I feel that my experience at Baruch has lived up to my expectations. I expected to be challenged by my class and that’s exactly what happened. I believe that this semester went well. I did have difficulties at times but I started to do better after studying more.If there was one thing I could do differently this semester it would be to study more for math. Although so far It looks like I’ll pass I think it would have been better if I got higher grades on my previous tests. Since coming to Baruch I have become more conscious of due dates and have started to procrastinate less.

Tharmika Sinnathurai: My experience at Baruch did not live up to my expectations. I expected it to be a little easier than it really is and more socially fun and entertaining. However, Baruch turned out to give more work than I had expected it to and have less social events that interest me. My first semester of Baruch college was full of things to get used to. I was not used to taking long commutes in order to get to my school. Throughout my life, the school I attended was relatively close by and only needed at least one bus to get to. I was also used to driving to school in my junior and senior year of high school so now taking 45 mins to get to Baruch by taking a bus and two trains was rather difficult for me. The workload was a lot more than I would have gotten my senior year so I had to get used to that as well. Organizing my time and not procrastinating was skills I already had so the workload was not as difficult as it could have been. Waking up early for class and trying not to sleep in class were also things I had to get used to in my first semester at Baruch. I have also become more independent because in college the high school teachers and counselors tell you what exactly to do and not to do. However, in Baruch you have to figure these things by yourself for the most part. Also, in high school I would normally not do the readings that I was assigned because I would do well on the tests without doing so. In Baruch, I had to do the readings because I would have definitely failed all my tests if I didn’t. In my first semester I would definitely changed some of my study habits. I still have a problem to be distracted whenever I am studying. Listening to music or even going on facebook were some of the things I would be doing while I would be studying so it would take me a longer time to get through the material. I believe I changed in a small way after entering Baruch. I have become more independent and hard-working. I am surprised that I have found the time to attend college, still do my dancing, perform at events, work part-time and still do well in my classes. I also have met new friends that I know will be there to help and guide me throughout my four years at Baruch. All in all, my time at Baruch was rather average but still quite fun.

When I got into Baruch College I was really happy, but ever since orientation I’ve had terrible luck.  I started to regret coming here.  I hear people say how awesome college is, but so far the only thing I liked about it was going home early and having only four days of class.  It’s such a waste of time taking the bus and train everyday.  My friends who are dorming tell me how fun it is and how I’m missing out.  I thought I was going to do a lot  better in my first semester.  It’s a fair amount of work, but I didn’t expect to do this many essays and reading.  I’m going to miss the block of classes I have this semester because next semester there is going to be a huge gap between classes.  No wonder there are so many people sleeping  in the library.  I can’t believe how fast classes are filled up.  If I could redo first semester, I would have forced myself to study a week ahead instead of last minute.  I don’t think I changed at all.

It is hard to believe that my first semester at Baruch College has reached its end. The time went by too quick. Although it was fast paced, I am still able to evaluate my experience at Baruch up to now. The part of Baruch that really exceeded my expectations is the technology available to the staff and students. The amount of computers distributed throughout the school and library is just amazing. Being able to sit down in the library, and actually be able to think to myself without any disturbances was more than comforting. The students in my freshman seminar class were a great bunch of people, and I really enjoyed getting to know them. However, the unfortunate part of attending a college in the city is that everyone goes to class, and then goes about their lives, without much interaction between peers. Learning wise, I feel as though my first semester went well. With finals week coming up, I feel as though that might be the biggest challenge yet. I also learned that in the future I will have my share of not too good professors, but I have to get used to them because they’re there. The one thing I would do differently is study more, and force myself to study. I have to because this semester I felt very lazy to do any work at times. The only change I went through by attending Baruch College is being accustomed to a new place. I have learned to ask questions, because it is the best way to avoid getting lost around school, and in my schoolwork.

