It has been about three months since I’ve started in Baruch. I think it did not live up to my expectations at all. I didn’t really have any specific expectations but for some reason I thought it was going to be totally different from high school and stuff like that. Once I went to class for about two weeks, it felt just like high school to me. Maybe it was because my high school classes and environment felt like college. I feel like I graduated high school to go into a harder high school. The only thing that I really like is the massive amount of freedom I have and the fully equipped computer lab.
I think I did pretty well in the beginning of the semester. As the days go on, I feel like my head is absorbing so much information that it’s hard for me to absorb some more. My exam grades now are a little lower than what I received in the beginning. Overall, I don’t think I did too badly. I just hope I do well on the final and my professors will not do anything crazy and change dramatically.
What I would do differently during this semester if I could do it all over again is not procrastinate. I feel like I procrastinated a lot and when I handed in my work, it wasn’t my best. I also would have not bought some of the textbooks I bought because in some classes, the professor barely used it.
I do not think I changed very much since I started in Baruch College because I feel like I’ve been this mature since high school. All my high school classes have trained me to feel like they were college classes so I don’t feel any different than I was last year. I just love the freedom I have now. Baruch College is a good school though with good classes and has a lot of programs for students to interact in. I don’t think I’m going to transfer because even though it feels like high school, I like it here.
