I chose to attend one of the MSLC tutoring sessions this past week. I went with a couple of my friends to the 1151 Calculus 1 session late in the afternoon. We honestly had a lot of trouble locating the session. We were looking in the wrong building at first, but even when we located the right building, it took us a while to realize the room was in the basement. When we finally arrived at the session we sat together at a table. There were some computers where we were sitting but we did not use them as we had our iPads. We started doing some homework for the class, but, as we progressed through, we had some difficulties solving some of the problems. Because of this we put up the help card, and a tutor come over to assist us. He ended up being very helpful, and we able to learn to understand what we were doing wrong quickly because of his help. There were a pretty decent amount of people there at the session as well, and I was pretty impressed with how easily it was for everyone there to get quick, efficient help with any problems that they had. It was also very quick and easy to sign in and out, as all that had to be done was inputting your name.number and then clicking your name on the way out. This was my first time attending any academic support session, and I thought it was a good experience overall. The room had a good atmosphere and all the people there to help were useful and pleasant. I am not sure how often I would be willing to return to the MSLC tutoring sessions simply because of how far it is from my dorm. I am interested in trying to utilize other academic support sessions in order to compare and contrast the positives and negatives of each different type of session. I know some of my friends like going to their classes’ office hours, and that could be something I am interested in in the future. I feel like office hours may offer more individual help while sessions such as MSLC can offer more independent working. If I wanted to, I could probably just go into the MSLC room everyday just to do my homework and study as it provides a quiet yet co-operative environment for students to be able to work as they please without strict regulations. I personally like to do most of my work in my dorm as my roommate is quiet and the study area is very comfortable and secure, however, I sometimes also like to utilize 18th Avenue Library as there are a bunch of different ways to study there. Regardless, it is probably a good idea for me to also try to experience or explore as many different forms of academic support as possible in order to help me succeed academically in all ways possible during my first year here at The Ohio State University.