Baby Steps

I've always been the kind of person who enjoyed plotting out my future so taking things one semester at a time has been a huge challenge. Right now I'm taking Chemistry and Algebra. I decided to take the Intermediate Algebra course this semester in order to brush up before I jump into my College Algebra for Scientist and Engineers course that I need. I'm decent at math but let's face it, I have not done algebra since freshmen year of high school. I was always placed in the honors math classes in high school (there were no AP classes back then) but it has just been a long time so this was a good strategy to re-establish my confidence with the subject. The Chemistry course is an Intro to Chemistry course, which was required before entry to General Chemistry 1. I was grateful that UT had this requirement because I actually never took Chemistry before. I'm sure that Gen. Chem. will be easier with this class under my belt. So right now it is all about baby steps and even though that is not my style at all, I have to live with it and accept that it is what is best. At only 2/3 classes per semester this is going to take some serious self-reminding! My goal for next semester is to take 3 classes. I've decided that my grades for this semester will determine if I can handle a 3rd class. I absolutely need to get straight A's if I want a chance at getting into a medical program. My undergrad GPA was 3.7 but they look at the sciences GPA separately so I'm going for a 4.0 in my sciences. In order not to completely freak I just think "baby steps".