LC 14

Hey my name is Stefan Nawoj and i’d like to see myself as a nice fellow thats fluffy on the inside. I’m mostly very outgoing a bit too much so i believe, because the overall norm unfortunately in New York is to be isolated to yourself or cold to strangers. I feel like i actually care about stuff like how people feel, what goes on, how people treat others and i don’t know i guess that makes me a bit emotional haha although i try to hide it best way i can. When it comes to money i can be very hardworking, yet when it comes to studying and school i have room for improvement due to my bad procrastination habits. As i am writing this blog it is already approaching midnight on Wednesday. The people i care most about would be the people that don’t do wrong to others in anyway in general good people. i like good happy vibes nothing else. I really enjoy it especially when people laugh, whether having a good time or whatever, when you go out and have fun laughter is a natural by-product. Sadly i believe i have a need for people, i don’t know why its so. For example there are times i just feel lonely and i just really need someone to talk to, thats all. It just gets the better of me, for someone with so many acquaintances as i do, i have few real friends.
My three main concerns in my freshman year is first my lack of time management skills. I feel like it is a HUGE problem and i need to get on it immediately, if i take care of that it would honestly benefit my life greatly, i always feel rushed, and as if there is never enough time for life. Second would be to achieve a high GPA, this i know i can accomplish but only and only if i can manage to fix the first concern. Thirdly i feel like because of all the stress i look to go out and have fun too much. Basically i go out to hang out to relieve stress, i’m stressed because i need good grades, my grades are suffering due to lack of time management and sleep, and my lack of time management and sleep is due to the fact i go out to much, on top of traveling about 4 hours a day,a messed up internal clock, and attempting to join a social fraternity. As you can see its a very unhealthy cycle, but i feel like if i push myself i can hopefully fix everything. I’m actually looking for a job too but until i can manage this i will have to stall.
My college experience will be different mainly due to the fact that i will be surrounded by people who actually want to be successful with their lives. I feel like i actually will get something out of college learning wise, and socially live my best years of my life here. I feel like high school is full of too many low-lives and people who like drama or think they are alpha. I look forward to hopefully eventually making some close friends during my stay here at Baruch.
I believe that the first year at college will change me only in fixing the negative. Hopefully develop better studying and work skills and that will overall improve the quality of my life.

My name is Matthew Song. I’m from Plainview, NY. There isn’t anything special that really describes who I am. One thing I love is basketball. Growing up, that was one thing that I truly loved doing and had a passion for. I wouldn’t describe myself to be the brighest person. At times I am very closed and try to isolate myself. I guess that’s because I can’t really trust anyone? Well, that’s besides the point

My top concern about college is whether if I will do well in school. During high school, I never took any of the work seriously and messed around a lot. I know I shouldn’t do that here because not only am I paying for all the classes, these classes determine my future. My second concern is not being able to make new friends. A part of me wants to be open to new people, but at the same time I don’t. I guess the main reason why I feel that way is because I lost majority of my friends in my senior year. I guess I’m still overwhelmed at the fact that people left for no apparent reason. My third concern would have to be whether if I can really trust myself. What I mean by that is, I live away from my parents, so no one tells me what to do. I can say I control my own life. The decisions I make whether it be coming to school or not, no one can really take responsibility of that, but myself.

I honestly feel like college and high school has not much of a difference. I guess it’s like a new beginning. No one knows who you are and what kind of background you are from, so you have a clean sheet of paper to write a new chapter of your life. One thing that I know I want to see a difference in is my work ethics. At the end of the day, I want to feel like I accomplish something and feel good about it.

Hopefully, my first year in college will help me move on from the past and be open again. I was never really shy or anything, but I guess people change. So all in all, I want to be myself again.

a. I think I am a nice, somewhat smart girl who tries hard most of the time to be the best person she can be.

b. My top 3 concerns of my freshman year at Baruch are the increased amount of work, time management, and fatigue. The work since high school has definitely gotten much more challenging. Also, at the moment, I am having a hard time with time management. I find myself so busy all the time and doing homework all the time also. I haven’t really gotten much time to myself when I can just relax and take it easy. That’s where the fatigue comes in. I go to school and do homework and sleep for 4-5 hours. I know, its bad.

c.I think that between high school and college, I have definitely gotten to encounter many more types of people rather than everyone acting the same exact way as it was in my high school. I also have much more independence and responsibility in college.

d. I think it will mke me more focused and responsible. I already feel the change happening. I’m becoming more involved in my work than in the social aspect of my life.

