First Semester Reflection

When I first arrived to Penn State Berks I believed that my first semester of college would be stressful and difficult as well as not fun compared to high school. To some extend, I was right. Since I have been to summer programs where I experienced the life as a college student, I believed I had the mindset and readiness to survive in college. Although I believe I did ok in my first semester, I knew I could have done better. Because of the procrastination habits I have since highschool, I believe the knowledge and experience I gained through the summer program went to waste. This semester became more difficult and more stressful do to the fact that I procrastinated and also because I wasn’t organized with some of my work. Luckily, I had help
One of the people that helped me stay in track of my work was my advisor/professor Aubrey Edwards. Professor Edwards was the program coordinator for the ASPIRE summer program which helped me become familiar with the campus. She was also the professor for my seminar class, which helped me keep in touch with the things going on in campus as well as forcing me to become active while in the campus. For her class we had to go workshops and other activities in order to get credit for the class. Although it was forced it wasn’t so bad. This activities and workshops I went through helped me become aware with the resources we were given as students of Penn State Berks. I learned about the writing and reading center, which helped college students with their assignments. I learned about the proper way to use google docs as well as the proper way to do research. These activities also helped me meet other students which I befriended. Of course I learned many other things from my professors and other faculty.I learned to improve my essay writing skills, the right way to do research and the proper way to do an public speaking