Monthly Archives: September 2010

I believe I am a person with a lot of different traits. I’m a worrier, funny, kind and cool to be around. But I’m  not perfect, like everyone I have some faults. I get lazy sometimes, and I have a bad temper especially with my family. My best quality as a person is being there for people. I don’t like seeing people being upset, so I’m always willing to talk and try to cheer people up. Also, I love dogs and I’m currently employed at The Pet Company.

College is very stressful and I have many concerns being a freshman about Baruch. My number one concern is failing or not achieving good grades. My biggest fear in life is failure which is why I’m nervous about doing well. Another concern of mind is just being able to manage my time with school and studying. I have a lot of commitments other than school such as work, friends, and my girlfriend. I fear that I may get to stress and start falling behind. My last concern about Baruch College is graduating in four years. I know many students do not graduate in four years but this is my goal. I don’t if i will be able to handle the course loads and this may cause me to take maybe five years to graduate.

Baruch experiences will be totally different then the experiences in high school. Baruch has some many different cultures and it’s going to be interesting meet people from so many different ethnic backgrounds. Also, the experience I’ll have from classes will prepare me for the work force. Unlike in high school, were your more laid back because you still have time before your out in the world.

Just my first month in at Baruch and I can see myself starting to change. I more hardworking, I’m always reading for my classes and trying to do my work earlier. Also, I feel more responsible because in college it’s all on you and you don’t have your parents their to do everything for you anymore. These are just a few changes that I have already seen in myself and hopefully I will have more changes that are good.

As for my personality, I think I am outgoing, athletic, and friendly. I try to help others whenever they need help. One of my top 3 concerns about my freshman year at Baruch College is obtaining good grades and a good GPA so that I will be off to a good start and I won’t end up regretting anything. Another concern is being able to manage my time and balancing it between work and school. Sometimes, I might not be able to get enough sleep because having to work and then going to school the next day is tough. My last concern about my freshman year is being able to learn as much as I can about the school so I won’t feel so left back in the following years to come. I want to know what to expect and stay on track to obtain the degree of my choice.

So far, I think that having breaks and so much freedom in Baruch College is the main difference from high school. I believe if there were more social events to attend to it would make my experience much difference and not having the learning community classes as well. The learning community classes is a great way to know the people within your class but sometimes it’s nice to know other people as well. I think my first year at College will have a great impact on me. It will certainly be a great chance for me to explore the college more with all the free time and to meet new people as well. I also think it will change some of my insights and views on life because I’m meeting a lot of people from different areas of NYC rather than mostly Brooklyn heads.

           I like to make lots of plans before doing anything because I believe I can do better if i have some goals. I know which way i should go so i won’t follow a wrong direction. For example, before going to BBQ, i would like to list all the things that we need to buy, i would also list all the items i need to buy for preparing a dinner or make a well-planned schedule for study. Usually, the plans are quite perfect and affordable to me if i can follow all the steps. However, I always miss it due to laziness. It cannot be denied that I am a lazy girl. I always do all the things in the last minute although i have a plan. Whenever I planned to finish all the homework before going out or the end of holidays, I can never meet this goal since I started going to school… T^T (Did you guys have the same ecperience with me?)

          Although I still cannot change this bad habbit — laziness, i still think i do have some merit like i would persist in my opinion if I think I am right. I would not be affected by others easily and I can think in my own way. Usually, I am the one to make decision among my friends and i enjoy doing this way. Since i do have some reasons to support me, my friends would always agree with me. However, I would also make some wrong decision. In order to change my mind, people need to have several reasons to make me believe them that i was wrong.

          My main concern is speaking in class! There was an excuse for me to speak English in high school which is “i just came here for two years.” Gradually, I did not improve my English oral in high school. Honestly, i hate speaking English .. T^T cause i am not good at it. The second concern is finish all the assignments including reading on time. Like what i mentioned before, I always fall behind with my schedule. I hope one day i can catch up all the things. The last concern is how to be concentrated in class. Sometimes, if i am not interested in the topics, it is very hard for me to pay attention in class, that’s why sometimes i was day-dreaming in class.

