In my community service project I utilized idealist.org to find the organization called Food Bank NYC. The website was shown to me by the person from the school library who presented it to the Freshman Seminar class. I have only joined two clubs this years which were Golden Key and Mock Trial. I joined Golden Key because my peer mentor Maria Lorenzo suggested it to us all. It’s a very active club with seemingly many opportunities and so it will be an excellent experience for my college life. Mock Trial was a club I wanted to join because I enjoy public speaking and debating things in a trial format was very appealing to me.

I suppose that by learning to use the databases provided by the Baruch library, I am now ahead of the curve in some ways. I know how to find proper and credible sources for future research papers that I will have to do in my later semesters. The community service projected required research and so I had to use the resources provided to me by the library. My understanding of community service has evolved through my participation in this project. I now understand that my individual service to these charitable organizations help underpinning causes and that my volunteer work does matter.

In the next 3 years I see myself succeeding academically and possibly sustaining a 3.5 GPA which will let me stay in the Baruch Scholars program. I also hope to obtain some leadership roles and grow as a person. I’m gonna be treasurer of a film club my friend is creating so that will definitely be a cool experience for me. I’ll also have my major declared in the future and I’m sure whatever I choose will be something I’m genuinely interested in. Hopefully my future is as bright as I think it will be.