My Personal Experience In College

The biggest piece of advice I would give to an incoming student is “You get what you put in”. Now I say this because my first semester of college was an experience that I disliked. Something that I did wrong was, I only went to class then went home. At the time I felt it was best to give my education all of my attention. It was like this for five days a week from August to December. I began to question if college was for me, and if I even belonged anywhere. I felt alone, clueless, and unimportant to the campus. I wasn’t use to feeling like this I was always in extracurricular activities, meeting new people, having close relationships, and being employed. After my first semester, I had enough of feeling this way and knew I had to be the person

After that, I looked for people who had similar interests as myself. The first organization I felt connected to was called Alpha Lambda Delta which was an honor society for first year students with a 3.5 GPA or higher. This was a place where I felt accepted for being nerdy and caring about my future careers goals. This organization has pushed me to continue to have a 3.5 GPA or higher. After the first meeting I was hooked, and began participating in social events and volunteer events. I dedicated my time at the San Antonio Food Bank, where myself and others packaged over 11,000 meals for local families. I learned the more contribution I put into the organization the more I got out of it which was happiness and acceptance. After the 2016 spring semester, I decided to apply to become an officer. During induction I was chosen as the new 2016-2017 service officer. Volunteering is one of my passions and I couldn’t wait to spread it to other incoming freshmen, and make sure that they didn’t feel the way I felt during my first semester. Ever since high school giving back to the community was something that I loved to do. During the spring 2016 semester I discovered an organization called VOICES, which is dedicated to giving back to the community. This is where I met numerous