My first semester of college has certainly been one that has taught me a lot about myself and my study habits!
- My biggest challenge this semester was my Honors Macroeconomics class. It was, by far, the most challenging class I have ever taken. I addressed this challenge by going to office hours a couple of times and simply putting in extra work so that I could end up with a grade in the class that would be respectable.
- The colleges I chose to explore through lecture attendance were Business, Arts and Sciences, Public Affairs, and Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences. I chose these lectures to attend simply based on my strengths and interests. I was interested in each of these areas, and ended up being very impressed by Business, and have since decided to apply over break!
- Honestly, I am not considering different majors now than I was at the beginning of the semester. I was leaning toward something in business before the semester started, and this semester only confirmed that business was the way for me to go. However, this semester has taught me that Finance is most likely the best specialization for me in Fisher.
- Finance, a major that is very math-related, certainly goes with my strengths. I am a very good math student, and I can use these skills to be successful in finance. I am also very interested in business and the finance and analytical part of it, which finance encompasses. My goal is to be successful wherever I go and whatever I decide to do, and finance will help me do this. The major I want is definitely finance.
- The most beneficial thing about attending the college lectures was the fact that I was given an in-depth look into what each college was about and how they are structured. Each lecture showed the curriculum for the school, and also provided me with other helpful information such as post-graduation employment statistics. Overall, the college lectures certainly provided me with more insight into what each college could offer to me.
- There wasn’t anything that was not covered in the lectures that I wish would have been discussed. As I stated in question five, each lecture gave me an all-access look into just about everything the college had to offer, and I can not name one specific thing that I wish would have been covered.
- One goal I have for next semester is to determine exactly what kind of career I have the most interest in in the finance world. Another goal is that I want to also explore other majors just in case finance is not right for me. There are several resources that can help me with this, including the resource I can use that will tell me statistics about each major, and also simply contacting current OSU students online for help or advice on which major to go into.
- The advice I would give myself at the beginning of the semester would be to take good notes and study them daily, even though exams are so far spread out. Because if you constantly go over your notes, then you will always be on top of the ball and never miss a beat in terms of keeping pace with the class, in turn allowing for you to be prepared for each and every exam.