Reflection
Intro Letter
Ms. Nisbett,
My name is Alexis Castellar from Long Island,NY and a current freshman at the University of Alabama. Unlike others when I was thinking about college I would have never guessed I’d end up here. Going into college I was totally clueless about everything except for my major, but I know these next 4 years will impact me in many ways.
This semester I want to focus on many different aspects of my life. My first year of college I want to develop habits that could help me not only academically but I also want to branch out socially. Academically I want to thrive and be more prepared with assignments. I tend to struggle with getting work done because I can be easily distracted from things. The littlest distraction can keep my attention for hours on end and With that being said I am a very big procrastinator. Me being a big procrastinator, I almost always leave things for the last possible minute. Most of the time when I procrastinate I’m still able to submit my work on time, but sometimes it can get bad making it affect my work. This semester and throughout the whole year I want to be able to work on this habit of mine. I hate being so easily distracted because I do not want it to affect my work and the goals I created for myself. Stress goes hand in hand with my procrastination. The reason being is that since I leave everything to the last possible minute which leads me to stress and rush my work. I try not to think about stressing so much because then it would just set me back even further. Another aspect I want to mention are my social skills. I had come from a fairly big highschool that was also very cliquey, but coming here I didn’t realize the amount of people I would end up meeting. Although rush here is a big event I didn’t feel comfortable moving in so early. That being said since I didn’t rush I feel it’s a little harder,especially for me, to make friends. I am usually a pretty shy person but so far I have been pretty successful at making friends with people in my class. The first day of classes was pretty scary for me not going to lie, especially since I thought I would have big lecture classes, but once I got to my classes, none of them were that big. I am actually pretty proud of myself for standing out and making at least one friend in each of my classes. Before I started class I was not really confident in myself, especially my social skills. I felt even lonelier especially since my roommate was busy with sorority stuff, but after a couple of classes and stepping out of my comfort zone I feel way more confident about everything. Although I haven’t made many friends I haven’t met a single person that wasn’t nice. Hopefully by the time the first semester is over I will have people to hang out with as well as study with.
Sincerely,
Alexis Castellar
My name is Alexis Castellar from Long Island,NY and a current freshman at the University of Alabama. Unlike others when I was thinking about college I would have never guessed I’d end up here. Going into college I was totally clueless about everything except for my major, but I know these next 4 years will impact me in many ways.
This semester I want to focus on many different aspects of my life. My first year of college I want to develop habits that could help me not only academically but I also want to branch out socially. Academically I want to thrive and be more prepared with assignments. I tend to struggle with getting work done because I can be easily distracted from things. The littlest distraction can keep my attention for hours on end and With that being said I am a very big procrastinator. Me being a big procrastinator, I almost always leave things for the last possible minute. Most of the time when I procrastinate I’m still able to submit my work on time, but sometimes it can get bad making it affect my work. This semester and throughout the whole year I want to be able to work on this habit of mine. I hate being so easily distracted because I do not want it to affect my work and the goals I created for myself. Stress goes hand in hand with my procrastination. The reason being is that since I leave everything to the last possible minute which leads me to stress and rush my work. I try not to think about stressing so much because then it would just set me back even further. Another aspect I want to mention are my social skills. I had come from a fairly big highschool that was also very cliquey, but coming here I didn’t realize the amount of people I would end up meeting. Although rush here is a big event I didn’t feel comfortable moving in so early. That being said since I didn’t rush I feel it’s a little harder,especially for me, to make friends. I am usually a pretty shy person but so far I have been pretty successful at making friends with people in my class. The first day of classes was pretty scary for me not going to lie, especially since I thought I would have big lecture classes, but once I got to my classes, none of them were that big. I am actually pretty proud of myself for standing out and making at least one friend in each of my classes. Before I started class I was not really confident in myself, especially my social skills. I felt even lonelier especially since my roommate was busy with sorority stuff, but after a couple of classes and stepping out of my comfort zone I feel way more confident about everything. Although I haven’t made many friends I haven’t met a single person that wasn’t nice. Hopefully by the time the first semester is over I will have people to hang out with as well as study with.
Sincerely,
Alexis Castellar