Project 2 Reflection: Dorms

There are a couple different things that I thought I did well on in this project. The first thing I thought I did well was prepare for this project, I usually wait to the last second to do all my projects but during this project I was able to write a good draft that really helped me make the best possible final project I could. During the first project I didn’t do a rough draft and I think that really hurt my grade in the end. Another thing I think I did well was finding as much information I could to do the best possible evaluation I could. I learned as much as I could on eat dorm so that my evaluation would not be bias in any way. Something I struggled with in this project was my initial evaluation of each dorm. I don’t think I really understood what a true evaluation was until I was able to talk to Professor Linthicum and get his feedback from my first draft. After getting the feedback I was able to really improve my project which I did not have a chance to do during my first project. Another thing I struggled with was the work cited, it was difficult to find a good source for my topic so I think I might have settled with an average quote for my project. I learned how to really produce a true evaluation during this project; you have to take the good and bad of each subject and really evaluate which is better based on sources and reason. I do feel that I was able to craft a good evaluation, I took everything I knew and researched about each dorm and based off of studies and valid sources found out which dorm could be considered the best at Arizona State University. I came to the conclusion that Hassayampa Academic Village was the best place to live as an incoming freshman based off of all the good thing and bad things and comparing it to the other dorms, but not only comparing based off of my opinion but finding valid sources about what would make a dorm room good or bad. I could use this work probably every day of my life whenever I need to make a decision. Whenever I am forced to choose between different choices all I have to do is remember what I learned in this project to find the good and bad about each choice to really find out what would be the best choice for me.