With just a little more than a month left in my first semester of college, I'm at a point that calls for reflection over the things that I've learned during the four months I've been at the University of Oklahoma.

Looking back at where I was around this time last year, I definitely would not have imagined myself where I am right now. I grew up with a desire to learn and lived for the aesthetic created by the neat column of A's on a report card, but I knew that it was one thing to be considered smart in high school, and something else entirely to be admitted into college and be able to thrive there. Despite the doubt, I held in regards to my self-efficacy skills, I knew that a college education would be detrimental to the progress I would make in my life.