LC 14

Hi, I’m Rena. I’m 18, I’m blonde, and I’m not very tall, but I like to think of myself as fun-sized. I’d like to think I’m funny; people may disagree, but if I can make myself laugh, that’s all that matters. I’m definitely not quiet once you get to know me, I can get super loud and silly at times. But also, I can be very serious when its appropriate, and I take my school work very seriously. I aspire to pursue some sort of career in the field of writing and politics; maybe a political speech-writer, maybe a journalist. Either way, I’m aiming big and I’m not stopping ’till I acheive what I have set out to do. I love to learn new things, and I love to meet new people. I am NOT a morning person. I love music, dance, art, writing, acting- basically all creative outlets for the mind. And I should warn you, I am a bit klutzy, so I apologize in advance if I trip on anyone (or any variation of that). I’m a good friend and a great listener, and I’ve loved getting to know some of you. And I can’t wait to get to know the rest!

I have MANY concerns about college, but my main ones are: 1) failing. It is taking a bit longer than expected to settle into the college routine, and I’m worried that it will affect my grades. I am very hard on myself when it comes to doing well academically. 2) people not liking me. Everyone likes to be liked. I’m no different in that respect. I hate drama or conflicts, and I hope I don’t get into any of that with others. Its just a bit overwhelming to be in a school with so many different people with different ethnicities, cultures, and beliefs. I hope I don’t offend anyone in any way. 3) I really want to become more independent. I’d love to have a job while being a full-time student at Baruch. But I am TERRIFIED of taking away time form my school work, because I work on hw for hours. I’d love to balance both, I’m just concerned that I won’t be able to.

In terms of the workload, its a bit easier then what I had to do in highschool. But the one way its different is that in college no one will tell you what to do or how to do something; you are expected to know what you need to do, how to do it, and to have it done promptly. That is something I’m not used to, so just trying to adjust to Baruch’s standards in that regard has proven to be difficult.

I expect freshman year in college to make me a more rounded person. It’ll give me a better understanding of different backgrounds and different opinions, and I hope to become more open-minded about certain things. I think it’ll also prepare me for the workload to come in the next three years.

Hello, my name is Christine.  I don’t really like talking to people I’m unfamiliar with, but when I’m with people I’m close to, I’m loud and a little bit strange.  I don’t like saying “hi,” and “bye,” which is kind of odd.  I am what some people would call athletic, because I ski and swim, but I’m actually a very lazy person.  I love reading, playing video games on my DS, drawing and watching television shows for seven year olds (e.g. Avatar: The Last Airbender, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!).  I still consider myself to be a flautist even though I couldn’t really play that well ever since I got braces for the second time towards the beginning of last year.  I think I’m pretty uninteresting.

My top three concerns about freshman year at Baruch are keeping up with homework assignments, studying material for class, and passing my classes.  I’m concerned about homework because I never did any homework last year in high school, and I didn’t study for any of my classes either, except for AP Psychology (which I, regrettably, did not get the credit for), and I’m an extremely lazy person that gets distracted easily.  Everything that I do in college is so major, and counted for, and I don’t want to get a bum job because I did bad in school.

Baruch will be much different from my highschool because, as I have mentioned, I didn’t do any work in highschool, and already, I am a bit overwhelmed with all of the school work.  Also, there will be no teachers and guidance counselors to guide us through the years, though the guidance counselors didn’t do crap for me in my highschool.  I’ll also have to study from the textbook more instead of just relying on the notes I’ve taken in class because it’s impossible to take down every single word that the professors say.  But there is much more freedom to do things.

Honestly, I don’t know how college will change me, but it will probably make me become more mature just because people grow old. I don’t know.