My experience at Missouri Southern

Fall of 2009 was my first semester here at Mssu. I was so nervous because as a non-traditional student I didn’t know what to expect for my first semester. This made me so nervous; I remember I was taking the mids 100 class , anatomy and physiology 1, lifetime wellness, and college algebra. I just told myself to study hard and what grade I got I would be satisfied with it. This was the semester that I met a couple of great gals that I still keep in contact with and had completed all my science classes with. I couldn’t have done it without them ( well I could’ve but it wouldn’t be fun). I anticipated the level of difficulties of these classes before I even experience it for myself. I was just so frustrated because I didn’t want to disappoint my husband who is supporting me through this whole back to school experience with unacceptable grades. I remember studying and memorizing all my a&p notes for my first exam. I was having anxiety attacks as I was walking to the class. I don’t know why because I knew everything in my notes, my attacks must have signified my excitement for the exam? I don’t know I’m weird ok. I remember my professor telling us that if we wanted to pass his class we would have to find someone smart to sit next to. Oh boy I thought to myself then the girl next to me asked me if I were smart. I modest person as I am replied “I don’t know”. Of course I’m not going to say I am because what if she relied on me too much but she ended up dropping the class half way into the semester anyway. My other classes I didn’t put much effort into it but I still did well. One thing I thought was that the campus is pretty friendly. I like it here and plan to finish my degree here. I’m not very active with school activities but I do feel the lion pride. I can’t believe it’s been that long since I started and now I’m ready to hand in my nursing application( super nervous!) and hopefully before I know it, I’ll be graduating and saying that I am a proud alumni of Missouri Southern State University.