Hi! My name is Camille Hart. I am eighteen years old. I like to think I am a really kind person. I try to be easy to get along with. I love to have fun and to be relaxed and to just enjoy life. I like for everyone around me to be happy. If your uneasy or troubled about something it will take a toll on me as well. At the same time, I don’t like to constantly worry about things. I don’t wanna wake up one morning and think, “What did I do with my life?” I hate wasting time. Regrettably, I can be really shy sometimes. I love music, singing, dancing, and choreographing and I’m pretty sure the arts is my true passion- but I never pursued it for some reason. But I think that’s one of my flaws, a lack of confidence  stemming from a fear of failure. But let’s not get too deep here. Anyways, I’m a really motivated person and I have a desire to succeed so that should help me in the near future.

My top three concerns about freshman year are: going about it all wrong, not making strong bonds with people, and having the same “something’s missing” feeling that I had in high school. The first one, going about it all wrong basically means starting off my first semester wrong. I don’t want to make a bunch of mistakes in my first semester just to get it right in the next one. I want to take advice from others now to avoid the common mistakes later. My next concern is not making strong bonds. I want to meet friends who I’ll have strong bonds with. Not just acquaintances I see during school, but people who I can confide in. Lastly, having the “something’s missing” feeling. In high school I had a bunch of close friends. But I only had one best friend, and when she moved away at the start of high school I felt kind of abandoned. Whenever something good or bad happened, I could only tell her over the phone because she was never there with me. They say in college, the friends you meet will be your friends for life… I wanna see if that’s true.

I know my Baruch College experience will be different than high school because the location is totally different. In high school, I rode the school bus and knew most of the kids from grade school. Mostly everyone was from Hicksville or Westbury. In college, people are from all over and have been raised differently and taught differently. Everyone did not go to the same elementary or middle school. Plus I commute now, no more cheese buses.

My first year at college will probably make me more outgoing and I’ll probably learn alot more about myself.

Hi, I’m Jacob.  I’m kind of a big kid, my sense of humor can sometimes be considered a bit childish.  I’m usually glued to the television, one of my biggest concerns about my future is would I have access to cable.  I watch a lot of sports, television shows and I watch a lot of late night (because theres nothing else on).  For those of you who don’t know, I’m actually biracial, so I was never able to identify with a certain race until my later years in high school.  It actually turned out to be a good thing, since I was able to interact with a lot of different people and not have to worry about if I would fit in with a certain demographic, since the answer was pretty much no anyway.  Before I had a problem with it, but now I actually prefer being just a little different form most people.

I have a lot of concerns about my freshman year.  First of all is the grades.  In high school students had the option of checking their grades online, and I never did because I was afraid to look a them.  It would always be that one class that wouldn’t look too good on the progress report, so I did my best to steer clear of the website.  Now, I have to more closely monitor my grades, and I have to be more responsible; especially now considering I’ve never been graded as a college student before.  The second concern I have is time management.  I was never that good at it in high school, since I didn’t have a lot of homework I could just do it the night before it was due.  I’m older and (theoretically) more mature now, and I don’t be working all night like I would do the night before a project is due.  It’s something I was never that good at which hopefully I will get good at…and fast.  Another concern I have (among others) is what to do with my spare time.  A lot of this time should be spent studying, but when I spend all day doing schoolwork my brain kind of shuts down.  A lot of people want a job, but I worked my senior year in high school and I found myself wanting to go to work rather than go to school or do homework, which is not good.

I think my Baruch experience will be very different from my high school experience.  My school didn’t start giving midterms and finals until my senior year, and even then it wasn’t perfectly put in practice.  So basically, I am nowhere near prepared for midterms and finals at Baruch, which in some classes count for a large part of our grades.