          I think the difference between high school and college will be I have choice to choose whether I do the assignments or not. In high school, teachers would keep reminding me to hand in homework but professors would not remind you to do all the things. The professors would not accept any late assignments either ehich made me feel sad -,- because i am always late.

          I believe the first year at college will make me become confident in speaking English. And i hope this would happen soon.

Its not about who I think I am, but rather who I want to be. It doesn’t matter who I think I am. What’s important is how I will reach my goals in life.

My top 3 concerns about my freshman year at Baruch College are, 1. being on time. Since I have to commute from Long Island and my classes start mad early. It’s very time consuming. 2. being able to stay awake and learn. I’ve always had trouble in high school with my attention spam. When I get bored, I tend to block things out and either I’ll daydream or actually dream (sleep). Hopefully I won’t be falling asleep in class a lot. 3. Taking full advantage of the college experience. Again, since i’m commuting, it’s very difficult. When class ends, all I think about it getting home.

What will make my experience different than high school? The long commute and paying for the classes. Other than that, it’s all the same, school wise. We get a schedule, we attend the class, we get homework, we get exams and papers, then we get a grade. Eventually, we graduate. It just like any school system.

I think my first year at college will change me. If it somehow magically does not, then I’ll be a little disappointed. Knowing how I am now and the person I want to be, I need to change some things about myself.

The college experience is one which makes us students reflect on our lives, especially on who we are as people. Part of this experience also brings about changes, but part of it also brings about concerns. Different people expect different things from college, especially in a college like Baruch, where people from so many different backgrounds come together in a single community. I believe that my time here at Baruch will not be on I will regret.

Before I came here, I had no sense of self- I did not know who I was and what I wanted. But that all changed once college came around; it helped me realize that I am an individual who likes to learn and willing to accept new challenges, and what I wanted was the best of everything, no matter what that be.

It is natural to have concerns or worries when moving from one environment to another; college is no exception. Different people are worried about different things. Before coming to Baruch I was concerned about getting involved, keeping my grades up, and living on my own- these things still concern me, but not as much as before. I have learned to deal with a lot of my issues- it is all about being responsible and mature.

The transition from high school to college is a difficult one, because there are a very many differences  between the two. For one thing, high school has a set day-by-day schedule, and the schedule is broken up by period- everyone goes to class at a certain time, and everyone gets out at a certain time. But in college, the schedules go by times and are set in different manners. Second of all, teachers in high school care about their students- care in the sense that they would take time out to punish the students if they were late or if they did not do their homework, but it is the exact opposite in college. Professors in college expect the students to be extremely on top of everything, something which can be extremely overwhelming.

Last, but not least, college is a place where students change, mostly for the better. There are many areas I expect to be changed in during my college experience. Some of these things include responsibility, personality, and punctuality. I hope to improve myself in all of these grounds because I feel that these three qualities are what will help me stand out from others in the community.

People always say that “college is the best time of your life.” I feel that this is true, but I also believe that college is what you make it- if you make college just a place where you keep a static personality and are there to earn high grades and not be involved, it will be a horrible experience, whereas if you get involved and hope to change yourself, it will be a wonderful experience.

Who do I think I am?  This is not something you think about everyday but the answer to that question is that I don’t know. From day to day, what I think of myself changes. One day I might think of myself as smart, nice, friendly, giving and outgoing but the next day I could make the dumbest comments, and ignore people, and not offer my help. This all depends on what kind of day I am having. If I have a day where get good grades and don’t have to do writing assignments like these, you will see the Maurice that can be good to know but if I have a day where I do have to write essays and my fantasy team loses, you will see a person that you WOULD NOT want to know.

