Never lose faith in yourself, and you won't experience the blues.Jun 22 '01 Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line Never let your sadness get to you. Learn from you mistakes and you will success in college and everywhere else in life.
Before I give you my version of this topic, allow me to give you a complete account of my "illustrious" college career. I do this because this experience gave me the insight into sharing ways to overcome the sadness caused by the tough times we can experience in college. PERSONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION If several of you have read my review about CalPoly Pomona, then you would know that CalPoly was the school I've attended for the first two years of my college career. Unfortunately, living on my own during that time literally went to my head. Believing to be "my own man," I lived a life of mindnumbing sloth. Ditching lectures on a daily basis and maintaining an unhealthy nightlife of partying took a terrible and exacting toll on my academic standing. My overall grade point average plummeting faster than a skydiver without a parachute, I was first placed on academic probation and then was subsequently disqualified from my major. I went from being an easy-going college student to a college dropout in the span of a week. My third year at school was devoted to reentering the College of Engineering at CalPoly Pomona by entering CalPoly's Extended University program, designed for people who need to take classes in order to satisfy certain academic requirements without needing to actually apply to the school itself. Unfortunately, taking classes through the Extended University was very expensive, and not only did my grade point average stay low but I spent my entire savings on these classes and became flat broke. END I decided to share this personal information with you because this was possibly THE toughest time I've ever faced while in college: miserably failing both academically and financially. My future took a detour into despair and strife thanks to my mistakes, something I would never wish upon anyone. However my friends, I did not give up trying! I was able to successfully deal with this horrible time by performing one act: To learn from one's mistakes!! Knowing my life was spiraling out of control due to my bad choices and destructive lifestyle, I finally swallowed my enormous pride and went to my parents for counsel and advice. I told them of all the mistakes I've made, the lifestyle I chose for myself while at school, and the outcome of my choices. I asked them for their forgiveness and if I could move home and start school at Santa Monica College (a local community college close to my home). Although my parents had every right to deny me their help, they welcomed me back with open arms. With their love and support, I continued to persevere and wholeheartingly went back to classes at a new school.... My friends, my sojourn to Santa Monica College started on February 2000, nearly fourteen months ago, and I have now come full circle. Receiving high letter grades (A's and B's) to replace any horrendous marks on my record and to finish my general education requirements, I have applied and was successfully accepted for the Fall 2001 term to these universities: Cal State Norhridge Cal State Los Angeles CalPoly Pomona and I plan on attending Cal State Northridge this fall, in the major of Electrical Engineering. Although I could've returned to CalPoly Pomona to finish my undergraduate degree there, I felt that a fresh start was needed. Two more years and I will finally graduate, then will attempt to earn a Master's Degree. To anyone college student who is going through what I did, or is going through any tough time right now in college , the only recommendations I can make are these: -Try to make the right choices for yourself. Always do what's right for you, never go along with the bad choices of others. Assert your wisdom. Making the right choices will prevent you from enduring the difficulty of being disqualified from school. -If you know you're making bad choices that affect you academically, financially, and emotionally, then learn from them and move on. Never dwell on regret. Wanting to change the past will only drive you crazy and further into despair. -Never be too afraid or too proud to ask for help from someone if your sadness begins to overwhelm you too much. Talking to someone about your problems will help you to put things into perspective, allowing you to find the right path in life. -And finally, never, ever, EVER, lose faith in yourself. No matter how difficult things might become, never stop trying to put things right. Your sadness will consume you only if you let it. When there is always a chance, no matter how slim it may be, there is always HOPE. We are not born perfect, and not one person on this planet is the paragon of perfection. We all make mistakes, mistakes that can cause us misery and sadness (especially when we're in college). But instead of allowing these mistakes to define us, we can learn from them and still continue to strive for excellence in college. To successfully learn from our experiences will allow us to reach our goals, causing any sadness we have to fade away. If is isn't obvious to some of you, it was my past mistakes I made during my early college years that drove me to write my old 8-part review, and why I continue to write these educational reviews. I hope that by sharing my experiences with others, I can prevent even one college student from making the same bad mistakes I did. Thank you for reading, and feel free to comment on any aspect of this review.  |
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