16A, B, & I The First Semester

My first semester at Southern Connecticut State University is officially over!  It's crazy how fast the semester went,  I feel like move in day was just a couple weeks ago.  Throughout this semester I have learned a lot about myself.  I have also faced different challenges throughout my time here at SCSU.  After this semester I am very aware of how I should be managing my time each day in college.  I was proud of most of my grades and everything I accomplished this semester.

Coming into college I was very nervous about leaving my family and friends at home.  I didn't like knowing I was going to be on my own.  Thinking about not having my parents around whenever I needed them also scared me.  Another thing I was scared about was having to make new friends.  It was so weird thinking that I wasn't going to be around all the people that have been in my life for so long.  This semester made me learn that being on my own isn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.  College made me learn how to be independent and responsible.  I had to learn how to be an adult and do things on my own.  This semester made me learn that meeting new people is a fun experience.  I had to become a lot more out going to make new friends.  A few weeks into the semester I made a great group of girls and I am so grateful that I am friends with all of them.

I am an athlete at Southern, so one of my biggest challenges during this semester was balancing out school work and lacrosse.  I did play sports all throughout high school but I feel as if playing a sport in college is a lot more of a commitment.  One of the reasons why balancing out school work and lacrosse in college is such a challenge is because I did not get as much work in high school as I do in college.  Since this semester was just fall ball and not my actual season, next semester is going to be an even bigger challenge playing lacrosse and balancing my work.  Another challenge I have faced this semester is being sick and not have my mom and dad around to take care of me.  This is probably one of the worst things in college but I just had to suck it up.  Luckily when I was sick I just went to the health center to get medicine and felt better a couple days after taking the medicine.

 This semester taught me how I should be managing my time in college.  I learned that I can't wait until the last minute to do any papers or projects.  Although I learned that the hard way, after this semester I hope that I never save anything until the last second again.  In the beginning of this semester I did a lot of relaxing and not enough studying or reading.  After doing a time study work sheet in inquiry I realized that I did a little too much of relaxing.  This assignment made me change the way I spend each day.  I told myself that I can't watch tv and relax until after I finish my work each day.  By the end of the semester I always got all of my work done because I managed my time wisely.

Overall, I am very proud of my grades from this semester.  I do not know exactly what my final grades are but I have an idea of what most of them are.  I have learned a lot this semester and most of my classes were pretty easy, which means my classes next semester are probably going to be a little bit more challenging.  I really enjoyed my time here at SCSU and I am looking forward to coming back to school for the spring semester!