I went to this workshop to sort of “knock out” one of my mandetory workshops, but also I was generally trying to find some sort of guidance on how to go through college. The worst part is when I got to the room it was a bunch of people ambushing to get their planners signed, but I still dont feel I recieved that much information on deciding a major/ minor. I know it depends mostly on me but I also want a little help to see what would work best with what I am interested in. I just hope I stay motivated, and can make it through these four years because I realize just like that crowd in the office, its easy to get pushed to the back and ignored, and kind of get knocked off course…
College is really different I love the freedom, but the thing is highschool we had guidance counselors, that I really appreciate now that I finished with highschool. But I went to the Center of Academic advisement already for a question about a few classes, and they were pretty vague with the answers, they kind of just left me with a you will get through it on your own attitude. It is liek the 3rd or 4th week of school I think I hae finally gotten my wake up call…
What a thoughtful blog- do not worry! Things will get better as you learn how to best navigate college. Please do not be afraid to return to the advisor once you have a plan of what classes you may want to register for next semester. Yes, it is critical to be proactive in college in order to make the best of your experience.
i really know how you feel. before i entered college, i knew i would have to find out everything myself. but i’m glad everything is on the baruch web site. i never really spoke to my HS guidance counselor, so i guess im used to trying to find things on my own…
you can find the complete list of majors and minors here : http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/ugradprograms/index.html
also, there will be an ACTUAL information session about majors and minors during freshmen seminar (should be oct 15)
the classes EVERYONE needs to take to graduate (CORE CLASSES) can be found here:
http://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/programs/undergrad/core.html
tier iii is the minor.
hope that makes college more understandable, haha 🙂
feel free to contact me whenever you’re lost. :]