Academic Plan
C. Future Plan
I acknowledge that my academic performance this year was still less than optimal, and I take responsibility for that too. But I do feel I have made several positive changes. In my first years at Queen¿¿s I would stay up late, skip classes, and get behind in my work. I¿¿m still learning, but I¿¿ve now engaged better habits: I go to my classes, I get reasonable amounts of sleep, I recognize my deficiencies more clearly, and I¿¿m actively taking steps to correct the unhelpful patterns that I still face. I still have lots of work to do on myself in order to reach these goals, but I am confident and committed to the process of achieving them. I am enrolled in summer courses to re-take courses that I struggled with in the academic year. I struggled in April and deferred my CISC 102 exam, which I will write before the end of the month. There were many things that I did not learn in childhood, that I now have to learn in adulthood. Although the struggle is present, I have faith in myself that I will overcome these obstacles with persistence and a positive attitude. I no longer have a fixed mindset and have adopted a growth mindset. I know now that giving up is the greatest failure.
The biggest pattern I¿¿m working to overcome is the ability to see projects through from initiation to completion. I¿¿m told this is a pattern common to children that grow up with an alcoholic parent. I didn¿¿t realize until I began therapy that the patterns and behaviours that were part of my life and upbringing were not normal.
My ongoing plan is to continue to work to learn the skills I missed the first time and to stay actively engaged as a student. I plan to find a personal counselor at Queen¿¿s so that I can maintain regular meetings to check in on my progress and to take a lighter course load for the following year if my grades suffer this summer. I hope to pursue a degree in Computer Science or Economics, and I remain fully committed to completing my degree at Queen¿¿s.
I acknowledge that my academic performance this year was still less than optimal, and I take responsibility for that too. But I do feel I have made several positive changes. In my first years at Queen¿¿s I would stay up late, skip classes, and get behind in my work. I¿¿m still learning, but I¿¿ve now engaged better habits: I go to my classes, I get reasonable amounts of sleep, I recognize my deficiencies more clearly, and I¿¿m actively taking steps to correct the unhelpful patterns that I still face. I still have lots of work to do on myself in order to reach these goals, but I am confident and committed to the process of achieving them. I am enrolled in summer courses to re-take courses that I struggled with in the academic year. I struggled in April and deferred my CISC 102 exam, which I will write before the end of the month. There were many things that I did not learn in childhood, that I now have to learn in adulthood. Although the struggle is present, I have faith in myself that I will overcome these obstacles with persistence and a positive attitude. I no longer have a fixed mindset and have adopted a growth mindset. I know now that giving up is the greatest failure.
The biggest pattern I¿¿m working to overcome is the ability to see projects through from initiation to completion. I¿¿m told this is a pattern common to children that grow up with an alcoholic parent. I didn¿¿t realize until I began therapy that the patterns and behaviours that were part of my life and upbringing were not normal.
My ongoing plan is to continue to work to learn the skills I missed the first time and to stay actively engaged as a student. I plan to find a personal counselor at Queen¿¿s so that I can maintain regular meetings to check in on my progress and to take a lighter course load for the following year if my grades suffer this summer. I hope to pursue a degree in Computer Science or Economics, and I remain fully committed to completing my degree at Queen¿¿s.