1. A couple months ago, I applied to become a member of a
specific organization at the University of Florida. I was very confident that I
would be accepted into the organization. I felt that I did a very good job on
the application and I believed there was no way I wouldn’t make it in. Surprisingly
to me, a few weeks after applying, I got an email saying I was rejected. I was shocked
that I got rejected. Initially, I was very upset and disappointed in myself.
However, after emailing back the organization and finding out why I was
rejected, I felt better about the situation. I was told that my answers on the
application were not detailed enough and that I needed to talk more about
myself and my accomplishments. I was also told I should reapply next semester
and that is exactly what I am going to do.
2. From this experience, I learned that nothing will be handed
to me in life and that I must work hard for everything I want. Here, I was extremely
confident I would be accepted, only to be completely devasted when I was
rejected. This was a great learning experience because I know what I need to do
next time in order to be successful. I definitely grew as a person from this
experience.
3. I believe failure can be embarrassing, but I also believe it
can be very rewarding. There is no doubt that failure is inevitable. In certain
situations, failure can be life altering, both positively and negatively. When
I fail, the first thing I do is try to figure out why I failed. Did I do
something wrong? Did I not work hard enough? These are the types of questions I
ask myself immediately after failing. This class has taught me that it is
perfectly okay to fail. I have learned that in order to be successful, I am
going have to experience failure, whether it be one time or many times. I
believe I am more likely to take a risk now than I was a few months ago. This
is mainly because I am no longer afraid of failing. If I never fail, I will
never learn.
Tyler,
ReplyDeleteGreat job reaching out and figuring out why you weren’t accepted! I don't think my first action has ever been to ask why I wasn’t accepted but it’s so important. I am easily embarrassed as well, but since I’ve been skating to class (and tripping on a lot of cracks in the pavement) I’ve been getting embarrassed by things less. Maybe it was a form of exposure therapy.
Tyler,
ReplyDeleteYour perspective on failure was interesting to read because it is very similar to mine! I also wrote about failure being inevitable. Additionally, your experience of not getting into the organization was similar to one I had. While I did reach out to see why I didn’t get in, I could only apply once so that was a rather discouraging failure. My only feedback would be to be more specific. I would’ve liked to hear more about the organization or even your thought process when you didn’t get in (e.g. did you rant to a roommate). That being said, I think this was a great reflective post! Keep it up.
~Izzy C.
Tyler, awesome job and I hope you get accepted this upcoming semester! It's important that you reach out and see what you need to improve on so that you are successful later. I can agree that success only comes with failure. We're told that successful people failed often and frequent, but very rarely do we understand what that means. Good luck with the application!
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