This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at La Verne chapter.
As it is my second to last semester until I graduate, I’ve been extremely busy. Now that I look back on this semester, I’m reflecting on the things I could improve on/continue for the next semester. I’m a list/bullet point person so here are some “what I learned” points:
- Sleep is SO SO important. I’m notorious for not getting sick, but this semester with the workload I took on + the lack of sleep, I got sick almost every month.
- In relation to sickness, take a lot of vitamin C, and multivitamins in general.
- Carry around a planner, it helped me through the semester a lot. It kept me on track with my schedule, and it was easily accessible for things to do.
- Be friends with your professors, especially those of you who plan on going to graduate school. They will be writing recommendation letters, and even job recommendations.
- Procrastination is either a make it or break it. There are people who work better under major pressure, and there are people who don’t. I wouldn’t know because I was always under major pressure (just kidding).
- The Honors Program at ULV offers amazing GE classes, that aren’t just GE classes–it is combined with another subject, and creates a unique learning experience. This semester I took my Senior Seminar (a.k.a. my last Honors class!!), and it was pretty cool. Not only did I learn in an academic viewpoint, but also in a personal thought/reflective viewpoint.
- The professors at La Verne are A M A Z I N G. They care so much about the students’ well-beings, and love every aspect of the subject they teach.
- As a person who is horrible at confrontation, I learned how to confront people in a non-violent way.
- Take advantage of the free health service offered (only for general check-ups, and free pens of course).
- Befriend the people in your classes, especially with the ones in your Major. They will be in most of your classes next semester.
- Handwriting notes actually do help you “know more” than typing the notes on a computer.
- Take Fitness for Life as early as possible, don’t wait till your last year to take it. Just get done with it.
- The semester will go by really fast.
- Teamwork is important. You might hate group work (I do), but put in the effort!!
- Parking is so much easier with the new parking structure.
- Having a small campus is a blessing, especially when you’re late to class often.
- It’s kind of hard to have friendship outside of campus because a lot of the students are commuters.
- Dorming is a fun experience to make friends with people at school (and so much easier).
I’m sure there’s more, but these are it for now!