Date attended: October 13
I was excited to see what this workshop had to offer, and I was especially looking forward to inquiring about the Starr Career Development Center. It seemed like a lot of people showed up, obviously most of whom just wanted to fulfill their freshmen requirements (I admit I did too), and it seemed like a very friendly and inviting atmosphere. There were many tables set up, such as ones for the Writing Center, Academic Advisement, Team Baruch, and many more–there’s just too many to name.
I found out that we needed to get 10 hole punches in our ticket in order to get our passports signed, so I went around the tables trying to get them as fast as possible. When I approached one of the tables I just handed them my ticket, without realizing that I had to ask a question or express some kind of interest in their department for them to punch the hole in my ticket. So I just made up a question on the spot, however my question did not pertain to their particular department and they directed me to another table–but I got my hole punched anyway so that’s good 🙂 I had to think of questions to ask before I went to one of the tables, in case they asked so that I would be prepared, so that was a task in itself. At some tables the people didn’t care if I asked a question or not, and just hole-punched my ticket, so that saved me the trouble of thinking of a question for a department which I really didn’t care about.
When I had finally gotten 10 holes punched in my ticket, I dropped it in a box along with the other tickets, got my passport signed, and jetted out of there. Although I didn’t get much out of this workshop, after asking why students aren’t allowed to double major in the business area, I learned that Baruch wants students to be well-rounded, and exposing them to other areas, such as liberal arts, gives them the opportunity to explore subjects outside their major, which they could possibly take an interest in, opening their minds to something that they never thought they would like.
That basically sums up my experience at this workshop.