Pressures of College

With all of the midterms that I've been taking these last few weeks, my life has become extremely stressful. One thing you need to know about me is that I'm very grade oriented so when there's a possibility that I may get anything other than an "A" in a class, I begin to get stress. With several of my classes this semester, I'm sitting on the edge of either getting an "A" or an "A-" and I've started to become obsessive. Although it's not necessarily bad to be so grade oriented, I often think that my obsessive attitude could be detrimental to my success in future years. With applying to the Marriott School of Management at BYU in the future, I began to look at many of the requirements and average statistics for those who are accepted. Through my research, I found that many of those accepted are bilingual and international. I also found that the average GPA for those accepted is about 3.5; knowing this helps me gauge my standing against all of the other students who plan on applying for the Marriott School also. As I continue to plan my future and attempt to secure it in every way possible, determining information such as this will be very beneficial. On a side note, I've learned that planning my future has been very helpful, but at the same time, doing so must be done with care. I recommend that all individuals who know what they want to do in life should take the time to plan out the next few years of their lives and stick to those plans. It's important to make goals throughout our lives so that we know where we want to go.