In our daily lives we usually set goals for ourselves. Some of them are short term and some of them are long term. Here I want to talk about a goal that I set for myself which I think seemed impossible for me at first but I accomplished it very well. and it was achieving my desired GPA in my studies. When I first started at the university in KPU, it seems a little bit difficult for me to achieve like 3.5 GPA for me because I wanted to graduate by the distinction. I don’t know why but I just what I all know is it gives me a joy that I want to achieve a degree with distinction so the goal I set was I have to achieve the 3.75 GPA in my like full studies but when I started in my first semester there was a group project and it seems like so overwhelming. I don’t know why but maybe because my co-workers, my classmates are not putting their efforts very well and for me it become so difficult that I can’t do the work of whole group as a single person. That’s why it’s seeming possible for me because I was like oh no this is the first semester and there’s a group project I’m not able to complete it and that’s gonna take me a whole life but there are like five more semesters to go I don’t think so I’m gonna accomplish it but I then I just come down myself and start taking advisor’s help help at learning center and I started talking to my teachers and they help me a lot with my studies and about the group project they help me a lot as well and then at the end when I I was in portion as I did it. It seems.
Band 5+: Describe a goal you achieved that initially seemed impossible. You should say: - What the goal was - What made it seem impossible at first - What steps you took to achieve it And explain how you felt after achieving it.
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In our daily lives we usually set goals for ourselves. Some of them are short term and some of them are long term. Here I want to talk about a goal that I set for myself which I think seemed impossible for me at first but I accomplished it very well. And it was achieving my desired GPA in my studies. When I first started at the university in KPU, it seemed a little bit difficult for me to achieve like 3.5 GPA for me because I wanted to graduate with distinction. I don't know why but I just what I all know is it gives me a joy that I want to achieve a degree with distinction so the goal I set was I have to achieve the 3.75 GPA in my like full studies but when I started in my first semester there was a group project and it seemed like so overwhelming. I don't know why but maybe because my co-workers, my classmates are not putting their efforts very well and for me it became so difficult that I can't do the work of whole group as a single person. That's why it's seeming impossible for me because I was like oh no this is the first semester and there's a group project I'm not able to complete it and that's gonna take me a whole life but there are like five more semesters to go I don't think so I'm gonna accomplish it but I then I just calmed myself down and started taking advisor's help at learning center and I started talking to my teachers and they helped me a lot with my studies and about the group project they helped me a lot as well and then at the end when I was in position as I did it. It seems.
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