My college experience live up to my expecation but my expecation wasnt that great. I knew coming to a cuny I would not recieve the full college experience. Im glad I met some cool people and made it to team Baruch (and future RA). Since as of right now I am not dorming still living at home it doesnt feel that great of a change from highschool only difference I actually do homework and study now. I love commuting to the city, its an amazing place and the city has so much to offer but I regret not going away from college and experiencing more freedom. I am not trying to say that Baruch isnt a good college, its actually really good but I see my friends that go to college out of the city and they seem to be enjoying themselves more than me. Maybe this changes next semster, I hope it does. Maybe when i hopefully become an RA this changes.

Juan

One day I was at a family party with my sister my mom could not make it neither could my dad. I kept bugging my sister to see when we would leave, finally my dad came to pick us up. I asked him were my mother was he said I would see her the following the day. The following day I got home from school and my sister told me we would be seeing my mom later. Finally a family friend came to pick us up. We arrived at the hospital. I rushed to the front desk to find out what room she was in. I rushed to the room and ran in to find my mom in a bed covered in needles. They sight was frightening and then they broke the news to me and my sister. My mom had leukemia one of the most painful things to hear. Eventually she was cured but this memory shall live with me forever.

I thought I would add this video because this was a happy memory. First rap song I ever heard. I was in third grade and ever since then I have loved rap.

I am the son of a cancer surivor. My mother was diagnosed with luekemia when i was in fifth grade. Finding out my mom had luekemia completely changed my life especially since i was so young when i discovered it. My mom had not been feeling well for a couple of weeks and decided to go to the doctor she did not come home that day. Next day when i went to visit her the broke the news to me. That was on of the most painful things to hear. Recently we had found that our cousin had died from that disease and me not knowing much on it expected the same to happen to my mother. It took a while for them to calm down to explain to me and my sister what was going on. When we finally relaxed the told us my mom level of the disease was cureable she woudl jus need to remian in the hospital for a while until it was safe for her to go home. Discovering this required me and my sister to group faster and mature faster than most kids would. My dad worked most of the time. So it was mainly my sister and I at home. My sister had to make sure i made it to school and to little league. People would visit our house to make sure my sister and i were ok but they couldnt stay their all the time. We would try to visit my mom as muc h as possibe. This required me to grow up faster than most people. Eventually my mom got cured its been many years since she was diagnosed with this but this event still lives on with me it is part of who i am.

My first concern at Baruch is failing my classes and dissapointing my parents. last thing i ever want to do is dissapoint my family, their are very important to me. My second concern is getting lazy and procrasting. I suffered from being lazy a lot in highschool. Every parent teacher confrence i would hear the same thing that i could have a 99 instead of a 90 if i did homework and tried a little more. My final concern is not living up to my potential. I know that i can achieve great things if i try. But as i said before laziness tend s to get the better of me it holds me back from achieving that that seems so attainable to me.

I think my first year of  college will help me make the change from a highschooler to an adult. Realizing that proferssors are like employers they dont really care about your story as long as you do the work. Seeing that i dont always have my parents in the real world that some things i must do on my own. Still these changes i believe will make me an overall better person in the future and prepare me for the business world and more.