Good morning everyone, I’m Rajdeep Chahal, if you didn’t know. I was born in Richmond Hill, Queens, and I went to Queens High School for the Sciences in Jamaica, Queens.
I’ve really been enjoying the experience in college. The biggest change for me between college and high school is how big the college is compared to high school. My high school had only 400 kids, 100 in each grade.It was all of one floor in a two story building on the York College campus, and we had to use the college Performing Arts center for events and the college gym for gym classes. Going from a school with 400 students to one with 13,000 students was a big transition.
Another transition to make was the one from a high school course load to a college one. In high school I was told that we would only have about 4 or 5 classes compared to 7 or 8 in high school, but it turns out there’s a lot of work in each class. I do feel a little more prepared for college by going to a high school in which every class was honors level, but I’ve got a lot of work to do here in college since I didn’t do too well in high school.
I love meeting new people, and I’ve had a lot of opportunities to make friends here at college. I love being around people and just hanging out, especially with the new friends I’ve made, but also with the old ones, including the 14 others that came to Baruch from my high school. I play basketball with friends in the gym often, go to Chinatown to eat during club hours, and I’m looking into clubs to join to meet even more people. So I hope to get to know all of you soon.
