I will not be vacationing or traveling the world like some of you but I will be working towards my future. For those of you who don't know, I am a healthcare management major. One of the best decisions that I ever made in college was switching my major from Biology to Healthcare Management. Some people are like why would you ever switch your major Biology is such a good field to get into because it is broad and you can make a lot of money being a doctor.
Well, most people don't know about Biology is that Biology is one of the hardest subjects offered at any school or university in the United States. In fact in my school, there is a 50% dropout rate for students who major in Biology in their first year. This is a significant number, but it is true because I declined to go any further in a major of Biology. There are many reasons why I didn't want to continue and I hope that those of you who are in college can learn from the mistakes that I made and learn from them like I have. Taking Biology and wasting my money is a mistake that Ive made in college.
One of the reasons why I decided to switch majors most importantly because my grades were suffering. I was always a A, B student who had an occasional C every once in a while. I thought I was good at certain subjects such as Math. The fact of the matter was when I went to college in my freshman year I found out pretty early that math isn't my strong suit. The first math class that I had to take was College Algebra.
The professor that I had was a foreigner from another country and he had a very strong accent. I didn't sit in the front or middle section of the class like I usually did, which had an effect on how my grades were. Needless to say I ended up passing with a D in the class, which I am not proud of but I am not scared to say to all of you because it happens. When I took General Biology I found that there was a lot of definitions to study and my study habits weren't that good too.
There are many things I could have done differently such as take more efficient notes, sit in the front of the class, visit office hours of the teacher, participate a lot and not just a little every class, and do work right after class when it is still fresh in your brain. These tips have made me become to the A, B honor student that I am today. Hopefully if I continue going not he track that I am today I can graduate realistically with a 3.6 GPA.
My summer is full of hopes and my main focus is to continue to do better in school and work and save money. By the end of the 2019 when I graduate college I hope to have my own car, have paid for my tuition in full, and be looking for my own apartment. Everybody has their goals and some have to work harder than others and that is just what I have to do. My advice to you is to have a goal that you always been wanting to do, that will better yourself or others, and that you are really passionate about, because in the end when that goal is accomplished that you have been longing for, you will feel on top of the world.
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