In the fall of 2021, I came to UCI, the big family I will live in for four years. Everything is new and attractive, but also confusing. After a quarter of exploring the campus and adapting to the courses’ tempo, I feel more confident about my life in Winter 2022. Instead, I lost a lot of opportunities to make new friends when in-person classes went online because of COVID-19. Now I just hope that the epidemic will get better soon.
In the fall quarter of 2021, my grades did not reach my expectations, which even made me doubt my decision on the future major for a period of time. However, I choose to stick to my belief that one failure is not enough to deny me, and I will work harder to prove myself in the following quarter. I plan to make appropriate time management and schedule for my life in winter to improve my efficiency. I think one of my biggest problems in the fall is that I did not properly adapt to the pace of life and reasonably plan my own time. In the winter quarter, I will make my life more fulfilling and compact through a more reasonable planning schedule.
I am a person who likes to concentrate on studying in the evening, but due to the covid and other reasons, I am trying to change my living schedule. In my previous blog, I introduced my favorite place, The Court, which is a large, 24/7 study room that provides a great place for me to study at night. But because of COVID-19, its opening hours were shortened dramatically so I have not been there since the start of the winter term. Therefore, I adjusted my study from evening to the daytime, and fortunately, I have adapted to it well so far. I hope I can continue this well-maintained daily routine all along this quarter.
To my great delight, the start of the winter quarter has been perfect for me. It even surprised me, except in the case of the more severe spread of COVID-19. I am so glad that I can choose all the courses that I want most, and even the professors that I want most in these courses. The course selection and planning that began at the fall quarter made me somewhat prepared, but the fierce competition in winter caught me off guard. Fortunately, the final result is satisfactory, and I also hope to get good grades in these courses in the following study.
Finally, I hope that all UCI students and staff be healthy and safe through the new quarter without being harmed by COVID-19.
