My first semester at Baruch has gone by really quickly. Maybe since I only have class 4 days a week, it feels a lot faster than high school. I am proud of myself because I finally decided what I actually want to do in my life and that is be an electrical engineer. before coming to Baruch, I wasn’t sure what i was going to do but I chose to be an accountant. After a while, I thought about and discovered how much I actually hate business and would much rather prefer doing math and science related stuff. Dealing with electronic things is also my specialty because I have done it all my life. I am not extremely happy with my schedule next semester because I am going to have a 7:50 AM class on Fridays but I’ll still only have 4 classes. I feel that I have done pretty well in all my classes and I will probably be happy with my grades. As long as I have a GPA of 2.5 to actually be able to transfer, I will be happy. Hopefully I enjoy my last semester at Baruch in the Spring and I hope I  have many other good ones at City College. Now, all I have to do is get my 24 credits and that 2.5 GPA. Hope I can make it!!!

What  I like most about a regular school lay is going through my apartment door and that feeling of being relaxed. I just take a sigh of relief and go straight to my bed. It is an awesome feeling. it is also good that there are many thing to do during a break, which can be eating, going to the computer lab and do homework, gym or other things. Whenever i feel like having a good time, i go over to Queens to drink and party with some friends.

It just sucks that the 4and 6 trains are always packed. It was so much easier taking the b or D trains to my old High School. This is one of the reasons I want to go to City College instead. Not only are the trains always packed, but the elevators are almost as bad. They always get packed and it makes it hard to get to my Math class. Paying all this money for books, food, and metrocards also sucks.

I would probably identify myself as a short, smart and fun little kid. I would say I like to be alone sometimes and have a few minutes for myself. My most important job is being the man of the house. I have to protect my family and fix anything around the house, which has even included painting the apartment. My personal motto is, “el bago trabaja dos veces” which translates into the lazy person works twice. Whenever I decide to be lazy, it comes back to me and requires me to do more than I originally had to.

The most important thing to me in my life are God, my family and friends. Having food and a place to live are also extremely important. Without these things, there aren’t many reasons to live.

I am a short, fun kid that likes to be alone sometimes but also likes to be reckless when I hang out with friends. I don’t really care what other think about me but I try to make every one like me. If I like someone, which I usually always do, I would try to be friends with them. It’s pretty normal for me to always be laid back which is a problem sometimes because it causes me to be lazy when it comes to school. I know that is something that has to change but it is not easy for someone who has been a procrastinator for a very long time.

I am worried about quite a few different things about my freshman year at Baruch. The main thing is being afraid that I will not learn the material that is taught to me which would make me fail some courses. Failing courses is something I am not used to and it terrifies me to start in college. Something else are the financial concerns. It is not easy to pay all this money for books, food and travel expenses. A last thing I am worried about is being able to focus every day and take the notes I have to take. Because I don’t sleep very well at night, I usually fall asleep in some classes and can’t take some of the notes down. Also, I am not really good at taking notes by listening, I have to write whatever is on the board and not what is being spoken. I have to change those things in order to be more successful at Baruch.

My Baruch experience will be different because this is a very different atmosphere than when I was in High School. In HS, it was much easier to make friends because everyone knew each other and it was easy just being introduced to other people. At Baruch, it just feels like everyone has their own groups of people and don’t want to hang out with other people. It’s just weird seeing so many stuck-up people since I am not used to being around people that age.

My first year at Baruch will probably teach me to do things for myself because nobody will help me out. I have to help myself out, being talking to a teacher during their office hours or fixing a problem with my financial aid. No one goes up to me to tell me I have a problem. This is very important to me because I have to learn to stop waiting for everything and to do it myself. It will probably also teach me to work harder because up til today, I am a lazy person that does things at last minute.