My Life in College Essay

College life is quite interesting and it is where most dreams are realized as most people by now already know what they want to do with their lives. Dreams are important. They are key factors in setting SMART, that is, specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound goals and in so doing, enables one focus on his/ her goals and devise methods of achieving them. Ultimately, setting academic goals and achieving the results in healthy development and academic excellence and thus chances of succeeding in life are markedly increased.

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My dream as a college student is to graduate with a first class degree which is the highest academic honor given to the best academic students. This is so important to me as it puts one at an advantage of securing a scholarship to further their studies. To protect this dream, I had to commit to a number of things in this semester. One of them was to do all my semester's assignments in time. In addition, I have committed to attend all my lectures for the semester. Finally, I allocated more time to go to the library and read as many books as possible.

Life in college has not been without fears too. My deepest fear is expulsion from the college. In addition to being moved to a new school, it may also shudder my future prospects of acquiring a decent career. I am determined to ensure that this does not happen. To ensure that I do not focus on my fear I have done a lot in this semester that has brought me tremendous successes. I joined the school football team in an effort to become an all-rounded student. Whoever said that all work without play makes Jack a dull boy was absolutely right. Furthermore, I participated in music festivals last month and I loved it. I enjoyed interacting with other talented students in music and look forward to learning more about music.

My semester has not been without challenges too. When I did my first continuous assessment test in AAA109, I performed so poorly. I had not grasped the course work very well. The concept appeared too hard for me and even though I had spent a lot of time studying, I still faced challenges in conceptualizing. At that moment, I felt I could not make it. I felt like giving up and enrolling in another course. I, however, decided not to quit since my course was my passion, and since others had made it, I was not an exception. I approached a colleague, explained challenges to him and he offered to help me understand the concept.

It is a cliche to say life in college is full of challenges and to make it through, one requires self-motivation. In this semester I intend to apply Sir Winston Churchill's words, that "continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential" to motivate myself. I have worked tirelessly, reading books and doing some researches related to my course to solve some problems. I have also allocated more time to study in the library and joined a discussion group to help me understand some concepts that were still not clear to me.

Conclusion

I carefully went through the semester's course objectives when the semester began. Every week I would revisit them to ensure I strictly adhered to them. I read all the recommended documents and watched all the videos as per the guidelines. I have applied the concept gained through research programs and practical sessions. The most important lesson I have learned in the course of this semester is to do all I can to the best of my abilities.