The end of this semester has definitely been unusual to say the least. Having to transition onto online learning was a struggle at first. It was hard because I started out the year with on campus living, having a set schedule, swimming and seeing all my friends everyday. All of a sudden, we transitioned to being at home, having some zoom classes and all online assignments, only being in the company of my family. Even summer classes are now online. I had to completely readjust my schedule on how I go about my school work and how I learn. One aspect that I still find very challenging is meeting with teaches when I have a question. Normally, if I had a question, I would set up a meeting, talk to the teacher after class or go to office hours. Now that we cannot do that, even though I can still email, I feel like I am not learning as much as I could compared to when I am talking in person.Luckily, as the more the weeks have gone by, the more I have been able to adjust my learning habits setting certain hours during the day to do my homework and trying to get assignments done ahead of time. I have seen positive outcomes in my classes because of it.

I have really enjoyed my first year here at UNE. I was happy with all of my classes and felt that I have learned so much. With the unfortunate turn we took in March to online learning, I still felt like I was able to learn information that will be useful for me in the future. With me liking all of these classes, it is making me positive that I am on the right career path. I am very excited to learn more about pharmacy and what it takes to become a pharmacist. I was unsure coming into college if I was going to stick with pharmacy, but I feel confident in my decision to stay in the field now that I know all of my classes suit me.

Some of my goals that I have for the future is to work on my communication skills and to stay organized. I feel that in crowds I can be introverted. Coming into this English class, I feel like I was able to expand on my communications skills by talking a lot in our group dissuasions. I hope to do this more so in the more classes I have, and this will help me in the long run as my career path includes lots of communication. With organization, I tend to be disorganized with my belongings. I feel this e-portfolio really helped with my organizational habits because I was able to learn how to make folders and tabs, organizing it in different categories making the whole thing in order. I hope to continue with e-portfolio in other classes, so I can stay organized.

Even though it is a sad way to end my first year of college being at home, I am so happy about coming to UNE. I cannot wait to continue my years here, hopefully going back to school in the fall. I know I made the right choice coming here and I will always remember my first year being here, being the time during one of the craziest pandemics ever.