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a) That’s a hard question, cause I never really think about it. I guess I can say I’m an extremely laid back guy who’s generally shy at first until you get to know me. I’m a nice person who’s accommodating to everybody.

b) I would say my top three concerns would be the writing, time management and not having a third concern, which concerns me. I don’t really like writing and there’s always essays to write so that concerns me. I also have terrible time management skills. I tend to procrastinate till the last day and that’s a bad habit. And I’m not really concerned about anything else. I should be concerned about something else, but I guess I don’t really care that much. So maybe my third concern can be that I might not put that much effort into my work when I should.

c) I feel that there’s a lot less pressure from teachers and stuff, so that’s nice, but sorta not good. Cause you have to make yourself do the work now instead of constantly being reminded by the teacher.

d) My first year of college will probably change my time management skills. I’ll learn to organize my workload a lot bette instead of waiting till the last day to do everything, pretty like this blog.

a. Who do i think i am ? Thats a hard question to sum up in a couple of sentences. But i guess i can say that i am a very mature indpendent 18 year old. Sometimes i feel like its a little too much , but i try to keep it in check. I also see myself as an artist.(dancer, artist, theater goer). I think im very easy going and extremely friendly. I try to be nice even when it’s hard to be. I guess who you are changes and ivolves with age.

b. My top three concerns for freshmen year : 1. maintain 3.0 GPA 2. make friends 3. step out of my comfort zone
1. i need to keep my grades up to keep my scholarship, but also i wouldnt want them to drop even if i didnt have one.
2. making new friends was at the top of my list before the first day. but i think i got exteremely lucky because i already met so many amazing people.
3. stepping out of my comfort zone is tough. but college is letting that happen naturally. here you cant be just in that place that makes you comfortable because theres so many people to interact with and you really dont wana miss out.

c. So far, i think the biggest thing that makes college different from my high school experience is the people. Baruch has so many different people from literaly all over the world. My high school was kind of boring in that sense that the people were the same. And also Baruch has so much to offer that i dont see it ever getting boring. And ofcourse the workload will be different, but thats expected 🙂

d. I think my first year at college will change me for the better. I already have so many cool new friends that i wouldnt have made otherwise. College is also pushing me to make my own dicisions and make my own schedule. The times i study are up to me , the times i dont is also up to me. This will give a lot of room for growing up and becoming independent and responsible.

1. I think I am a responsible and mature college guy. I manage to get all my work done when I have the chance. I focus more on areas of study that I have more trouble understanding. I go over certain topics If I must.
2. My first concern is all the reading I will have to do. I have to stay on top of everything and not fall behind or I will lose track. My second concern is the length of the classes. Sometimes I would focus on when the class will end. My third concern is the length of written homework. I find it difficult to think of how to write a certain number of pages.
3. My Baruch College experience will be different from my high school experience because people at Baruch are more serious about their studies. A percentage of people in high school don’t seem to care about passing classes.
4. My first year at College will change me because I have to work more harder than I did before. I have to start over the process of making friends. I feel like I don’t fit in with certain groups of people. In high school, I easily fit in with people.

Post one

a. im still not sure what i am capable of. i still havent figured out my major yet becuase i didnt get a chance to find out what im really good at. so hopefully i get to choose my major before my freshman year is over.

b. i dont have a lot of concerns but one concern i have is writing papers. during the four years of highschool, i have never written a paper longer than one page except for the senior thesis paper and that was just once. so for me,getting to the bottom of the last page will be tough.

c. one clear difference from high school is how we take our notes. in high school , teachers wrote on the board a lot and put emphasis on important things to know for the test, but in college, we get to choose what will be important and take notes for ourselves.

d. i think my first year in college will help me to organize the notes and other things i carry in my bag better. when i was in high school, i thought i was pretty organized but i realized i was wrong. i already forgot to dhand in assignments on time when its been only couple of weeks since the first day of school. so i will have to figure out a way to keep myself organized furing my first year in college

a. I think that I am an extraordinary person because my life is completely different from everyone. I had exciting moments in my life, both good and bad ways, which made me into a completely unique human being, which makes me stand out in a crowd.

b. One concern is the fear that I won’t do well in my first semester. People told me that first semester is one of the easiest time to mess up your GPA, which I dont want it to happen. So fear that I won’t do well

another concern is that I won’t get adjusted easily. I had a hard time when I first went to high school, at 7th grade(that is how my school worked). I was nervous, afraid and didn’t do well. Since college is completely different than high school, I’m bit nervous about that.

my last concern is that I won’t know what I want to major in. Right now, I am thinking about either psychology or business. But there is a chance that it might change, which could lead into more time and money…which is not the best opinion to me. I hope to decide my major before it is too late

c. One of the things that is different from high school is the longer commute. I would usually walk to my high school, which took me 20 min, but now the commute takes much longer, about an hour. Commuting shouldnt be that much of a problem

d. I think that first year at Baruch will make me more matured. I’ll be able to experience more things, and those stuff will make me more matured and into a different person (in a good way)

a. I’m not sure who I am exactly because sometimes I even surprise myself. But I can tell you that I am a korean girl who has grwon up in ny for her whole life and has big expectations for herself.
b. My first concern of course are my grades because unlike high school I don’t want to mess up and have certain opportunities out of my reach. My second concern would be getting an internship because for what I want to do, experience is very important. And my third concern would be friends? I want to be able to make a lot of new friends who I will be able to have a lot of fun with.
c. Well I am thinking about joining a sorority, so if I do get in, then that would definately make my college experience different from my high school one.
d. I am hoping that my first year at college will help me become a more responsible person.

Nikola Vulicevic

Post One

a. I think I am a well mannered and educated person who wants to enrich the business and economic environment with the expertise and proficiency of a strong mathematics, science and humanities understanding and involvement. I am a freshmen in Baruch College, a duel-citizen; Serbian and United States citizen, a brother of two, a son of two amazing parents and a friend of many amazing friends.

b. My top 3 concerns at Baruch College for my freshman year are very simple. The first one is the concern to complete the tier 1 course as soon as possible because I want to finish the required courses so I can start on my path to my major and to my masters degree sooner. My second concern is to take all the course required to apply to Baruch’s Zicklin School of Business because that is where I’m intending to study my major and pursue my masters as well; I want to as well apply to the accelerated program, where I can get my masters in 5 years. And my final third concern is the long papers that we need to do for various courses because I was never a fan of writing or English, since I was not born in America and English was my second language, I always had trouble writing well structured short papers. My papers were always long and had too much details as one of my teachers in high school said. I really am going to be spending a lot of time revising and visiting the writing center for the final papers.

c. My experience at Baruch is already different from that of my high school [and I don’t really have anything to say that will make it more different]. It’s different in the sense that the college experience is more diverse, we have students from all around the world and there are enormous amount of courses that you can take, giving everyone the ability to study whatever they want. The atmosphere is also different, you can be walking around and you’ll find a friend on every floor and both of you would stop to talk, it’s not a rush but a social and connected environment.

d. My first year at College will change me by exposing me to more challenges than I’ve faced before, I will have more work, papers, and exams to worry about and as well less time to prepare for them. This will make me become more time concerned and more organized about when I’m free or when I’m not free. It’s going to make me a more focused and motivated person, one who will try his best to achieve the best that he believes he can do.

Hey Everyone! Feel free to start blogging. The topic for the first blog is in your Freshman Seminar handbook.