FRO was an unconditionally invaluable resource in itself for us entering freshman. From the people at the Student Counseling center to everyone at SACC, the student facilities that Baruch offers are so varied in scope that to not have been introduced to them head on would have made the process of discovering them that much longer. That being said, the offices of which we are now aware are just a small fraction of the bigger picture of whats on our plate at Baruch. We in the FRO class have ad an entirely new dynamic added to our undergraduate experience: service. The project completely opened my eyes to what it means to be a student in the city. Now, we get to break through the mundane getting to school and going home and instead are given the chance to make connections-perhaps the most valuable part of college aside from the degree.

As to what happens in three years, I have a roughly cut image of whats going to happen. We are young. We like to be entertained and we like to entertain ideas. I’m entertaining the idea of graduating in three years to keep up with everyone from Aviation who graduated on time and decided not to do the fifth year program. Of course, this would mean possibly taking 18 credit semesters and summer or winter courses, but hey, the financial obligation is out the window, and so is any obstacle to me being a student and nothing but a student. After all, as everyone says, we commuters at Baruch have the best room and board plan here at home.