Being my first year in college and in Baruch, there are some concerns I have. One concern I have is my time management. After I go to school in Baruch I go to a job working in a real estate company until six o’clock. Being that this is so I have little time to do my homework and have little if any for personal time. Another concern I have is the type of work that I will be receiving, for example, essays and speeches because I am not good at them.

College is a very different place from high school, especially the one I went to. In high school, teachers were more out to help you and kind of handed me everything on a platter. Also in high school essays were less common then in college. One major difference was that in my high school everybody knew everybody because of its’ size. In college, you meet new people everyday because it is so big.

After my first year of college I think I will become more independent because I am less dependent on the people around me such as my teachers and my peers. I also think I will become more mature and have better time management.

There are too many words too describe who I am, many of which are very counter intuitive to each other. I am shy, I am outgoing, I am smart, I am funny, I am dorky, I am adventurous, I am for lack of a better word, a dreamer. I am a little bit of everything all in one. I have a very strong personality. I want what I want when I want it and will always find a way to get it. I know the value of friendship and consider myself a very loyal friend. I don’t like to rely on anyone other then myself, mainly because I don’t like putting my fate in other peoples hands. I am independent and plan on always being this way. I dont want to be dependent or indebted to anyone in my life, ever. I wonder sometimes if I’ll ever be truly happy since my idea of happiness and my families idea of what should make me happy are two completely different things. Overall I am a fun loving, adventurous person. I love the outdoors and I love to travel. Before I die i WILL see the world, the beauty in it, all it has to offer me and I will live for a year of more in every continent.

One of my major concerns is that I will be late to class too many times and fail, losing my scholarship. Another concern is that I would not have figured out exactly what I want to major in and be stuck in school longer then I need to be. My only other concern is that I will not pass my tests and papers. 

Well there is already a lot more freedom in baruch than there was in my high school. I am free to roam the campus and do what I want in between classes. I’m in a much safer area and campus security is much more lenient.

I’m not sure my first year at college will change me at all. I believe I will mature and expand my knowledge but I don’t see college changing me in any other way. I’m ready for the”college experience”, maybe I’ll become more of a party girl, but we have yet to see that.

Who i think i am? I don’t really know. I end up changing myself throughout my life, for the worse or better depending on my situation. Right now i am this lazy guy who hardly wants to do any school work at all. I’m more of an anti-social guy at first, but when i get to know people better that turns around. I’m more or so reserved at times and keep to myself, i get irritated and angered easily, but i try to hold it back in, but i ended up turning violent at a point during my life. Most of the time i’m honest, friendly, and i don’t like being wasteful at all. I’m also an idiot sometimes and i end up reflecting too much on my past mistakes or awkward moments. As a person i end up thinking too much about many things, some which are unnecessary and others far out into the future.  But whatever, i don’t care who i am, just as long as i don’t become too much of a burden on myself.

Top three concerns. Doing well in college, mainly academics, so i don’t have a crap future. Getting to know the college better as in regards to all that majors, schedules, professors kinda stuff. Trying to understand college life and how it will affect my future and myself. I may never know if the decisions i make now will either benefit me or worsen my present condition. My three concerns are hard for me to acknowledge and be cognizant of because of my current laid-back, procrastinating personality. It’s like the engine is there but, it just ain’t running.

First thing there is A LOT more people at Baruch college, i was in a small high school, and almost every knew each other, especially people’s secrets >_>. There will be a lot of work and study time i have to devote to college. I’ll have to be on my own most of the time and i’ll need to develop some good study habits and note taking skills which i lack tremendously. Plus…….my essay writing is total crap. That is, it takes me FOREVER, to get shit done. It’s taking me like hours to write this blog, since i do other stuff in between. I think the library is a great place, you can sleep, study, borrow books, and etc. And college is really just up to you. People won’t really care whether you fail or succeed, and it’s your life no one is going to guide you just because they really really love helping everyone. Of course, this is just my opinion.

