Who am I? My name is Nicholas Anthony Taylor, most people call me Nick. I am 18 years old and my birthday is July 23rd. At first i can be a very quiet person but once you get to know me I am a fun person. I would say I’m a nice person, fun to be around, and athletic. Sometimes i can get very lazy though and that is one of my main problems. I am from West Islip in Long Island, I grew up here and lived here my entire life. In my opinion it is one of the best places to grow up. I live 5 minutes away from the beach, which is one of my favorite places to go. Aside from the beach i enjoy hanging out with all my friends, playing sports, and going to parties. In high school I was on the wrestling team, the soccer team, and the baseball team. Playing sports is a very big part of my life and really made high school fun for me. There is much more about me, but this is mostly who I am.
I have a couple of concerns about Baruch. My first concern is maintaining a good GPA and getting all of my work done. This can be difficult for me because i commute from Long island. It takes about 2 hours to get to school and another 2 hours to get home every day. This makes things difficult because it makes me tired in class so i can not pay attention very well. Also, after about 4 hours of commuting, i get home and the last thing i want to do is more school work. Another concern I have is having an online account for every class. It gets annoying having to check every account to see if i have any work to do. It is alot different from just getting a worksheet in highschool.
Baruch is completely different from my high school. First, my high school in Long Island was 98 percent white people. It is one of the least diverse schools. Then i came to Baruch which is one of the most diverse schools, making it much different from high school. In my high school every one knows everyone and in each class pretty much everyone would be friends. In baruch no one really knows eachother. The school work is also much different. In high school it is easy to get away with getting good grades and not doing a lot of work. In college this isn’t going to happen.
I love the beach too, Nick. A lot!
Re: your commute, one suggestion would be to use that time to read or do homework or to just relax so that when you get home you are not as exhausted. Don’t worry- you’ll fall into a routine soon. Thanks for posting!