Being a Baruch Scholar provides many advantages. One these advantages that should not be understated is the fact tuition is paid for. Many people go to college and along with the regular stresses of college and classes are responsible to pay for school as they learn. The lack of financial stress I am provided with ensures for the time and stress free environment to ensure that as a Baruch Scholar I can maintain my grades but more importantly get involved and explore my interests around campus. Being as I am still getting acclimated to college life and the responsibilities that come along with it I have yet to actively and in full intensity join any specific organizations but plan on it as I begin to get the gist of college. Serving the community means that when you are good at something or have the capability to contribute to the greater good and whole that you will be willing to do that. It is about giving back some of what you were fortunate enough to be bestowed with and creating a better place to live for those who come after us. Some believe that once one dies he is lost from our world, no longer in existence. These individuals fail to acknowledge that one who contributes to the community has an ever lasting effect. You helped someone who will help someone else and so on, in some way or form your existence will continue to live on. With that said, what is the purpose of existence without contributing to the larger community?