My first year at college will probably drive me insane. Yup, definitely, with all the readings and stuff. I’m too much of a huge procrastinator, i get distracted by so many things in life. I hope i get out of my bad habits and create some good ones. Overall, i just hope i turn into a more intelligent and responsible person.

Throughout your life, the things you experience and the choices you make, shape you into the person you are.  As time goes on, you learn more about yourself, and during my experience at Baruch for the next four years, I am looking forward to pushing my limits and exploring different things so I can come closer to finding out exactly who I am and what is my niche.

I’d like to think of myself as a kind, understanding, and optimistic person.  I love dogs, sports, and I would be lost without music. I was born in Bogota, Colombia, and was adopted at 6 months, and was raised in the BX my whole life.  The fact that I’m adopted only made me curious about the fact that I have a whole other family out there that I know nothing about.  I don’t know if I’ll ever go back to Colombia to contact my birth parents but who knows where life will take me..

My freshman experience at Baruch will tell me a lot of things.  How late can my body handle staying up till as I write a paper?  How much fun can I have on weekends without being crammed with work and super stressed on a Sunday night?  For how long can I convince myself that I’m organized, meanwhile I’m losing things left and right and don’t  use my planner as often as I should?  So I have three concerns: 1. Will I reach my academic goal of receiving a GPA of at least 3.5?  2. Will I learn how to manage my time better?  And 3. Will I learn how to organize myself so that I wont forget things?

I have to realize that college is completely different from high school.  Teachers are not going to remind you what your homework is or that you have a quiz tomorrow.  You have much more freedom, but must learn how to use that freedom wisely.  My first year at college will hopefully make me into a more responsible person (in regards to managing my time and money).  I think that my freshman year will open my eyes to the fact that I have entered the real world.  Life is not always going to be fun and games.  We have to be responsible young adults and take advantage of all the resources we have at Baruch to become the person we want to be and really find out, who you think you are.

I would describe myself as laid back (sometimes way too laid back), friendly, and goofy. I don’t take myself too seriously, although I can worry myself a bit too much, and I can appreciate a good joke. It doesn’t take much for me to be your friend; you just have to be able to kick back and just be able to have a good time. As for whom I think I am? Well to be honest, not much. I am an 18 year old Muslim male from Long Island, and an undergraduate student at Baruch College. I really have no impressive credentials under my belt and I can hardly say I’ve achieved anything truly noteworthy.  I look at this as my motivation to excel in everything I do in college, so that I actually become someone that can hopefully make a difference in this world, small or big.  My main goal in college? Become somebody.

I have 3 big concerns in college (in no particular order). 1, is that I will procrastinate. In and out of high school, I’ve always been a procrastinator. I have a habit of doing things at the last minute and rushing things. Sometimes my papers end up actually getting good grades, but sometimes they are major flops. However I do realize that college is a lot more work than high school, and there’s no time to slack off. I’ll try not to fall into the trap of procrastinating ever again. My second concern is coming late to class. I honestly don’t know what it is about me that loves being late and rushing things so much, but it’s certainly not good. I’ve already been late to English class a few times and I’m pretty ashamed of myself. That’s another habit I’ve carried with me from high school that I must change. My third concern is that I won’t become more serious about my work. At times I don’t have my priorities straightened out and I prioritize some menial things over the things that actually matter, like my schoolwork.

I can already tell college will be drastically different than high school. In high school people are all tightly bound together, because students have the same classes, and there are less students. Baruch College seems like a more independent environment with way more students. College also provides a greater workload than high school, which is something that I’m really going to have to get used to, because in high school I don’t think I’ve ever written a paper exceeding 6 pages. In college, I’m going to have to write 10, 20, 30 page papers. Insane.

My first year at College is like a transitional year. I’m going to have to learn to change my high school habits and adapt to the College environment. By sophomore year I expect I’ll be more mature and more serious about my work. I plan to get my priorities straightened out, and I will learn, hopefully, the value of true hard work.