Some of my hobbies:

• Baking

• Crocheting

• Painting

• Listen to music

There are many things that you could do to help you become a successful student, such as: doing a to-do list, calendar, time table, or using any other apps to organize everything, focus in class, being productive and avoiding procrastination by having commitment and dedication to finish this course and proceed in medicine successfully, building connections with students and people inside the university and outside the university.

This session helped me understand more how to achieve academic success, progress to university, Personal development, independent learning, and knowledge/skills development.

Positive mindset practices:

• diary/gratitude journal

• Stop complaining

• Reframing a situation with a different response using empathy

• Behavior=communication

• Distraction with positive experience like a hobby/bath/walk

• Meditate (and it could’ve been better)

• Forgiveness (you don’t know what are people going through, so forgive them to whatever they did)

The following things above are things that you can do to stay positive. I always try to re-frame my thoughts into saying that I’m grateful and thankful for what happen because who knows maybe it would’ve been worse and I always try to figure something out on doing a plan b or trying to solve the problem in another way and instead of giving up right away and just complain about it. Complaining, won’t take you anywhere that good for you if you think that this is what you should do when you’re in a difficult situation or having a problem. In addition, taking a break would benefit you from burning out. Your behavior and attitude is key to staying positive, as I said if you’re a person that complains the whole day even on like small things, you’re never going to be positive and this requires you to change. People oftenly believe that change is scary and not good but in reality most of the time change isn’t a bad thing because us as humans we all have mistakes and we’re not perfect at all. However, change gives you the opportunity to improve yourself in everything that leads to the best version of yourself that you build throughout your journey by learning from your mistakes and learning how to become positive even if you’re under pressure.

Bullying is when a person or group is hurting of one person or group where the relationship involves an imbalance of power, and it can be physical, verbal, or psychological. This can be online or face to face. Katie shared her story that inspired me because it showed me that even though these kind of people that bullied her at school she decided to hold her head up and ignore them and did not give them any response. This show that she choices respect and this indicates that you stand by your values holding on to your own boundaries and re-phrase it with saying that “I wonder why that is?” To whatever disrespectful and mean phrases. This inspires me to alway keep my head up and ignore all the disrespectful people that I meet in my daily life and in the future throughout my journey of studying medicine in the UK, and not change any of my values and attitude.

The words/part that spoke to me the most is the fourth stanza of the “Choose Respect Poem”, because it shows that choosing to respect the disrespectful is mature and shows that you are holding on to your boundaries and values and not making the disrespectful people bring you down and make them feel powerful. Also

During the class, we had an activity where each pair of students gets a pink sticky note that I and the person next to me discussed and wrote stressful things that commonly happen in a student’s life, which are the following:

• Deadlines

• Exams

• Preparing for a medicine interview

• UCAS application/having a plan B

• Timetable, to-do list, calendar, etc.

• Time management (like catching the train, keeping up with everything!!!)

• Lack of sleep

After that everyone put their sticky notes with their answers on the whiteboard and discussed most of them with the class. On the other half of the whiteboard Katie wrote “how to cope with stress?”, and she put us in groups of 5 to discuss with the group about this and each person should write answers separately because everyone has different ways of coping with stress. The things that I wrote were:

• doing a hobby

• Go for a walk or exercise

• Meditation

• Pray

• Go out and have fun alone/with friends/family

• Read something you like

• Watch a tv show, movie, or anything you enjoy watching like youtube videos

• Listening to a podcast

• Telling yourself to start instead of actually think of it and stress about it

This is what I try to do when I’m stressed because if I don’t do one of these thing I would probably burn out and not keep up and eventually feel drained from all of the stress without having a break or a way to cope with stress. A very nice way of coping with stress is writing it down which is the thing that is stressing me, then writing most of the ways of solving a problem or completing a task, moreover, when you write it down on a piece of paper just start and when you start its definitely going to make you feel better because starting is the most challenging step but at the same time once you’ve started you’ll definitely achieve your goal/task that you’re aiming. Thats what Katie discussed in the class and I was really inspired by it. Afterwards, the next activity was meditation, and we had a 5 minute session of meditation that Katie arranged with her phone in an app. I was so calm and relieved after doing a little bit of meditation. As you can see, it doesn’t matter how long it is, even a 5 minute session makes a huge difference! This is also connected with your thoughts and your thoughts should be positive. So, always remember to reframe your thoughts to avoid stress! Your thoughts control how you feel and change your mood, so, when you be positive or even turn something negative or bad that is happening always remember that your lucky, be grateful and thankful for you have because not everyone have what you have.

