My College Experience so far
I went to PCC for two years. That experience tought me a lot, it was the first time I was forced to be self-relient and think about important things towards my future.
I've always been individualistic, however, for most things It was towards petty or unimportant things. My College experiences forced me to think about what I need to do and how I will get it done, as opposed to the constant guardrails present from elementry to high-school.
So far with summer scholars program it has been useful overall in learning the environment I will be surrounding myself in. Meeting my peers and learning the campus enviornment. Another big thing for me has been learning the transit stops and paths
Past Academic Struggles
I've had lots of issues with skipping and avoid work in school; throughout Middle and High School it was manageable because I could often procrastinate and turn in work near the end of the year. The time and schedule revolved around me and what I needed
In college when I began getting to class late, it would snowball into missing classes, which then snowballed into missing multiple days, weeks, months. Not only was my attendance grade effected but, assignments assigned in class needed to be done in class to work around the professors schedule, hurting my grade from these missed assignments. The larger amount of infomation being provided and missed also caused issues, resulting in preforming poorly and me getting more distant from my classes.
I would continue to procratinate while getting the work done. With the much larger work load, doing the assignments later in the year become much less unlikely for me to complete IF it was even possible to submit later in the year based on the teachers preferences/schedule.
Motivation for the future
Because of my past struggled I've been motivated to focus on my mental health, scheduling appointments in getting diagnosed and recieving medication, consistently taking the medication (Which I haven't in previous years) and, working and wanting to change things if it necessary, rather then giving up.
It has also changed how I scheduled my classes, knowing what I can and cannot handle and what I want to handle in order to get myself in the right mindspace.