A Freshman Year To Avoid

Before coming to college, we all have the same mindset.  We all think we’re going to be the exception; We’re not going to be the ones to let our social life consume us, gain the freshman 15, or not have our priorities straight.  Key word is we all think these things won’t happen to us and we wont fall into the stereotypical freshman screw up stories, but we do and without even realizing it.  My freshman year specifically is one everyone should avoid having.  Now that I have gathered the shattered pieces from the outcome of my freshman year, and my life is in order, I think everyone should take something away from my many mistakes made freshman year.

To start off, never set yourself up to major in a subject you were never good at.  I started my college career as a biomedical sciences major, when I have always struggled in math and sciences.  I’m pretty sure I got a little too into my Grey’s Anatomy Netflix binging and truly thought I could be a surgeon.  Medical School isn’t for everyone, especially if you’re a terrible test taker and don’t put the everyday time into studying like myself.  However I went a year strong riding on my dream of medical school.  This dream was crushed as I, unfortunately, failed 5/8 classes attempted in the 2014-2015 school year.  Lucky for me I came to college with so much credit, my GPA didn’t suffer as much as it should have.  I was so consumed in socializing, going out, and making friends and I put my studies second to everything, forgetting that was the whole reason I was here in the first place.  After I didn’t apply myself to the best of my abilities fall semester, got written up for being intoxicated on campus on my 19th birthday, and going on a trip to Nola without telling my parents where I was going until they were leaving for Germany, I was convinced I screwed up enough for a lifetime and  was ready to turn my life around come spring.  I even typed out a contract for my parents, begging them to let me take Biology for the second time, to prove to them I can handle a biomedical sciences major and that I would move home if I mess up in my classes again. They approached the situation very hesitantly but after a lot of begging and convincing from their favorite and youngest daughter, they agreed but presented me with punishment of going back with no car that I saw as understandable.up-next-page

 

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