hm..My name is Karxan Cao. It’s pronounced Carzan Cow and I really don’t like my name. I plan on changing it later on through the years. Everyone who knows me would think I’m an outgoing person, a person who LOVES to laugh at EVERYTHING, funny girl, bubbly, and very slow at times. In my opinion, I think I’m just a person who wants to live my life and be who I want to be. There are many moments in my life where I smile or I laugh just because I don’t want the people around me to worry about me being upset or sad. It’s true I have problems and I go through a lot of issues but I choose not to show it. I think I’m a type of person who doesn’t want others to know I’m upset or feeling down because I don’t want them to feel down either. If I had to chose between many friends or a few close friends I’ll chose a few close friends beecause I prefer true friendship over hi and bye friends. In my life I have many close friends that I trust. You can say (well people do say) I’m very naive and I tend to forgive and trust people too fast. In the end, I’m going to be the one that gets hurt. I admit I’m a hypocrite sometimes because their are many times in my life I said stuff but I did it one point in my life. I realized it’s not about me being a hypocrite, but its about the fact that I don’t want others to make the same mistake. I tend to tell people my feelings and eventually it leads to goosip. So in the end I keep everything to myself unless I feel like it’s necessary to say something to the ones I trust. Out of all my friends I only told two people everything in my life; my best friend and this guy I’m really close to. Ultimately, I’m a type of person who want others to be happy first, then its me. I would go all out to make the people around me happy. I love to talk, so I’m a talker but I also listen to everyone’s problems; maybe that’s why everyone talks to me. I can be tomboyish at times but other than that I’m a girl who just wants to have fun. I make friends very easily and I tend to talk nonstop about everything. It is very easy to pick on me because all you need to say is one word; short. I am a christian and although sometimes I don’t act like one, I love God with all of my heart. Humans perception of christians are different amongst different people. But I feel like even though I’m a christian, it doesn’t mean I can’t curse, or have fun like go drinking, partying, etc. I’m a hardworking person and I can be serious at times, but most of the time I tend to be naive, immature, and looking like a 14 year old kid.

My first main concern about my freshman year at Baruch is time management. I realize time management is hard and tough and it’s something I want to achieve throughout college. Things like hanging out, church and relaxation can draw me back from the work that’s needed to be done. Another concern about my freshman year are the grades I will be receiving. I can’t say I am trying my hardest, but I’m definetly not being lazy. Managing everything at once is hard but I don’t think I want to give up yet. To tell you the truth, I don’t know my third concern because so far college seems to be fun it’s just the work and my two concerns above. Other than that, college seems to be fine so far.

Baruch College is way different than high school. In high school, homework was not necessary and you could cut whenever you want. It was so easy to skip classes, and the teachers are so cool that they don’t even care. But in Baruch, I must go to classes because I realize we have to pay for college so we should take advantage of everything that’s being offered. Also in college, the professors expect you to go talk to them rather in high school the teachers approaches you. I rather like college because I’m more independent and it’s a more mature life where I can have fun but also work hard in something I would want to be in the near future.

I think the first year of college won’t change me at all. As of right now, I’m still naive, young, immature and “still in high school” while in reality it’s college and I should step up my game. I think college would be the starting point of me getting connections for things further on into the future. Eventually, I think I’ll change into someone who’s more mature and I’ll change not only mentally but physically and emotionally as well.

My name is William Chang. I’m Chinese, and speak both Mandarin and Cantonese. I was born here, so I am Americanized, with a touch of oriental culture.  I love playing basketball, running, biking, and wrestling. I am a natural born leader, the one that is always willing to take the initiative. I have an obsession of caring for others, regardless of how serious the issue is. I come off as an intimidating and scary person (well at least thats what many people tell me), but I just might be one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. I love to joke around and receive attention, which may portray me as an obnoxious person, but I’m really not. I am one of those people that will push past 100% percent.

Anyways, I have quite a few concerns about college. It’s been about a month already, which felt like 2 weeks, indicating just how busy I’ve been. My main concern is to do well in school and acquire a good amount of knowledge to start my own business. Another concern to me is making new friends. I’ve been very reserved and shy throughout my entire life, but I feel like college is the opportunity for me to just open up. I’ve met a lot of people so far, and feel  like I’m off to a good start!

Baruch is a pretty big transition from high school, especially considering the fact that I just left senior year. I barely had any school work senior year, so coming into college was just a sudden burst of stress and anxiety. I’m enjoying everything so far though, except for the commute, which is really starting to get to me. I feel like the 4 hours that I spend commuting is longer than my entire school day.

I’m very excited for what College has in store for me. I expect to make many improvements to myself and many new friends. I feel that after I am out of Baruch, I will be an evolved and transformed person.

I’m AJ. My real name is Sasenath Jaikaransingh. thats 21 letters if you were wondering. I was born in Trinidad and I lived there for 11 years until I moved here about 6 and a half years ago. I’m a nice guy. I really am. Even though I get off as mean sometimes. I hope no one takes me seriously. Its just the way I choose to show my affection.  I love watching and playing basketball, although I’m not very good at it. I’m a child at heart, and I love my friends and family. I admire people that have a passion for something they love. Some of my heroes are Bob Marley, Nasir Jones, and Kobe Bryant.

