My experience at Baruch has exceeded my expectations because I definitely was not expecting to pull so many all-nighters already. I kind of thought I would do the same as I did in high school, but college really has changed me for the better. I came into college not really expecting a lot actually, just because I wasn’t sure what life at Baruch would be like. I knew it definitely wasn’t going to be like life at Stony Brook or USC, so everything kind of came at me all at once. I think my first semester was alright. If I could go back with the knowledge I have now, I definitely could’ve done better in my classes. If I had known earlier that the SACC center had a tutor for my math course, I probably would’ve been able to pass that class… Other than that, I guess my first semester wasn’t too bad. I got to meet a lot of great people, and I don’t find Baruch as anti-social as other people do. I still constantly procrastinate, so if I were able to go back and do it all again, I would try to manage my time more wisely. Hopefully, I’ll listen to my own advice for future semesters. I don’t think I’ve changed all that much. I do think I have become more responsible, since I am dorming. In high school, I would try to miss classes when I didn’t finish my homework, but my mom would barely let me skip school. However, now that I’m dorming, I don’t have my mom around to bug me in the morning to wake up and go to class. But I actually do wake up every morning, no matter how tired I am or even if I only slept one hour. I admit, I have missed several classes, but that’s because I didn’t hear my alarm or something… I really don’t know what happened during those mornings, so now I set two alarms for myself. Baruch was supposed to be my last resort for college, but I actually really like it here.
