| I was in a similar situation coming out of high school. During my first semester of English, I felt like giving up, because I felt that I never had the resources my classmate were exposed to. I think most colleges will have resources to help you. Making a commitment to sticking it out to the end is probably the most important thing, don't give up.
I had dropped a class the first semester because I failed the first quiz, and I realized that was my nerves and fears getting to me. After the first semester of college, you naturally develop the work habit and work ethic that is needed, especially if you care.
I think you taking the initiative to want to prepare now is the best thing you could do.
I would recommend checking out books from alibrary or buying books that teach you how to do those things like construct a research paper, dissecting literature etc.
My best example of how I was able to turn things around the first semester, that I'm most proud of is my experience with the English class. I had failed my midterm, which was one of the four or five major things that was taken into consideration for our semester grade. THat made me panic. I had my first major paper to turn in, and it was the first paper I had ever done in terms of an MLA format or any college level paper, and I happen to end up getting an A on it, something all my classmates were surprised by, because they knew where I was coming from. Alot of it is just not giving up and trying. |