Monthly Archives: September 2010

There are several words to describe myself. I believe that I am a carefree and optimistic person. These characteristics derived from a quote that I was inspired by which said “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” This quote was written by John Maxwell. From this quote, I believed that a carefree and optimistic personality would help me achieve the impossible. From that point on I became a carefree person that looked towards the positive of the situation. When I look at the positive side, nothing seems bad at all.

My three concerns at Baruch is getting the kind of education I want. My highest concern is my grades. I don’t want to be an average Baruch student, I want to do excellent in all my classes. My second concern is learning how to use my resources at Baruch efficiently. I am still new to the school so there are many things I do not know. I want to learn all the resources available to be and take advantage of them especially the academic advisers. My last concern is to learn to have a better mapped out future. I hope through my Baruch experience I will truly know how I want my future to be. At this point, I only know that I want to be an accountant.

My Baruch experience will definitely be a lot better than my high school experience. At Baruch, freedom comes with responsibility. In high school, the DOE limits the students action especially the internet. In college, I have the freedom to do what I want but I also need to be more responsible for my school work. The work load has definitely increased between high school and college but at the same time I get more time.

My first year of college will drastically change me. It will allow me to understand my own capabilities and take advantage of them. I would learn how to manage my time more efficiently. Baruch will also help me shape the path I would want to take for the next few years at Baruch.

If I were to describe myself I would say I am a very realistic and a straightforward person. I don’t like to use my time dreaming something that is unreasonable and beyond my reach. I’d rather spend my dreaming time to socialize with my friends and do something more practical. I am also very independent. And I am just an ordinary girl who wants everything to go smooth in her life.

My top three concerns about my refreshman year at Baruch College are not finishing my homework on time, not succeeding in all my exams and arriving late to classes. I had never had the same amount of homework in high school as in college. In high school homework from history class would maybe consist of six to seven pages but in college its thirty to thirty-five pages. When I was in high school I complained of having too much homework until I came to college and started to know what real work is. If I could go back to twelfth grade  I would never complain again. In high school one day or two days before the exam my teacher would review for it but in college nobody will take my hands and walk me through this process anymore. Since I am on my own now I have to be more serious and organized. The subway really got me worry because since we can’t anticipate when an accident is going to happen and on rare occasions when it does happen, lateness is inevitable.

I think every aspect of college experience is different from that of high school. Because the schedule in college is not back-to-back, it allows me after class to absorb in the lesson and understand it. In college I can leave during the middle of a class if I like but in high school I was not permitted to leave the school until I had finish all of my classes. There are more options and choices in college than in high school.

My first year at college will prepare to become better at managing time and  still have the time to socialize with my friend. By the end of my first year in college I think I will develop an effective method with which I will use to study for my tests. I will be a more organized person. I will not procrastinate until the night before it is due to write my paper. I will always give myself plenty of time to write a paper because a planned out paper is always better than a rush paper.