So far in college, my classes have been a lot. I am taking 15 credits (not including CPSG100) and the classes are all a decent amount of work. These first semester classes of mine consist of calculus 3, chemistry, introduction to electrical engineering, a coding class (the programming language is C), and an oral communications class. Individually these classes are manageable, but together they make for an academically rigorous semester. For most of my classes, I expected more assignments than I actually got. For example, in my chemistry class, the only assignments that we are given to do are homework's and exams. There are participation points during the lectures, but the majority of my grade is based off of homework's and exams. Personally, I was hoping for some more assignments as exams tend to be tricky and easy to fail so it would be nice to have more assignments to keep my grade as high as possible. The same kind of logic applies for my calculus class, but my coding class is quite the opposite. As a 2-credit course, I expected to get less work than other classes, but it seems quite the opposite. Every week there is a homework that we have 4 days to do, a quiz to do during the weekend, and three projects throughout the semester that take a lot of time and energy to complete. While it may not seem like a lot, normally each homework and quiz are based off of material that we just learned and did not cover too much of. My communications class and introduction to electrical engineering classes are the opposite of my other three classes, however. The work I receive in them is less than I expected and most of the time the amount of help offered, makes the assignments very easy. In terms of CPSG100, I really wasn't expecting to go over the scientific method in class. It was something that I found strange at first but understood that if we were going to look at the world in its past, present, and even thinking of the future, we needed to truly understand the scientific method and all that it encompasses. I was expecting to focus more on global change this semester and thought we would learn about the past more. By looking at the past we can see how things have changed and I find that interesting. But that wasn't really the main focus of this semester. The work/outside of class activities were not what I was expecting. I expected to get a decent amount of homework assignments but was surprised to see we mostly just have reading assignments with some questions, a quiz every now and then, and the website assignments. The website assignments was what was shocking to me. I knew we would make a website at some point in the course, but I didn't think it would be this semester. And when we started working with our websites, I thought we would be doing a lot with them, not just including basic information and changes to its style. This is the first time I have ever lived away from my home, and it is a really interesting experience. I really had no expectations before I came here. I knew that the experience would be new and unpredictable. There was no way to know how I would grow/change here and how much I would stay the same as I was at home. While I've been here, I have gotten used to sharing a room with a roommate and so much more. I would've thought that I finally got a good sleep schedule down, but I seem to have not gotten that down yet. Another point I want to make is I didn't think I'd have to stay up late to get work done as often as I do, and naps are much more important to me now, than they were in high school. Advice that I have for a future SGC student is that you won't know what college life has in store for you. Depending on your work ethic, classes, and personal habits, your time at college can be good or bad. It really is what you make of it. If you try your hardest while still making time throughout the week to enjoy yourself and have fun, you will be able to make it through your first semester without too many problems. I really recommend doing an extra credit that comes your way and make sure to start assignments early. When you are studying for midterms and final exams, you will be glad that you got other miscellaneous work out of the way. It is really easy to fall behind on work in many classes, so make sure you attend your lectures and that you do all the work that your professors want you to.