I am a part of the class of 2020 and just completed high school. Over the summer I originally planed to travel and spend time with friends. However, my plans were cut short when my senior year ended abruptly because of the Corona Virus. But I didn't want to be stuck inside doing nothing all summer so I sat down with my parents and asked them if I would be able to take some summer classes through Missouri State so that I would have something to keep myself occupied.

They ended up agreeing with me that it was a good idea. However, I quickly learned that it was challenging to not only change my admissions status to summer of 2020 but that it was also a lot of emailing and communication to get into the classes themselves. I found the technical problems to be rather daunting considering the fact that I am not very good at technology and I was very fearful that my lack of technological knowledge would hinder my ability to succeed in online college.

However, around 25 emails and 5 zoom calls later I was able to finally register for my classes. It was a lot of work but I'm thankful that I was able to get everything switched and finalized. I just started the classes themselves this week and so far it has been a lot of reading a writing but I think that overall it will be a good experience. I'm taking a beginning history coarse, a freshman seminar class, and a communications class. And another benefit to my decision is that I had the ability to register for all of my fall classes before the other freshman so I got the most desirable class times and was able to find a seat in the classes that I wanted to take.

At the end of this 8 week journey I will write another article about the overall experience and how I adjusted to any problems that I will experience. I'm excited and hope that this experience is worth the time and effort!