Hey everyone! My names Michelle, but most people call me Mish or anything else really, I kind of have a lot of nicknames. So I’m starting to like Baruch a little more every day, but I still miss high school A LOT 🙁 We would just party every day and hang out. We were like one big family. I used to go to a Yeshiva when i was younger, but I didn’t really like it so much so I switched to a public school. I used to actually be very shy. VERY VERY SHY. But then once high school came I just  changed. Now I’m pretty outgoing and friendly and I am definitely not shy at all. Except for when I have to present in public speaking. Then I get all nervous and I do my nervous laugh! haha I don’t know why I get like that. Well, I guess things just change as you grow older. I love music and dancing, mostly hip-hop. I used to be obsessed with rap and hip-hop mostly, but recently I’ve been getting into that slow chill music that I used to HATE and make fun of. Funny how things can change! Here’s one of the songs… It’s kind of depressing but I love the lyrics and dance in the music video!

I attend a school immaculate and absolutely free of any sort of drama. Each day expresses the same inane humdrum devoid of salience and features a virtuous population of underexposed, introvert clones. Deviance is bereaved and consistency manifests, leaving behind a putrid, sickening miasma of uniformity. Every night I dread waking up the next day with the burden of entering this cesspool of jejunity in search of acceptance and acknowledgment from my peers. Baruch has taken my identity hostage, continuously ripping out pieces of me, only allowing me to temporarily reclaim it at the end of every week. Perhaps it’s time that I’m ready to be assimilated into this society. Maybe it’s time to finally die.

-bchoy

My name is Abraham Lin. I was born and raised in Queens. I’m a type of guy that likes to have fun and goof around. I would try to have fun wherever I am. My friends are very important to me. They would alway be put ahead of myself. I am very open; I don’t judge people. If you talk, I would listen. If you’re sad, I would try to make you feel better. I care about most of the people around me unless you did something to me personally, then I hate you. My mind likes to run wild. I don’t like to think ahead into the future. If I can, I would stay young forever. Not that I’m afraid of growing up or anything. I want to but at the same time I don’t. There is so much that I want to do but I only have so much time. And everything that I want to do can’t be all done at once.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1nbvplgElw

“Who are you?” is a question that doesn’t have a simple answer.

Stating the kind of person you are and what you’ve done is easy.

But “who you are” is defined with your every action and choice.

I am a good student who likes video games and art.

I am part Irish and part Italian.

I know the kind of person I’ve been.

I  know the kind of person I want to be.

“Who you are” is constantly changing making any attempt to answer “who you are?” almost impossible.

Well as a kid growing up I had no parent to direct me along the way. Everything was left for me to figure on my own. My mother passed away when i was seven, and my dad became too busy to take up both roles of the family. Furthermore, he hasn’t made it very far in education, working a blue collar job. Burdens increased, as I was responsible for my own well being, such as doing own laundry, getting own lunch etc. Just recently hearing my HS friends complained how they have to do their own laundry while dorming makes me realize how accentuated my burdens and maturity were.

It was my very duty, and obligation to my mother, to do well in school. I became very reclusive, having barely any friends in elementary school, all focused on school work. I did extremely well, too. When i reached Junior High, I started making friends, but with the wrong people. Maybe a part of it had to do with nobody knowing the status of my family. But anyways, this is a part of my life i’ve hated, where I did bad, illegal crap which I will regret forever. My gpa, without question, dropped fairly significantly. It’s a feeling of disgust, of how I can hardly face my mother’s gravestone without feeling that I did something sorry to her. This hit me pretty hard in late Junior High to early HS, a emo phase. Not that i dress all black, with long hair and cut myself.  But I was just really sad and gloomy. Soon enough I make my resolve, and in Senior year told myself to get my gpa up. I got roughly a 90 overall, but when average in the other 3 years, I was barely making an 80. I am now here in Baruch to pick up where I left off, but it holds it challenges as college is naturally a step up beyond everything else i experienced.

IDK how to post pics, so w/e.

I Can’t Stand…

The screeching sound of chalk

people in hallways stop to talk

pedestrians halt and don’t walk.

Monstrous wind, the umbrella folding over

Eric breathing down my neck, he likes to hover

crap on a library book cover.

People writing on my possessions

boy band obsessions

Gaon test corrections.

Guys wear their pants mad low

mosquito got me between the toe

18 i cease to grow.

Telling my brother to wash his hand

in the summer I’m scorched and tanned

These are things I cannot stand.