MEREDITH
Meredith is a UNH junior majoring in biology. She is following her dreams and applying to medical school. Meredith wants to be an emergency room doctor because she loves the "gory stuff". Not afraid of the hard work associated with becoming a doctor, Meredith sees the challenges as opportunities to learn.
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GETTING HELP IN HIGH SCHOOL
MAKING THE TRANSITION TO UNH
FOLLOWING YOUR DREAMS
STRATEGIES
FRUSTRATION
LEADERSHIP
BEING DIAGNOSED WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY
GETTING UPDATED TESTING
COURAGE
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GETTING HELP IN
HIGH SCHOOL
I hated getting help in high school. I know I needed it but I completely despised it. I felt like people always assumed I needed help even when I didn’t. They didn’t give me the chance to show I could do it. That was really frustrating. Couldn’t I just try it and if it doesn’t work, then I need the help. It was never like that. It was always this is what is best for you. During 6th, 7th and 8th grade, I went along with it. When I hit 10th grade, I became more independent so that when I came to college I could do it for myself. I needed to take what they were saying but not do it word for word. It was me needing to develop my own ways. With people at school I would say, I can do this. I just need the time and opportunity to do it. If I asked a faculty member if I could do it on my own they would respect that.
My junior year in high school was my best year. I had like a 3.8. That was when I was taking Chemistry and harder courses. It was because I developed my own study skills and used them over and over again. Then I got self centered because I was getting all of these good grades. Immediately I wanted to drop all of the help. I thought I didn’t need the help. But then I hit the next year, and I needed more help than the last year but I didn’t want it. By then I had the mindset that I could get through it alone.