As my first year is coming to an end, I want to take some time to reflect on my experiences. In the second semester, I felt much more confident with myself because I was returning to OSU instead of attending for the first time. However, I was a little too confident and thought that I could do everything myself. I rarely asked for help whether it was in class or finding new opportunities and I tried to figure everything out on my own. I also thought that I had everything figured out about my future. I planned on graduating in three years and attending grad school, but I realized that I wasn’t sure if that was exactly what I wanted. I am also really interested in medicine and am currently thinking about combing my two interests of research and medicine and attending MD-PhD school. I learned that it is important to have independence and be determined, but you should still allow yourself to learn from others and have an open mind.