The Community Service Project taught me a lot about utilizing my resources here at Baruch. First and foremost, I had no idea that Baruch’s library was so vast and could offer so many different branches of information. After the session we had with a Baruch librarian, I have used the online databases for almost all of my class projects. In fact, at that very session, the librarian gave us a link on the Baruch library website that had a full layout of our Business Recitation company summary and several research links for each section of it. This proved to be tremendously helpful and saved me a lot of time.

As a result of my participation in the project, I learned that while it is important to know what you want to do, it is also important to know what you don’t want to do. This applies to community service as well as broader ideas like a career. In terms of the project, every group started by eliminating ideas that they didn’t like – whether it was working with animals or children. This is important because while the quantity of time spent volunteering may be the same, the quality is what really matters. If someone is volunteering for an organization they dislike, they may not put as much effort into the work which would result in a less meaningful experience. A person who is passionate about the community service he/she is doing will be able to give much more to those in need and will find more meaning in their activity. In terms of a career, knowing what you don’t want is also important. It can be very difficult to pinpoint what you want to be for the rest of your life, but weeding out what you don’t like can help you along the way.

I personally know what I don’t like. I know I don’t want to be a doctor or a lawyer. Or an astronaut for that matter. This is why I know that in 3 years I won’t be majoring in History or Biology. I hope that in 3 years I will be finishing my second or third actuary exam, and will have either an internship at an insurance company in New York City. Hopefully, I will even have a full time offer awaiting me when I finish my final semester. While it seems very far away now, I know these 3 years will fly by, and I am excited to see where they take me.

The Community Service Project taught me a lot about utilizing my resources here at Baruch. First and foremost, I had no idea that Baruch’s library was so vast and could offer so many different branches of information. After the session we had with a Baruch librarian, I have used the online databases for almost all of my class projects. In fact, at that very session, the librarian gave us a link on the Baruch library website that had a full layout of our Business Recitation company summary and several research links for each section of it. This proved to be tremendously helpful and saved me a lot of time.

As a result of my participation in the project, I learned that while it is important to know what you want to do, it is also important to know what you don’t want to do. This applies to community service as well as broader ideas like a career. In terms of the project, every group started by eliminating ideas that they didn’t like – whether it was working with animals or children. This is important because while the quantity of time spent volunteering may be the same, the quality is what really matters. If someone is volunteering for an organization they dislike, they may not put as much effort into the work which would result in a less meaningful experience. A person who is passionate about the community service he/she is doing will be able to give much more to those in need and will find more meaning in their activity. In terms of a career, knowing what you don’t want is also important. It can be very difficult to pinpoint what you want to be for the rest of your life, but weeding out what you don’t like can help you along the way.

I personally know what I don’t like. I know I don’t want to be a doctor or a lawyer. Or an astronaut for that matter. This is why I know that in 3 years I won’t be majoring in History or Biology. I hope that in 3 years I will be finishing my second or third actuary exam, and will have either an internship at an insurance company in New York City. Hopefully, I will even have a full time offer awaiting me when I finish my final semester. While it seems very far away now, I know these 3 years will fly by, and I am excited to see where they take me.

As a Baruch Scholar in the Honors program, I understand that community service is very important. To serve your community means to give back to what surrounds you, whether it is people or the earth itself. Serving your community comes in many shapes and sizes. It can range from reading to children to feeding the homeless to planting a tree. Whatever the activity is, it must focus on you giving time and effort into what surrounds you. While some my say that you are serving your community if you donate money, I believe that time and effort are much more valuable to both the individual and the community. Money may help the immediate cause, but dedicating yourself to your neighborhood allows many more people to benefit. Actually going out into your community and doing something to help others will enrich your life with new experiences and people you wouldn’t have met otherwise.

Since I am a Baruch Scholar, I am fortunate enough to get a free education and a laptop on top of that. I am very grateful for this and see that I must give back to my community. My community has given me financial aid in order to further my education, so I must give back my time and energy. I believe that I play a small role in a much larger chain. The community service I provide will make my neighborhood and its people better. These small changes will create a ripple effect and create bigger changes in the community. Eventually, my service will allow others to get better educations, to possibly get the same scholarship, and continue the everlasting chain.

As a Baruch Scholar in the Honors program, I understand that community service is very important. To serve your community means to give back to what surrounds you, whether it is people or the earth itself. Serving your community comes in many shapes and sizes. It can range from reading to children to feeding the homeless to planting a tree. Whatever the activity is, it must focus on you giving time and effort into what surrounds you. While some my say that you are serving your community if you donate money, I believe that time and effort are much more valuable to both the individual and the community. Money may help the immediate cause, but dedicating yourself to your neighborhood allows many more people to benefit. Actually going out into your community and doing something to help others will enrich your life with new experiences and people you wouldn’t have met otherwise.

Since I am a Baruch Scholar, I am fortunate enough to get a free education and a laptop on top of that. I am very grateful for this and see that I must give back to my community. My community has given me financial aid in order to further my education, so I must give back my time and energy. I believe that I play a small role in a much larger chain. The community service I provide will make my neighborhood and its people better. These small changes will create a ripple effect and create bigger changes in the community. Eventually, my service will allow others to get better educations, to possibly get the same scholarship, and continue the everlasting chain.

Hello everyone, my name is Rina.

One of the most defining moments of my life came this summer when I realized that in college and adulthood, there is no reason to have meaningless friendships. During a casual day with my friends, I noticed two of the girls making fun of a third girl who wasn’t present at the time. I told them it was disrespectful to joke about someone who was supposedly their friend, and wasn’t even there to defend herself. Although they dismissed what I said, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. If they could easily make fun of her, what made me think they wouldn’t do it to me? I haven’t spoken to either of the girls since. I realize that I can’t waste my time on people who can throw others under the bus without a second thought. That moment significantly redefined how I viewed friendship and its importance.

As an incoming freshman, I see college as a world of opportunities. Cliché, I know. I expect college to be a place where I can find not only what I am good at, but what I really love to do, whether or not those end up being the same things. Not paying for college is like icing on the cake because it lets me take more diverse classes without worrying about the cost. My hope for this first semester is to keep my grade point average high and really retain some knowledge from my classes. I am taking some really interesting courses, like psychology and speech, which can give me important lessons for the future. With my excitement for the future come many worries. One of my biggest concerns is underestimating the work load ahead of me. For now, I have not been receiving too much work, and I am afraid I will get used to this. However, I am trying to stay ahead of the game and not slack off. I am also concerned that finals week will be too much to handle, but there is still time before I have to worry about that.