I want to learn how to learn, first of all. That is something where I hope to take the lessons I learned last semester and change some of my habits so that I learn more efficiently and effectively next semester. Over time, what I hope to get is a lot more knowledge, but even more than just learning things I want to learn the higher-level thinking that people get from college. You hear people say that it is not what you learn but how you learn it, and that higher-level thinking is a skill that you can take with you long past your college career. In that sense, I feel that this process as it plays out will really help me get to be the person that I want to be. For the most part, I assume I am getting the best educational experience possible. It's been good, but I don't have a point of comparison. As long as I am learning, growing and progressing towards becoming the person I want...

I am probably learning just as much outside the classroom, as you know this is a big part of someone's life and that's how it is for me. I think I will be transformed in the course of my college.
At this point, there really isn't anything that I would consider changing. I still want to take more generalized studies, because I have not yet refined a subject of interest for myself. Ideally, I will be able to do this at some point in the next semester, start to narrow my educational focus a bit more. I do not think that I have made mistakes with my program and overall I believe that the path I am on is a good one.

My plans after the General Arts and Science program are to narrow own a specialty and start to think more about a career. I definitely want to transition seamlessly out of this program and into the next level.