Overall, I’d say Baruch lived up to most of my expectations. I came in thinking college to be much more based on my adult decisions to actually do my work, and that’s what I got. Professors couldnt care more or less whether you do your homework, as they only need to mark whether you do it or not. As oppose to high school, some teachers might even go so far to call your parents. The workload receive was easily much more pressuring, but I managed it through with the help of new friends I made. What didnt meet my expectations was the social life. I knew before coming that this was a commute school, but I didnt think socializing here would be this bad. There is no decent lounge, for one, and instead they actually presented for us to pay them $30 to build a lounge which we will not get to experience until senior year. So anyways, everyday I go to Baruch, and in between class time all there is are either getting food outside, or sitting in the lobby. It would have been extremely boring had it not been friends I made here. I then hear experiences from my friends who do dorm, and I become envious. I not trying to pin this point down as being entirely bad, but it reminds me too much of high school. I wouldn’t say I’ve changed much through this past semester. Like I said, Baruch is very dependent on your own mature responsibility, and I’ve have that since senior of High School. In all I think I’m prepared and ready to move on to the next semester.