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Honestly, this semester has taught me a lot about college in general. The truth of college hit like truck at the beginning of the semester. I learned that you can’t start college still being the mindset of High School. College is a lot more independent and rigorous, especially Ohio State. You have no idea how many missing assignments I had at the beginning of the semester because I forgot about them. But as I began to truly understand what my grades had become because of my poor job as a student, I learned that I had to take things more seriously.

I actually started reading my textbook. I made a schedule to follow. I bought a calendar and put down everything I had to do in it, which means no more excuses for forgetting things. I’ve grown a lot as a student, and I rarely miss assignments now. I do my work and I try my best. I’m just glad I was able to catch this mistake early in my college career. I hope to continue growing and evolving into the best student that I can be. I am thankful for the growth and development I have experienced thus far.

This is the location of my first scholar event. It was Movie Night that was on September 24th, 2016 and I had a great time hanging out with fellow scholars and bonding over Magnificent Seven. I’d definitely recommend it.

Why did I choose to be a Biological Sciences Scholar? Well, once I found out about the honor’s and scholar’s program here at OSU, the question wasn’t if I was going to join one, but rather which one. I knew I wanted to join, but I just needed to find one that I would fall into my interests. I knew beforehand that I enjoyed sciences and animals and when I looked at some of the pictures on the program’s website, I knew that I wanted to join. One in particular that comes to mind is a silly one with a giraffe. I laughed to myself and knew I wanted to be there.

But now that I am here, I’ve learned that there are certain traits that it takes in order to be a successful scholar. You have to be organized, good with time management, committed, determined, foward-thinking, intelligent, and thoughtful.

I will carry out my vision as a successful Scholars student by remembering my goals always trying to think of how to achieve them, both in the short term and in the long term.

However, there have been a few bumps in the road along the way. When I first came here to OSU, I wasn’t prepared. At all.  I came here thinking it’d be just like high school, but boy was I wrong! With college comes a lot of independence, especially when you’re a commuter student like me. I have had to learn by experience. These bumps can range from never being on such a big campus and never opening a bank account before to never having to actually study before and learning that studying is essential if you want to be successful. I also frequently forgot assignments in the very beginning of school because I wasn’t used to not being reminded about them like I was in high school. But these experiences taught me that you can’t be afraid to try new things; you just have to jump straight into it. I have to put forth a lot more effort than I’m used to, which includes actually opening that textbook and studying a lot. And even when I do that and I get stuck, I’ve learned that there are countless resources here to help: such as the Celeste chemistry help room, and the Dennis Learning Center. And even things just as simple as buying a calendar and actually writing assignments in them.