The things that gone well are attending my classes, doing the practice questions/past exams, knowing my mistakes and weaknesses after doing it in class with the professor, participating in all of the classes, I have made good friends, and ceompleted the mock MMI interview that was set up buy Rebecca, Katie, and the pharmacy students that I feel like I did well in it as a first mock interview.

The things that I could improve are review the topics and practice questions/hw after we finish in class very oftenly, like every week not 1 month before exam so it becomes easier, and there won’t be much to do compared to when I try to go through all of my notes and practice questions/hw/cw/formative tests 1 month before my exams, work on my interview skill earlier, practice with my english skills to get a 7 in each, especially in reading and writing, my sleeping schedule, and procrastination.

Finally the things that I want to celebrate are completing this term successfully and passing it for all of the hard-work, and celebrating a Happy New Year!

Reflection on mock multiple mini interview:

The Multiple Mini Interview Mock turn out to be better than I thought because I was so stressed and nervous about it as I felt it was placed in the wrong date and time because we did it 2 weeks before the exams that made me even more nervous because there was also chemistry, biology, mathematics, and english mock exams and I was preparing for them. At the same time I need to prepare myself for the mock interview but I didn’t have time but at least our last class with Rebecca she gave us some practice interview questions that I think really helped with my performance in the mock interview. Overall, I really think it was a great experience and practice!

SV COACH Approach

What have I improved in?

Am I using the material in class to improve?

What do I need to do now?

This module has been very helpful in improving my english especially for writing and that also benefited me for preparing for the MMI interview and made me speak more fluently. During this class Sharon helped me to address the mistakes that I was doing in writing the essay by writing a new essay and analyzing it. After Sharon graded my essay I figured out that most of my mistakes were writing a lot with unclear structure so I needed to improve my writing by practicing and learning on how to write an essay with a clear structure that includes: introduction paragraph, argument 1 paragraph, Counter-argument, refutation, and conclusion paragraph. After addressing my mistakes, the teacher then gave us an example of a good essay with phrases that could improve the essay and make it clear for the reader. Furthermore, Sharon gave us some activities during the class between each writing essay that were doing in order to improve our writing and make sure that were right on track. This gave me the opportunity to not repeat my mistakes and notice any further mistakes that I would make during writing an essay and some of my common mistakes are: repetition, writing too much, unclear structure.

Success is the state of accomplishing a goal or aim that is connected with external factors like wealth and career advancement.

Success and happiness are very important in having a successful life and being able to be happy and relieved from the stress and hard work that you’ve done.

One of my coworkers suggested copying answers from the internet to save time on a group assignment. I didn't agree but didn't want to argue, therefore my honesty was questioned. At last, I suggested we do the job ourselves, even if it took longer. I feel that I worked honourably since I followed the rules and my values. I would be more comfortable speaking out immediately and explaining why honesty is important for group trust, personal growth, and grades.

Further reflection

Honesty encourages free expression, learning from mistakes, and support. Honesty generates respect and progress in collaborative settings. Being honest in college builds trust with professors and classmates. It ensures grades reflect your work and education. Academic integrity creates lifetime honesty and responsibility. I could be more honest by admitting my mistakes, asking for help when I don't understand, and taking full responsibility for my actions, even if it's uncomfortable.

Academic Exploration Reflection

Write a brief summary of how you have achieved these skills.

I arrange and manage deadlines using a planner and remember my calendar and essential academic dates. I found the sports centre and library on my prospective university's campus online. Chapter 2: University Readiness taught me how to manage my homework, seek support, and adjust to university. Transition workshops on school life and academic expectations prepared me. I completed the Kindness Curriculum Honesty program, which reinforced academic integrity, and I know plagiarism and academic misconduct rules.

Write a brief summary of how you have achieved these skills.

I learnt essential academic skills by learning how to do fundamental research using reliable resources like academic journals. I now understand how to differentiate between peer-reviewed, evidence-based academic sources and popular, less formal, unreliable ones. I learnt time management, note arrangement, and test preparation from Chapter 5.4's Study Skills. By practicing essays especially in extended project and receiving tutor comments, I've improved my academic writing skills. Finishing Chapter 5.2's Critical Thinking part enabled me to examine arguments, challenge information, and support my assertions.