5A: How Good of a Student Am I?

College has a brought upon a whole new set of challenges when talking in terms of academics especially when coming from high school and prep school; which wasn’t nearly as demanding. Throughout high school I was able to get by without studying or really applying myself at all, and still managed to finish top ten in my class. This wasn’t the case when I began my prep year and sure isn’t the case in college. The preparation of aspect of college, and following a syllabus is really what has thrown me off completely; not being reminded every day that an assignment is due is something that I’m not necessarily used to. Take inquiry for example, blogging was never something that really interested me or was a requirement for that matter and now it’s 60% of our final grade which has actually really hit me roughly throughout the first four weeks. I’ve had to really adjust to a different type of teaching style and assignment style. For example my grade is exceptionally high in media studies and history because they are courses in which I can watch a teacher put things on the board, and since I have a photographic memory and learn visually, it makes quizzes and tests that much easier.

College has led to some successes and extreme failures, even though I’m only four weeks in. My goal was to finish with 3.0 or higher, and now in such a short time I find myself struggling to pass my inquiry class. Everything moves so fast, that maybe I’m just now starting to adust.. twenty-eight days later. The articles we’ve been reading lately stress the importance of planning out your assignments and being well organized; time management is key. This is such a difference from what I’ve previously been doing because I was able to wait until the last minute in high school and still manage to get A’s. As the first semester continues on I plan on being more organized with my assignments and making sure I know the proper days that all of my assignments are due. (Inquiry)