So this is my pretty personal post that I should have written two days ago. Brace yourselves, it is a really long one.
Okay, first the introduction. Hi! I'm Deola, I am currently studying Aerospace Engineering in Swansea University, Wales. This is my third year in university but I am currently re-taking my second year.
When I started out in my first year, I had the intention of taking the course seriously but I got so side-tracked, partied more than I should have, watched too many tv-shows, and attended a lot less lectures than I paid for. I always did my assignments in the very last minute and I started studying (passively) for my exams, a month before they actually started. I mostly spent the night before my exams trying to cram the whole semester's work and as much past papers as I could lay hands on. This crash method actually worked for me, as I had a decent average and passed all my modules.
Unto second year (the first time around), I was already used to my crash method, so I spent the first three weeks of school, catching up on my tv-shows, hanging out with friends, doing as many things as I didn't have to. Before I realised what was going on, I had a multitude of assignments and a lot more work to do than I ever had in my first year and the modules were twice as hard. I couldn't keep up in class because I didn't know what was going on and I couldn't study in my spare time because I had so many assignments to do and too many tv-shows to catch up with.
Towards the end of my first semester, I realised that I had let things get too far and failure was looming around me, this made so depressed. I worked my hardest and put all my efforts into my coming exams, I ended up passing 5 modules out of 6 but my average was just above fail. I made a vow to do better in the next semester but God knows what happened to that vow. All I remember about the second semester was that I had a lot more assignments than I thought were possible, I spent countless hours in the computer labs and I was even more confused in my classes.
At the end of the second semester, I failed two modules out of another 6. I remember getting my result and being shattered because I felt like I worked really hard and it didn't amount to anything. The truth was that I worked really hard in the last minute, when it didn't really matter. I hadn't done what was necessary from the beginning. I ended up resitting my exams and only passing one out of three.
I found the studyblr community while preparing for my re-sit exams. This really inspired me and I wished I had done better from the beginning. I developed a hunger for in-depth understanding of all my modules, (it was a little too late for that, all I could focus on was passing the exams).
When I got my re-sit exam results in September, I was asked to retake only the modules that I failed (Aerodynamics & Dynamics) but I opted to re-do the whole year, because I have a different perspective now. I know that I can do well, if I work towards it and use my time wisely. The studyblr community has really helped me, I decided to start my own blog, to document my progress and keep the fire in me burning.
I am currently gunning to graduate in 2016 with a first class and an in-depth understanding of Aerospace Engineering. I hope this blog serves its purpose and inspires many others at the same time.
If you made it up to this point, you are the real MVP. Thanks for reading.
