Personal Narrative: My First Semester Of College

I can honestly say that I thought my first semester of college had went better than I thought it would’ve gone. Academically, my grades are really good and I know that I have above a 3.0 GPA so that’s cool. Also, I thought that the professors were going to be jerks and not really care if we understood the material or not. I couldn’t have been more wrong. The professors were so helpful and kind every step of the way. However, I developed quicker socially than I had anticipated I would. At the beginning of the semester I was mostly in my room and lonely, but now I know a lot of people that I can honestly call my friends.
My most memorable experience would have to be when I went fishing with Shyheim 3 o’ clock in the morning. We were pretty

bored so we thought that I would be cool to go fishing, so we went fishing at a lake that wasn’t too far from him. What made it so memorable was that when we went fishing, we had accidently caught an alligator. I was a cool experience because I never had been so close to a gator before. My least favorite moment this semester was having a 53 in Spanish and not being sure that I would have time to pull it up. I worked hard enough to pull it up to an 83 so I definitely finished strong. It was definitely one of those moments where I had sit down and re-evaluate my priorities, but for sure it was something that I overcame that made me a better person.
I can truthfully say that I don’t have any regrets for my first semester of college. It honestly went perfect and had a lot of learning moments. Without those moments I don’t think that I would have had the ability to finish the semester out the way that I did. This semester didn’t only just make me a better student, but overall made me a better person. Although, I wish that I knew not to stress so much over college. I feel that college is only as stressful as you make it. If you don’t really do your work or study than it’ll be difficult. However, If you do the opposite and give it your all than it’s not too bad.
My current feelings about the Sand Shark Scholar program is that I couldn’t have found a better situation to put myself in. Without this program I honestly don’t think that my grades would’ve been good enough to continue to my spring semester at any other college or university. Something that I have gained from my first semester of college is maturity which is something I lacked when I first arrived on campus. At first I thought that it was all about partying and playing sports, but throughout the semester there have been different situations that I have been involved with that helped me mature. Lastly, one goal that I have set for myself for the next semester is to not wait so long to ask for help. At the beginning of the semester I was so hesitant to ask for help. Honestly I don’t even know why. However, through the semester I gained that comfort to openly display the fact that I was struggling and not be afraid to ask for help.