Baruch College welcomes new students! As nice as that may be, it’s never really that simple to acclimate yourself into a new community, well it never has been for me. And despite being in an environment that feels much more responsible and mature than that of high school. The cliques remain.
Welcome to Chit Chat! A group whose main goal is to ‘dispel the exclusive nature of Baruch Hallways’. And honestly I didn’t know what it meant what I first heard it but I’ll do my best to explain.
As I said before, even though Baruch is a much more mature environment than a high school, there are still cliques, and certain clubs seek out only people of certain qualities, may they be certain personalities, career goals, ethnicities, or even levels of talent (groups or clubs that you have to audition for). Not to say that this is bad in every case. (You wouldn’t want someone who can’t act joining the school musical.)
No, it’s more that, sometimes there are people that don’t fit any of these categories, and they end up being left out of everything.
Chit Chat seeks to rectify that! They create a Haven where literally anyone can come and belong, where anyone can come and have their voice heard completely without judgement and/or ridicule.
This year the theme is productive fun, you can have fun while improving yourself and furthering your career goals. They have events such as speed meet, LinkedIn photo shoot, underrepresented major panel and much more.
As far as I could gather from the first meeting there are no unrealistic obligations, or any at all to be honest, Chit Chat is a totally chill and relaxed space where you can be yourself and nothing other than yourself. They want their members to understand that being who you are, is the only way you can be truly successful.