Looking Back/ Overall Insight

Obviously, there are plenty of ways that UofM has shaped me in a positive way. Many times my Michigan education comes into conversation when my colleagues would ask me about what I was interested in studying. For a majority of my freshman year I had no clue what I wanted to focus on. But the benefits a liberal arts education was that I was able to take many exploratory classes and a very wide range of subjects. First semester I took the typical Psych 111 and Stats 250 massive lecture classes. But I also took French and Art History 271, which were much smaller and focused classes. I learned that Art History was not my thing and neither was psychology.

            Second semester, I again took some standard freshman classes like English 125, Comm 102, and continued my proficiency in French. However to fill my science requirements I took Astro 101. I figured that astronomy was not a career I was going to pursue. I was correct because I hated the class but I learned from that. I also was able to realize how much I preferred my Communication class. Consequently, I searched for an internship related to Communication studies, which lead me to Burke.

            Even though I had to complete semesters with some classes that I hated I was able to easily compare them to my other classes and realize where my strengths truly lie.