My top three concerns at Baruch this year are: making new friends, getting good grades, and time management. Its hard to make new friends, but it seems to be working out pretty well. Not so sure about how well my grades are but I think I can do better. I think I had enough time to be lazy before this year so I want to try getting perfect grades. Time management is a problem because I never stay on task and its really hard to do work with so much distractions.

The only difference I can see with Baruch and my high school is that its harder to make friends and teachers don’t make it their priority to push you to work harder. There is a lot more responsibilities on our shoulders.

I think this year is going to make me  manage my time more wisely. I don’t see any other ways that I’m going to change…unless I get taller. And I really need to gain some weight…like seriously.

where to start..well I’m David. My birthday is on April 19th. I really don’t know where to start, so I am just going to throw out some random stuff about myself. I like to go to the billiards a lot and I go every weekend with a bunch of friends to play a few hours. It takes a while for me to open myself up to people around and this usually takes a long time. During high school it took me until sophomore year to start chatting with people and hanged out after school. I prefer to not share my opinions because I have a huge belief that it may sometimes lead to unexpected events or reactions. I prefer my life to be planned out, not much of a person who likes surprises.

My concerns for freshman year at Baruch are my habit of procrastinating assignments, speaking to people, and keeping up with the class material. Procrastination was a habit developed in high school because I would spend a lot of times on gaming and leave homework to the last minute to finish them. Often times I would pull an all-night to finish the assignment. For example, in my JAVA class, I had a lot of bugs with my program and I spent the entire night trying to get the program to work properly; as a result, I passed out the next morning and I could not make it to school. For that particular project I did not fail because my teacher was an early bird and I chatted with him at 5am in the morning and I guess he figured why I wasn’t in school (>_<). As I have stated earlier, opening up to new people I meet is not an easy task for me to accomplish and I do look forward to getting along with everyone, hopefully everyone can help me out. I am not a good person to spark conversations, so feel free to talk about anything with me, but don’t expect me to always start a conversation. Finally, the workload that I am receiving now is not as bad as what I would receive at Bronx Science, but the problem is whether or not I do them. Back at Bronx Science, I didn’t always do my assignment because I was too into gaming and barely managed my time to do homework. Now that I am in college, I am hoping that I am able to do all my assignments on time and pass the classes.

so far…I guess the only thing I feel that is different about Baruch compared to my high school are the classes. Back in high school, the teacher would tell me exactly what we need to know and what to do in order to pass the class. In college now, we are on our own to catch up with the material and to be prepared with the material for the next class. The experience now feels as though the college is preparing us to be independent adults, which I like because my friends are always saying I am immature for my age.

Hopefully the first year at Baruch will make me more mature and independent. I am also looking forward to changing my habits and doing all the work before the night it’s due. Personally, I would like to be more open to the people around me during the first year, so I can talk more comfortably and freely. Looking forward to knowing more about everyone and having fun!

Hey, I’m Serge. I’m nineteen. My birthday’s on August 28th. I’m a virgo. Born and raised in Brooklyn. Graduated from Hunter College High School. Russian. I never watch tv, but watch a lot of shows/series online. I have a very liberal taste in music (my itunes library is quite diverse). Pretty open minded. Pretty lazy most of the time. I love sleeping in. Not a morning person in the least bit. I like to go out and have a good time, but can make myself buckle down if need be.

My first concern is getting good grades. Good grades have been one of my top priorities for as long as I can remember, and I plan on keeping it that way. My second concern is getting a job. I like having a little extra money in my pocket, but speaking from experience, it’s extremely difficult to maintain good grades with a job. So I’m not really sure if getting a job right now is a good idea. My third concern is choosing the right major. I love business, but haven’t really narrowed down on one field of work. I want to make sure I spend my life doing something I enjoy.

What will make my Baruch experience different from my high school experience? I’d say it will be the amount of students. My graduating class in high school was less than two hundred students, whereas Baruch has thousands. Not knowing everyone is quite a different experience. I do like it though and look forward to meeting tons of new people.

I’m not sure how my first year of college will change me, but I hope it makes me into a better person in some way. I hope to get less lazy. I hope to figure out what I’d like to do in life. And I hope I learn a lot about myself as an individual.