Baruch College has lived up to my expectations. Coming here, I already had a sense of what I would be dealing with so I was not disappointed. It would be somewhat (not entirely) similar to High School – commuting to school, moving around in a heavily populated environment and the usual New York City life. Many of my friends are not in the city for college and some are already planning to transfer as well after this semester or year so that means I would have to meet more people. My first semester at Baruch College went well. I’m not doing poor in any classes, I’m surviving calculus, and I’ve made a few friends thanks to the LC community.
I believe I’ve gotten to know more about what Baruch can offer in terms of resources and I am thankful for that considering I am not planning to transfer anytime soon and will be here for awhile. Given that, I plan to make the most of it while being here. I have experienced the “college life” outside of the city with a trip to Syracuse and I really enjoyed it while I was there for a couple of nights. Some of my friends have even encouraged me to transfer to their schools with them and I would like to but financial reasons have prohibited me from doing so but I do not mind at all! Sure I would love to dorm and have the experience but I’m definitely not paying 10k+ a year, it’s not like I don’t like Baruch and not to mention, I like the city. The food, taking crazy train rides plus I still have my job. I understand that I will be missing some of what college will be about (living independently, large campuses, parties, sports pride, etc), but I look at this as a positive thing. I plan on visiting my friend’s schools during holidays or long weekends more similar to my Syracuse trip. This would be like a mini-vacation out of the city, see some friends and enjoy what I “am missing” (according to some people) without having to pay 8-10k a year :].
I do not think I would do much differently during my first semester if I could do it all again. I probably would have worked harder and to shrug off the High school mentality. Starting at Baruch, I will definitely try to procrastinate less because not procrastinating at all is like asking a tree to give you money – it will never happen. Work will continue to pile up and I have to be ready for it. I am actually looking forward to see how large lecture classes will be like considering the largest class I have taken in the first semester was only about 100 people. Looking at my schedule for next semester, I expect my future at Baruch to be an interesting experience.
