Author: jg115254

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.

Hi, I’m Jen, and I was born on Halloween in Queens, NY. I am half Malaysian and half Chinese. I’m afraid of the dark, bugs, heights, public speaking, death, growing up, and scary movies. I am DEATHLY afraid of scary movies, and I owe it all to my wild imagination. It really sucks because it causes me to imagine those scary movie characters in my bedroom or bathroom. When I was young, I used to take swimming lessons at the Flushing YMCA. The pool was extremely dark, but in the deep end, I used to think there were sharks and octopuses chasing after me while I was doing my backstroke ): One thing that makes me really happy is shopping. It’s not only the feeling of getting new things that makes me happy, but it’s also the feeling of just looking for them. I love any type of shopping, whether it’s shopping for clothes, my dorm, food, or gifts for my friends; I absolutely love it! Another thing that makes me really happy is sports. I like that I can be a girly girl, shopping and watching chick flicks all the time. But I also like that I’m pretty athletic and involved in sports, more than usual for a typical girl. I love watching basketball; I can’t really play it. My favorite team is the Lakers, but I also love the Knicks and Magic. However, I love playing tennis. It’s my favorite sport ever, even though I’m not really good at it. I feel that being athletic is important, and that includes girls AND guys. I hate how a lot of girls are unable to play sports. I have a friend who can barely hit a volleyball or even swim. She literally drowned in one foot of water in the ocean… I think that’s really sad, and it’s even worse when guys are not athletic. I just feel that sports are such an important and fun part of our lives that everyone should participate in some sport.

I think I am an ambitious person, but only in the subjects that I care about, meaning math. I think math is going to make my first year in college much more difficult than other freshmen’s. A lot of the professors in freshman classes “baby” us because we’re still trying to transition from high school to college, so my math class is a lot different than the rest of my other classes. Although my professor is pretty nice, I’m already falling behind and getting lost in class. That’s my first concern for this year. My second concern would be managing my time wisely. I was never good with that; I would always go out and have fun until it comes down to the night before something’s due. I think I’m getting better at it now just because there’s so much pressure on me right now and so many more responsibilities. I’m getting home earlier to start on my homework, and I’m organizing my workload and responsibilities better. My third concern is basically getting good grades in all my classes. In high school, I never really got good grades unless it was math, just because it was always something that came naturally to me, and I never really had to study for it. Other than that, I barely passed my history, english and science classes. I don’t want the same to happen this year though. I really hope I will do well in english and communications. I actually really like philosophy, so I expect to do well in that class. Sociology is really too boring for me, but I’ll try. And I’ll definitely try in math. Oh and of course, I expect to pass freshman seminar (:

I can already see college changing me because I have become a bit more organized and responsible in this past month. I am hoping that it will help my fear of public speaking and my lack of writing skills. I am so far loving college, so I’m sure my first year at Baruch will change me a lot for the better.