My Self Improvement Paper

My Self Improvement Paper

My name is and I am currently facing my senior year at LSU. I am pursing a degree in Sports Administration, with a focus in Sports Commerce, and a minor in Business. I am originally from Mississippi, but now that I have lived in Louisiana for four years, I do not think I can ever leave this state. Since coming to college I always knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. I want to work for the New Orleans Saints in their marketing and promotions department. When I came to college, I realized it would be more difficult to land my dream job than I thought. In this major, it is all about who you know and what connections you make along the way. After hearing that, I immediately needed to find internships to help build my resume and expand my network. After my first year of college I had an internship with University of Southern Mississippi in their athletic department. Having this internship directly after my freshman year helped tremendously by showing me what kind of job I would have if I were to pursue this career. That being said, I fell in love with the job and could not get enough of it. The next summer I landed a great internship at San Diego State University in San Diego, California. This job gave me insight on a different college atmosphere, in a different area of the country, which was a really unique experience. My life goal is to land a job in the professional field that I love and enjoy going to everyday. Work should be enjoyable not miserable. To achieve that goal, I must focus on school and doing everything possible to get my dream job.

School has never been easy for me. Looking back on the past years, I never realized how difficult college would be compared to high school. High school was a breeze so coming to college really showed my true colors of how much I dislike school. I was skipping classes, cramming for tests, and not preparing well enough for each semester. Now that I am in my senior year, I deeply regret how I treated my first few years of college so carelessly. My GPA is not as high as I would like it and now coming down to the last two semesters it is going to be difficult to raise it to what I want it to be. Some ways I can improve my GPA and school attitude is by preparing far in advance for things, writing down due