On October 20th I attended an academic advisement workshop where the speaker explained to us the various requirements to graduate from Baruch. Before I attended this workshop I watched the online video L.U.C.Y which was very helpful in telling me the various courses I had to take to complete the common core curriculum at Baruch. The speaker at the workshop began by telling us about Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III courses . These Tiers have to be completed before we can graduate from Baruch and you do not need to complete Tier I to go on to Tier II or Tier II to go on to Tier III. In addition, to this the speaker also spoke about the three school at Baruch and the different requirements for them. Another topic the speaker told us about was the different degree requirements beyond the core curriculum that we need to complete to get a BBA, BA, or BS. I found the speaker very helpful because she thoroughly went through each Tier and explained to us which courses we would be eligible to take in our fall semester and explained to us in detail some of the course we would have to take to complete our degree.
On October 13 I attended the Annual Student Services Fair. At the fair, there were representatives from many different programs throughout Baruch. There were representatives from the Bursar’s Office, the Health Center, the Honors College, the Center for Academic Advisement and more. The purpose of the fair was to go around to as many different representatives and ask them questions we had about the program, or center or whatever it was. In total, we had to go to at least ten different representatives and ask them questions. In return, they would punch a hole in the sheet they gave us to mark that we asked them questions and then we were allowed to get credit for the event.
When I went to the fair I was interested in finding out the answers to some of my questions, such as, what are the CPE test and SIMNET test, what STARR Career Development Center is and how it can help us and more. Therefore, I went to the Testing and Evaluation representatives, and the STARR representatives so that I can get the answers to my questions. I went to all the representatives I had questions or concerns for. Overall, it was a good experience because I figured out the answers to all my questions and it really helped. It’s a lot more convenient going to a fair where all the different offices or program representatives are than going to each individual center throughout the school.