Not much has changed from the beginning of the semester to the present. I can count the things that have changed on my fingers. Probably the most interesting thing that happened to me this semester is that I joined Golden Key as a golden buddy. I consider the day I started going to Golden Key workshops a pivotal point in the semester.
Before Golden Key, I was jumping around from club-to-club – not dedicated to any. I couldn’t find anything I really liked; no one club had the spunk or the vibe I was looking for. If nothing worked out, I was considering on starting my own club – of course – this would not be a simple process. I went from Bengali Student Union to Korean Student Association to The Grid to Marketers of Baruch. Finally, I found Golden Key and decided to stay.
The thing I liked about GK was that it provided me with a community that helped each other and supported each other. It was a community of the top 15% people in the grade; how could I not like them? It was quite obvious how those people in the community were not just book smart, but also had great social skills. It is a small, but warm community.
When I had questions, I either asked my peers or the people in Golden Key. It made sense; they were all juniors or seniors who went through the same things I am going through now. I even had a mentor in GK; I was a golden buddy and my mentor, Jason Tong was a golden mentor. I asked him a bunch of questions and he gladly took the time to answer them.
GK didn’t really help me with anything concerning my academics, but mostly influenced my professional life. I was happy to extract any sort of information from the people of GK. All of the people had unique experiences that are vastly different from mine.
In short, if utilized smartly, the GK community can help any freshman assimilate into the Baruch atmosphere.