Cumulative Final Essay

Every choice or decision have consequences. Choices we make shape our lives. The life
we live today is results of choices and consequences we made so far. It is important to make
right decisions in life. Before the academic year started, everything seemed a great challenge and
it was hard to make decisions. My main goal was to take enough credits and get a degree as early
as possible, so I was taking whatever I can every semester. But after talking to my advisor I
realized I was registering for classes I did not have to. Basically, it was waste of resources and
time. Since then I have been in contact with my advisors to be on right track.
After taking this course, I learned a lot of skills. I got a lot of new information.
Information about transferring helped me a lot to make decision about transferring. I
got to know a lot of new strategies for college success. After learning about different majors and
the jobs outlook, I have been able to choose a suitable major for myself.
Transitioning from High school to college is difficult for everyone. ACA course will teach
you skills that you will need in order to succeed in college. You will learn all the basic skills for
college. After joining this course, I have learned a lot about myself, I can identify my strengths
and the weaknesses that I need to work upon. I learned a lot about studying techniques that are
helping me remember things properly. And those personal changes are something I would
implement for a long time. I would describe this course as a best source of guidance for students
who are lost in their academic career and do not know what choices to make?
I would like to advice future students I would like to advice future students that you can
expect to learn a lot to learn from this course. It helps you learn reading strategies, time-
management, test-taking strategies and note-taking strategies. These strategies will also help you
to succeed in college. Not only in college, but these strategies will be helpful to you in life too.
Such as, you can use time-management strategies anywhere in your life. You can use that for any
task of life. Note-taking strategies will teach you to be an active learner. It will improve your
active listening skills. The first step in studying is to taking notes, and this will teach you strategy
for notetaking and how to take better notes.
 My advice for future students is very subtle, try to be attentive and participate more. This
course teaches you that if you use your resources properly, it gets easier to achieve your goal,
and that is something I will always remember.