I think it’s safe to say that all of my expectations for Baruch have been met. The work load is about as much as I expected, and the school itself lives up to all I expected it to be. I’ve made probably more friends than I thought I would, especially through the LC program. As well as this, I think that the city and it’s atmosphere has lived up to my expectations flawlessly. The only thing that bothers me about my college experience is the commute. The bus rides in the morning are long, and in the evening there’s nothing worse than sitting on the bus waiting to get home. On the bright side, people love talking to me on public transportation, so I make a lot of random (and sometimes pretty sketchy) friends. In total, Baruch is enjoyable and the school, work, clubs, and fellow students live up to my expectations perfectly.

One thing I’m going to do differently next semester is keep up with my class’s readings much more closely. I find that when I read what was assigned, I could better understand the lectures, so I’m going to start doing that much sooner next semester.

I don’t think I’ve changed this semester. If anything, I’ve become more self confident and outgoing. THANKS BARUCH!

-Mike Corrado

What i like best is drifting off to sleep. I always find a way to drift off to sleep, no matter where i am. Be it on the train, in the car, or even mid-sentence, i’ll find a way to fall asleep.

What i like least is fakeness. I consider myself a pretty true person, and when people lie to me or act like they’re something they’re not, it really ticks me off. To me, dishonesty is the worst vice that one can have.

My power animal is the brown bear. Bears are strong and majestic. They could kill almost anything that they encounter but they are mostly peaceful creatures. To me, it’s better to be strong and modest it than shove your strength in everyone faces.

My friends are important to me because im constantly feeling alone. Friends help me relate to the outside world. Without my friends, i would just be a skateboarding hermit.

I identify myself as a collaboration of all the things that i do or have done over the years. My hobbies,s ideas, and how i grew up all make up who i am today. In short, the role i play in society is Mike Corrado.

who am i? in short, i’m me.

i try not to subscribe to the many stereotypes that society forces onto our generation. to define myself by these vague outlines of interest would be missing the mark entirely. what i can say is that i love skateboarding. there’s a freedom that comes with riding as fast as you can past pedestrians and cars, and there aren’t many feelings quite like when you get a trick that you spent hours working on. i also write music. it’s not the best, but i make it to express myself, not to impress anyone. i’m always down to meet people and if it seems like i’m being cold i probably just have too much on my mind. i guess i’m pretty shy until i find a common interest to talk about with someone.

i may not be the coolest guy ever but at least i’m real.

i’d say my top concern is keeping up with the work. although it seems easy now, i can’t help but feel like it’s going to get steadily harder. second on my list is meeting friends, but that hasn’t been hard yet and i doubt it will get harder. my third concern is that i might be missing out on “the college experience”. a lot of my friends who went away to college have been telling me stories about parties and college life, and to be honest, my life hasn’t changed much from highschool. when i look at the big picture, however, it doesn’t bother me much at all.

what makes my college experience most different from highschool is the fact that there are girls in all of my classes. i think most people take the fact that the opposite gender is around for granted. highschool sucked in that way. another huge difference is the fact that i can get whatever i want for lunch and eat whenever i want. there’s a lot more emphasis on doing what you want or need to do when you want to do it. time management, man.

i hope that my first year in college changes me by giving my life more order. this summer i basically just drifted around, and it’s good to have priorities again. i forgot what it was like to have a definite sleep schedule.

yeah that’s it.