affect my GPA in the future. The transition from middle school to high school was a different type of thing to do.

Freshman year of high school i had to go to tryouts for soccer at this time the total number of kids trying out was over 40 and most of the time the team size was only around 35 so i knew there was gonna be cuts. So at the beginning of the week i showed up and we started practice i felt okay throughout conditioning but then when we went to foot skills i knew immediately that i was lacking a lot. The next day came and we worked on passing which i felt comfortable with as i played center mid 8th grade so i felt above average in that area. The third and final day of tryouts we worked on shooting which i was middle of the line but i had never really played forward .

For the first two and a half years of my college career I attended Sterling College. Sterling was a small, private, four year Christian college, where I had the opportunity to run track and cross country. I loved the Ed department there, however, transferring to K-State was the best decision for my family. I got married the week after my freshman year had come to an end, and my new husband got deployed to Kuwait shortly after, and then Iraq. While he was gone I decided to return to SC, and not let my track scholarship go to waste. When he returned last March we made it work with him living in our home here, and my living two hours away. It was very difficult, we had weekend visits, and then I came home. Well, we tried it again this fall and

At the start of my freshman year at the University of California - Santa Cruz I was immensely scared. I came out of Deer Valley High School with a Grade Point Average of 3.33 and a weighted GPA of 3.47. The reason this intimidated me was because the average GPA at UCSC was 3.88. However, instead of feeling that I did not belong in the school, I used that as motivation to show my peers that I am not only on the same tier as them but even above. I ended up with a 3.66 my first quarter and a 4.0 my next two quarters while holding two

As my final semester of college approached, I was faced with an essential decision pertaining to the classes I should enroll in. Despite only being required to take three courses, my financial status allowed me the flexibility to take an extra elective. After thoroughly comparing all my options, I was able to narrow my choices down to three electives: “Elec A”, “Elec B”, and “Elec C”. As in everyday life, applying economic decision-making principles to my final decision helped me arrive at the most beneficial plan of action. Specifically, the application of two economic decision making principles: the examination of the opportunity cost of each course and the trade-offs I faced helped me in coming to the conclusion that I would be benefiting the most from choosing to enroll in “Elec B”.

During my sophmore year of highschool I began to work over the summer with my dad, i started working in the iron industry with him. I got payed minimum wage and i had to do 4 hour weeks during the summer because of all the free time i had becase of the summer break. I also work during the winter breaks. Since my sophmore year i continuesly go to work during whatever break i have during the school year. Some volunteer work that i have done is that i volunteer at my local church every friday and sunday for two hours every night form 7pm-9pm on fridays and 2pm-4pm/2pm-5pm on sundays. I have been running the sound at the church since august of

Strolling to the podium, completely unperturbed, I stand there ready to present. My voice powerful, not allowing my words to just flow through the audiences ear and right out the other. But to make my words remain within and to inspire. And go figure? Everyone’s eyes are strictly fixed onto me yet I am still tranquil. I scoffed thinking about my freshman year of high school self. The night prior of my first presentation, tense and uneasy, I was unable to rest. Barely able to attempt a 5 minute presentation, now accomplishing a 45 minute one and feeling self-assured with myself. Syracuse University will bring this persona upon me. Constructing every piece of me, no, not like a puzzle, but like a complicated car in need of a tedious engine part.

As I enter my second semester of my senior year, I reminisce at how much I have developed physically and also academically throughout my high school career. My freshmen year was tough, to say the least. I was furthermore focused on my popularity than my grades. My sophomore year, I understood that popularity was not as important as my grades. I tried harder to get my grades up and participate in clubs that would better my future. Junior year, I almost had straight A’s the whole year. I pushed myself to focus on school and cut the distractions out. The grades I received my junior year determined what I was able to do my senior year. My successful grades meant I was able to early enroll my senior year at Eastern Florida State College. This will

My first semester of college, I was determined to go into medical school after my undergraduate year. However, That thought changed after a year of being in college. As a first generation student, I never had a clear explanation on how hard college was going to be and on how difficult it may be to me to decided on a specific major. As I get to learn about the different varieties on majors, It creates a burden due to me being indecisive on my major.

My fall term at Florida Southwestern State College was surely an experience. I was capable to have a very successful term. I am hoping to keep using my experiences to improve and grow as a college student. The course that I took was a great value to me. It taught me some very important things. As my fall term of college is coming to an end, there has been a couple of feelings I have come to realize in the beginning of my term. My fall term life at college naturally generates excitement, nervousness, and stress. The most important main topics I learned in this course across the semester is money management, time management, and critical thinking skills.

My ninth grade year was my most action filled year of my high school time. I came in the first day seeing these massive giants with full grown beards, then there was me fourteen years old and skinny. I walked into my first period, it was team sports and I saw these gigantic men and I thought to myself, I’m going to play team sports against these guys. I was going to have a broken bone or be dead by the end of the first sport. So we all got dressed and then we walked to the gym where we found Mrs. Watson. I remember her being so enthusiastic about sports and how we would play them. Since most of the time she favored the seniors we always had to play Dodgeball. By the end of the year I hated the sport so much I wanted to drop out of the class and never take it again, it seemed all we ever did was play Dodgeball because the seniors liked it so much. Academic wise my freshman year was terrible, I went from having a 3.9 GPA in middle school to a 2.8 GPA. I

During my first year of high school, I hope to improve many things about my work habits, how I react to the stress of higher grade levels, and my confidence. One very important tool in high school, is the ability to balance your activities. I want to participate in clubs, earn good grades, and still have time to just relax. The mistake I made last year was spending to much time on the homework for one class and having to rush through the rest of my assignments. Balance is the key to effectively achieving anything. I also want to improve the mindset I have when I enter the classroom. During moments of school related stress I have a habit of freaking out and not thinking clearly. This year I want to practice staying calm, so I can appropriately