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.
