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Participating in this Toy/Coat Drive was pretty good I guess.  Although I simply sat in front of a box which remained empty all throughout the time i spent at the location, i think it was a great way to promote and encourage social awareness.  I felt good about offering a bit of my time for the benefit of thousands who for one reason or another find themselves in difficult situations.  In brief, eventhough i was not able to collect a single toy or coat, it was simply a great chance to offer something back to our community.

Freshman Seminar assisted me because it made my transition into college easier. Although in the beginning I was not very fond of the many requirements for Freshman Seminar, at the end of it all I feel certain aspects of it were helpful.  We were required to attend various workshops, and at some points forced to,  because we needed signatures. Some of the workshops were disorganized and truly unnecessary such as the Freshman Open-House. I did not learn anything at all at the Freshman Open-House. I thought someone would speak to us about course requirements and answer questions, but people were just trying to rush us out of the room as it was extremely crowded. It was a joke.  However, other ones such as the Internship goal setting workshop were beneficial. The Internship and goal setting workshop was actually the only workshop that I can say taught me something I did not already know. It familiarized me with the process of finding internships as well as how to apply for them. Even though that workshop was helpful, it was ridiculously long and boring. At times, Freshman Seminar just added to my problems as I had to keep up with fitting workshops into my schedule because of the necessary signatures. To this day i was not able to get all the required signatures. Some days I would simply forget my student planner and other times waiting to get a signature would be a hassle. I feel that blogging should be a sufficient for Freshman Seminar requirements because signatures are just stretching it too far. Overall, the workshops were either completely dull and pointless or helpful depending on which ones I attended. The requirements seemed overwhelming, but as peer mentors you guys really did a great job ( Robert and Jenny 🙂 ) Thanks for letting this blog substitute for a Gloabl Community Awareness workshop  😉 . I also appreciated the fact that I could ask you guys for assistance in making my schedule or any other matter. I felt comfortable asking you guys questions even when we were not at Freshman Seminar. You guys did a great job educating us about steps we must take do to get through our freshman year. THANK YOU GUYS!

Just throwing it out there according to my microsoft word word count this is 310 words =]
In all honesty, I felt like freshman seminar was just a hassle. Going to the events, getting signatures, blogging, and some of the seminars were lack luster and pointless. I think freshman seminar is unnecessarily long. I don’t think it has to be an hour and fifteen minutes. Shortening it to under an hour might just hold my attention span. It would also be preferred if the workshops were not the same time as freshman seminar. Some seminars were helpful and even fun, while others were not. The career advisement and academic advisement were beneficial, helping me to understand how the process at Baruch works. I also enjoyed the seminar about professors. We were able to unload our feelings about them and how to solve conflicts with them. However, the seminar that was not at all informative or beneficial to me was the communications one. I felt like I got nothing out of it. Despite the negative tone of this paper, I did find transitioning easier. Freshman seminar was informative and the seminar leaders were helpful and nice. I could always ambush them in some random place at Baruch and ask them a question or just say hello without them getting annoyed. Blogging was just a burden because I have a tendency to forget to blog but I found it fun at times because it allowed me to express my opinion on the workshops. The best aspect of freshman seminar was meeting and getting acquainted with the people in my class. In class you can’t really talk to anyone because the professor is too busy lecturing but in freshman seminar I was able to get  to know other people, whom I am friends with now. These friends also made the transition easier because I knew people in class. Overall freshman seminar has its downfalls but there are some positive aspects.