2009-2010: Margery Lucas

Getting PRB'd

    PRB (Personnel Review Board) was one of the most scariest events in my life. If you're on scholarship and you do poorly in academics, physical fitness, or performance, you pretty much have a meeting with some of the officers in the Naval Battalion. They ask you questions on why you did poorly and decide on a consequence. I got a PRB for my grades last semester. I was taking Chemistry 104 and Calculus and got D's in them, leading my GPA into a 2.2; in order to keep the scholarship you need a 2.5 or higher. I was in deep water at the time and scared to death I would lose my scholarship.
   
    I guess you can say a PRB is a wake up call to do something and take charge of your life. Whatever you make of college will decide the outcome of your future. But it's not like I blew off calculus and chemistry, I tried very hard in those classes and had other factors that took up my time. Like drill. Also, the curriculum was so hard to understand, I really don't think my mind could excel past calculus because even in high school I did not do really good. I realized I had to do something BIG, especially with my major change to sports med. So I took charge with my life and took care of my grades. Signing my PRB papers at the end of the semester also raised up the scare factor! That was a wake up call to do my best on my finals.

I have good grades now and I hope to do the same for this upcoming semester. =D

Finals and such.

    I know it's been a while since I wrote a blog. With finals week and getting home, i've been busy just trying settle down at home. I've been doing Christmas shopping and all those errands. But don't worry I can still recall all those feelings from finals week.

    Finals week was full of cramming. Of course I spaced out my studying and planned ahead of time, but my finals were three 4 days in row. From Thursday to Saturday I had finals. Both of my sports medicine finals were online, and just because they were online doesn't mean they were easy. It was still hard because I was glued to my computer and chair for 2 hours. You still get the same effect with the online final as you would the in class final. For english we had an in class essay as part as our final, and my hand hurt! I don't like in class essays because my hand cramps a lot, especially writing out all my ideas. My ideas come out so fast but my hand can't keep up. Overall I did a great job on my grades, I actually reached my goal!

    During finals week it took a lot of energy drinks, coffee, and the ability to stay awake for studying. My finals were 4 days in a row, so it was constant studying all the time. After a final I would just want to do nothing and let my brain relax, but after an hour or two I would be back hitting the books. The outcome was pretty good though and I'm happy with my final grades! =]