Who do I think I am? Well, for starters, my name is Robert Ali and I’m a freshman at Baruch College with a vague idea of what I want to do “when I grow up”. I am a brother to two younger sisters, an aspiring athlete, and ulitmately a student of higher education for probably the next five years of my life. After that, the road seems hard to predict. Hopefully, by the end of this year I will be a person ready to tackle all the challenges I currently face throughout business oriented activities and events (e.g. speeches in front of large audiences and motivating myself to crack down on the books a little harder). In short, I hope to be more business savy, develop charisma, and tackle two new languages: all things I belive to be helpful for my future as a business leader in America. I also wish to finish all my prerequisite classes by the end of this year (I will be taking summer classes to increase my total credit count) and ultimately graduate in 3 years. The only concerns I really have are discovering ways to go beyond the classroom to therefore benefit myself in it, dealing with … uncertain professors, and retaining as much information as quickly and efficiently as possible. I know this year will be a good one; it feels like it’s already off to a good start. Suprisingly, the homework load is not as bad as I anticipated. I study for 30 hours each week and keep myself monitored on a calendar I keep at home. These hours include both homework and extra study. In addition to the 30 hours of study each week I’ve alloted 2 hours each day for working out with 8 hours of sleep each day. Unfortunately, I’ll have to rearrange my hours after this semester (another concern) but I plan to keep the same basic principles throughout my years here at Baruch.