Last Blog!

I really enjoyed University 101. It was more work than I expected, and I certainly wasn't excited about that, but we had such a great class and I feel like we all got to make friends through our discussions and activities. It was really great to have Jimmie and Ben. You two are so genuinely enthusiastic about helping us improve our college experience, and I think that really makes a difference to students.
These blogs were really hard to remember to do. I didnt' think they would be, but I seemed to always forget. Some blog posts came easily and I think helped, but other prompts I found difficult to talk about. I felt like I didn't have enough to say for the mentoring blogs. Some of them I felt didn't apply to me and my mentee, if that makes sense. I think it was a good idea, but maybe the requirements or prompts need to be adjusted.
I would recommend University 101 to a new student, but I hope they don't have too much work to do.

Personal Challenge

I have been struggling with the feelings that my classes are too much and I won't be able to handle the next bunch. I've been reallyworried that I won't be able to handle all of the marine science degree requirements, which is really scary because that is the plan. That's what I want to do. So my personal challenge was to create a four year plan that would allow me to take things a little slower but still make all of my requirements in four years. I made an ACE appointment with Ben, who was such a huge help in figureing out how to organize my schedule and prerequisites properly (Thank you!). Now I have a plan that incorporates all of my marine science classes, prerequisites, gen. ed.s, fun classes, and a summer with the National Student Exchange. Of course, I'll probably have to make adjustments, but now that I have a plan for the big picture, I feel a lot more confident about getting in all of my requirements without too heavy of a workload.