Finals are next week and it is almost time to relax. However this means that my first semester at college is coming to an end. When I first got to this school I thought that it was going to be just like high school. I thought that the work was going to be easy and all I had to do was show up for class, but boy was I wrong. College requires so much effort, just showing up for class and doing the minimum amount of work will not help you to succeed. I now understand that it is only going to continue to get harder from here on out. My first semester at College has been a very good experience. I have made so many new friends, these new friends are people that I know will still be friends when it is time for me to graduate and go off on my own. I have also learned so much about myself while being here in College. Through some bad experiences here at the College I have learned not to be as trusting as I used to be, and I have gained a lot more Self Esteem.
There are some things that I would change about my first semester. I wish that I had gone into this school with the motivation that I have now, because then I think that I would have done much better. When I first came to Rhode Island College I was very lazy and I would procrastinate a lot. If there was something that I knew was due in a week, I usually wouldn't start it until the night before. However after awhile I started realizing that this is not an effective way to get good grades, and I am not exceeding the expectations. I decided to put more effort into my work as the semester went. There is nothing that I can do about the way I started out the first part of the semester expect change these behaviors for next semester.
Next Semester I know that I will give even more of an effort and do much better then I did this semester. The reason why I feel this way is because now I already have a feeling for the College life, and I know what is expected. I am not in College to waste my parents money, I am here to learn, do my best and get a good job when I graduate. This motivation came from the first semester of me being in College.
