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Tough as Nails: Experiences at University
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"Tough as nails", that was my idea about Uni back when I was a 17 year old  freshman, starting a degree in civil construction.

I had heard my father, many times, telling memories from his college years and the most common thought was that he has to study hard as hell. He even claimed one class could be as intense as one month of regular high school lessons. Imagine that!

So there I was, facing the unknown, suffering a bit from the pledges but still up to the challenge. My first class was Calculus I -engineers' stuff. And ... Voila!  Only  the first class and the Professor had already made a full revision of what we were supposed to have learnt at school.

Of course I freaked out! I had to double study. It was really hard at first but after some time I made very good friends and study groups. I started to remember and make up for the things I did not know.

At the end of the first year, I was an average student, my final grade was just a 5. And worse than that, I had failed the Calculus II course... 


Even though I felt I had somewhat failed (totally) , my first experience at university was a great one, I made many friends that I still keep, I learnt tons of new things and more over, I put myself to the test, and I ended up quitting engineering and going into humanities, but then I was more mature, I had already made my way through "learning how to learn", and in the end I could become a great student!...but only when the studies meet my interests, LOL!

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  1. UnknownOctober 31, 2018 at 2:21 PM

    Calculus must have been very difficult. But I´m glad that the experience at the university was good.

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  2. Max LagosOctober 31, 2018 at 2:35 PM

    The first year of university is always difficult, but hey, at least it was fun. Right?

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  3. AnonymousOctober 31, 2018 at 7:13 PM

    I think your experience during the first year is very normal, my grades at the begging weren't that bad, but they weren't so good either.

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  4. rafapontigoOctober 31, 2018 at 8:21 PM

    Wow, I never realized that you studied that career at first. I could never study maths, it's really difficult to me :(

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  5. UnknownNovember 6, 2018 at 5:54 PM

    I think that it might been a rough experience but sometimes that kind of experiencies help us growing up

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  6. Claudia RiveraNovember 12, 2018 at 7:51 AM

    It don´t matter de career that you choose, because it will always be difficult to start a new academic phase. The important is know if that career is that you want do for you future.

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