Sungho, this is my official Korean name. However, I introduce myself to others with my American name, Brian, in order to make sure that people who I introduce myself to remember me. I am an immigrant from South Korea. I have been living in New York for about five years, and this long span of time unfortunately is removing my justification or excuses toward lack of language skill.
Ever since I moved to the United States, New York, I met other immigrant friends through school, especially through ESL program. Many of my friends are not here anymore, and those who stayed often-made wrong friend, doing what they are not suppose to do. I believe that one of the main reasons for hardships that they experienced was lack of support from the family. Most of my immigrant friends came by themselves without their families, and pursued to study in a strange foreign country. Therefore, they did not have some one to fall back on when they made mistakes. Furthermore, no one restricted my friends from hanging around with bad friends. With this experience that I went through, I would like to say that my support from my family members shaped who I am, and helped me to strive.
With supports from my family I stayed focus and studied hard through out my high school and here I am attending Baruch honors program. For now, my expectation is not so specific. Therefore, my expectation as a college student will be to create a specific expectations and goals through out the college experiences. My hope for my first semester is to be able to well assimilate into the environment of Baruch College, and be able to create close relationships with fellow students and professors.