Semester Progress

My semester is going quite well and it seems to be flying by. This is my first semester at Western Michigan University, so I felt a bit out of place like the first day of kindergarten. I think this felt more obvious because I transferred in the spring semester, rather than the fall, so everyone seemed settled in their roles. I was a little nervous about how this semester would go as seemingly everyone talks about how much different attending a community college is than attending a 4-year university. Honestly, I did not have this experience at all and felt like it was a very smooth, easy transition for me. It doesn't really seem that much harder or different than the community college I attended for 2 years. The only difference is the campus is more spread out and one of my classes in a large lecture hall, rather than a classroom. I have really enjoyed all my classes and all of my professors. The workload seems tolerable and consistent with the goals of the classes. I have experienced a lot of success in my accounting classes and enjoyed learning the material, which is good as I'm an accountancy major. In most of my classes, I have 3 or 4 exams per semester, which I much prefer to just a mid-term and a final. I have felt many successes on my exams as well, there has just been one exam that I didn't get as high of percentage as like to get. Of course, that was a stressful day for me because I had an exam right before that exam and my individual oral presentation directly after it. As a result, that class' final is making me a little more stressed to make sure that I end up with an 'A' in the class. I enjoy the class and the material, but the way the exams are written is quite challenging, especially because there is no textbook to refer to and practice sample questions. The other challenge of the semester was the 6-10 minute presentation in this class. I don't like speaking in front of other people, so I was quite nervous and spent lots of time preparing. Now, that challenge is finished and I'm tentatively heading towards the Team Presentation. This makes me nervous as a perfectionist, I want everything to be my way and 'perfect.' It is hard for me to trust other people to do their work, when it affects my grade, which is extremely important to me. Along with team presentation, I'm gearing up for all my finals and will be spending extra time on studying of the one final. Hopefully everything will go well during my first finals week at WMU! Overall, it has been a great semester with many successes and just a few challenges that are a normal part of a student's life.