Personal Narrative: My College Experience

Coming into my first quarter of college I did not know what to really expect. I was very nervous and thought to myself if I could actually be successful in college. As the quarter went on, yes it was difficult at times, but I managed to work hard and get through everything. I have had good experiences and I have had bad experiences. I have had a mixture of these experiences throughout my classes. Academically I did a relatively good job. Although most of the time I was lazy and watched netflix a lot, towards the end of the quarter I did better on fully completing my work as well as watching less television.
When it came down to my classes, I spent more time focusing on my English classes and my archaeology class than on CHASS F1RST. In other …show more content…
I dislike English very much, however the fact that my teacher was very nice and helpful really aided the time I spent in lecture be less boring. I really learned a variety of new lessons from her class. It also greatly enhanced my writing skills. At the beginning of the quarter, I would receive D’s and F’s on the quizzes, and later on I began to receive many B’s. Also, I would receive C’s on my essays, however, I later also began to receive higher grades on my essays. In fact, about a week ago I surprisingly received a B- on an in class essay. I feel I have really improved on my writing skills and my professor has also positively commented on my improvement. She also reaffirmed my success by using the in class essay that I received a B- on as an example of what she considered to be a very good essay. One of my other academic goals this quarter was to pass my english lecture and so far it seems like I will accomplish my goal. For next quarter, I will be taking English 1A and I hope that I will have the same luck in having another great professor as well as improving my writing skills even …show more content…
My short term goal was to attend the gym at least once or twice a week. My long term goal was to consistently go to the gym more times a week. Sadly, I did not reach either goal. To this day, I have yet to step a foot in the gym. There were days where I told myself that I would wake up early the next day to go to the gym or go for a run, but I never seemed to wake up. As the quarter went on, attending the gym seemed more and more impossible as my workload increased. Even though I did not go to the gym this quarter, I still hope and have goals for attending the gym next quarter. Overall, my first quarter college experience has been okay. I did enjoy some aspects, but there are still some aspects that I do not like. I do believe that I have grown more throughout this quarter as a student and as an individual; however there is still more to grow and learn. I plan on working harder next quarter to be able to fully and successfully accomplish all the academic and personal goals I set for