How has my experience at Baruch lived up to my expectations? I expected it to be different than all my prior education experiences, and it was! How did my Baruch experience not live up to my expectations? While I didn’t expect Baruch to be a 24/7 party, like other schools, I expected some fun activities on campus. I’m going to say it right now, Baruch is kind of boring. Then again, what CUNY school is not? How Baruch exceeded my expectations? Easy! I expected the workload to be tremendous, but not as big as it really was. My professors love to work me, especially my English professor.
My first semester at Baruch went okay, but I definitely could have done better. I’m expecting around a 2.6-2.7 GPA. My goal is 3.0. Not a good start, but it is still pretty early. My father has always said “There are 9 innings in a baseball game, not 1!”
If I could re-do my first semester, I would’ve studied more in HIS 1005 and MTH 2003. I screwed those up big time. I ws so good in history in high school, but my laziness got the best for me. I was a good math student up until high school. I slowed down in high school, but I still pulled a 780 on the math section of my SAT. But MTH 2003 killed me. I’m pretty worried about the final (because of the stupid 50% rule). I should have gone to SACC more often.
I’ve changed in many different ways since the start of my first semester at Baruch. I’ve learned college is serious, and not do-whatever-you-want-to-do land, which was high school. I am going to study very seriously next semester.
