A key goal I am determined to achieve is to focus less on the grade I am receiving and more on how deeply I am learning the material. My college education, in my opinion, is much more than a percentage or a letter grade; it's an opportunity to learn absolutely everything you want and an opportunity to take on challenges that help you grow intellectually. To achieve these goals, I need to change my mindset and this is something I learned from Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck. In this book, he describes the “growth” mindset and the “fixation” mindset and emphasizes how much more beneficial a “growth” mindset is, especially when it comes to learning. This growth mindset is characterized by accepting challenges, persevering despite setbacks, learning from criticism, and having a greater sense of agency, and I want to incorporate all of this into my learning experience here at Illinois State University. College offers many challenges and setbacks, and I want to be able to not only handle them, but also learn from them. Rather than feeling upset when I receive a low grade, I will do my best to understand what I did wrong and make it a learning experience. Rather than give up if I don't understand something, I will persevere to understand the material on a deeper than superficial level. My attitude towards my education will consist of nothing less than positivity, persistence and enthusiasm