When asked what’s one thing that changed the most over my first semester of college, my answer is always my work habits. In high school I was able to study the night before big tests or wait to start homework the night before its due, but that has all changed. I couldn’t relay on my old ways and I had to adapt new ways to do my work. I decided that whenever something was due, I would try to start it a week in advance. This would give me an opportunity to look at the material and identify what I needed to go and study or learn in order to complete the assignment. This new method I began doing also gives me the opportunity to use office hours and meet with professors or TA’s. If I was ever stuck in high school, I never would have time to ask questions because I started the assignment to late and I would have to do my best to teach it to myself which sometimes proved to be very stressful. Another resource that I have found very useful is where I live. Living with similar students with similar majors means we are in a lot of the same courses and are able to help each other with the material if we are stuck. This saves time and a hike to wherever the tutoring centers are on campus. My first semester in college drew out the baseline of what I should expect and what I needed to change, and I cannot wait for the challenges to come.