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Although I did not expect a great campus life at a college like Baruch, I was dissapointed by the lack of effort made by the students at baruch. Baruch must improve their social aspect of college because their academic aspect is definately up to my standards. If i could go back and do something differently for my first semester, I would study much harder for exams because each exam is so crucial in college. The transition from high school to college has been very tough for me due to the increase in work. I think I have changed, but for the better. I have become more independent and have branched off from my parents. Socially, I dont think I have changed a whole lot bit but I dont think i could really judge that.

-Ariel Torkian-

a) My experience at Baruch was one of the worst of my young life, truly a waste of my time.

B) It could have gone better but it also could have gone worse.

c) I would have dropped music and math and retaken them with much better teachers.

D) I have become a much better stand up comedian.

My expectations of Baruch weren’t achieved because I was very disappointed at the quality of the professors and the availability of classes.

I think the first semester went pretty good. I had to drop one class but I’m pretty focused on all my other classes at the moment. Other than the class times for my first semester, I think it went pretty good academically.

If I could take the first semester all over again, I would’ve probably not dropped my history class at all and would’ve just focused on that much more. I would’ve taken another professor if I could during the first semester also.

I think as the couple months of first semester passed by, I found my self to have changed much more maturely and I realize how to manage my time more often.

Ah…already here at the last post. I didn’t really have any expectations for Baruch… it seemed like a school to just get in and get out. And to me, it still is. But I’ve met some great people this semester and I’m extremely happy that we had the freshman seminar classes so I guess it exceeded my low expectations;]

My first semester went by relatively well. I’m glad for most the professors I got even though I didn’t get a say in it. Although I had to drop a class because of it’s difficulty, I’d still say it was a good run.

1)I would definitely study more and procrastinate less. 2)Be more out going and meet some damn girls! 3) Repeat 1 and 2. 😀

I can’t say I have changed alot academically or socially…but then again that’s me. I know this isn’t supposed to be in the answer but I really appreciate you guys: Ari and Ben(No homo). Thanks for all the help, setting up everything and being so chill.

Being that I was at Baruch last semester, I didn’t really have any expectations since I already knew how things worked. I think my first full semester went pretty okay, I don’t think I got the grades that I could have, but now I know to try harder next semester. If I could’ve done something differently it would’ve been to have tried harder and to have picked my own schedule. I don’t like many of my teachers and their teaching styles. I think that that also hindered my ability to excel the furthest. I think since I’ve started at Baruch I’ve become a lot more grounded and more centered as a whole.

Well now that this first semester is  coming to an end, I can honestly say that Baruch is living up to my expectations, which weren’t very high to begin with. I did not go away for college because I knew I wouldn’t be able to get through a semester with a decent gpa if I was away at a party school with no parents getting on my nerves. I came to Baruch to get my degree & thats all I intend on doing.

Besides the one class that I had to drop, the classes this semester were pretty good & i’m sure i’ll have a decent gpa, but next semester seeing as how I got to choose my classes and professors this time, i’m expecting to do a lot better.

If I could restart my first semester I would definitely change a few things. I would not have missed so many classes in the beginning of the semester & I also would have actually kept up with the readings for each of my classes. Even though I have been doing alright without reading or doing most of my homework, I know my grades would be much better if I worked harder.

I honestly do not think I changed thatt much over these past few months. The one thing that I have seen a change in is my attendance. During the beginning of the semester I missed a lot of classes and I was always late to class, but towards the end my attendance got a lot better.

Entering college you of course have some expectations but i was mostly complacent about what to expect.  I sort of developed my idea of what i wanted out of baruch while i was here instead of before.  I’d say it was the first time i really put thought into what i plan on doing with the rest of my life.  To be honest im still figuring it out.  I’d like to think that this semester was an introduction and now that i have become more familiar with baruch i can make the most of what it can offer.  If anything baruch will be a stepping stone as i transition into my adult life.

Frankly, my first semester sucked.  I really wish i started off better.  I would have expected some more competant teachers but perhaps they just didnt sync well with me.  Dropping a course is not something i would like to explain to anyone especially math at baruch.  its kind of embarassing.  If anything positive came out of this first semester it’s that im going to push myself hard next semester to make sure that i never have to experience the humiliation of dropping a course again.  This is the first and last time.

Everything.  I know its simple but thats honestly the best answer to that question.  I would manage my money better, studied math harder every possible thing i could have done for a happier end of semester.  Not that im not happy now but i have too many regrets and having regrets about anything sux.  But in retrospect if you aways know you could have done better after everything is done.  Im not quite sure everyone is entirely satisfied the first time you do something.  So really the one thing i would have changed is the fact that i dropped  a course.  That would have made my 1st semester golden but you live and you learn i guess.

Im not quite sure if i changed at all since arriving here.  You’d have to ask someone that knows me since my high school days.  i do think that i have a healthier perpective on the value of studying but i need to actually implement this new way of thinking in my school work.  Im not quite sure i wanted to change since coming to college.  I just wanted to do great work to make up for all wrong things i did in high school.  I dont think i have gotten far in this goal but i do think ive made the first couple steps. 

And so i (hopefully) lived happily ever after. . . . . .

THE END  

Special thanks to ari and ben for being our punching bags 🙂

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.

So, my first semester is FINALLY coming to an end. If I’ve learned one thing about myself, it’s that when it comes down to getting something done, no matter how badly I may not want to do them, there’s a part of me that pushes to get it done anyway. I’ll do whatever I absolutely have to… If I’ve realized anything, it’s that I’m really lazy and that needs to change. On a rare occasion, I’ll really be in the mood to work and study, most times, I push work off until it’s ABSOLUTELY necessary to get it done. Aside from really hating this semester and realizing that Baruch may not be the school for me, and regardless of whether I care or not, the procrastinator’s side of me needs to go a.s.a.p.

As I’m sitting here typing this… It just dawned on me that the only reason I may not like Baruch, is because it takes hard work. Yeah, this semester is crap, but it’s only the beginning. Whatever I think is hard now, is only about to get worse. I guess it’s my fear or rising to the challenge. I’m not incapable of excelling, i don’t believe anyone is. I just don’t apply myself like I should, and I’m not sure why I can’t break this phase. Maybe I need to attack this issue Sigmund Freud style and swing a bat at hypnosis… (0_o)… Cutting off this laziness with the snap of a finger isn’t happening. maybe I don’t like Baruch because I’m scared to be challenged. I’d rather take the easy route and go somewhere that doesn’t have such high expectations for math (not my strong point)… Maybe if prerequisites and core curriculum’s were tailored to people’s needs… I mean, I still don’t know what I want to do, but I’m too much of a free spirit to be working a job that requires me to know a lot of math & science… If I wind up becoming an author, how is pre-cal or physics going to benefit me???… sighs… (-_-)… guess I’m done with this part of my rant…

I didn’t apply myself a lot this semester, I know for a fact my GPA went down… unfortunately. At this point, whether my marks are remarkable or not, I’m just hoping that I pass everything…

If I were able to completely start over, I think I’d prioritize and spend more time studying… It’s hard to make yourself care about something you really don’t care about. I’m the type of person, whether it’s mandatory I learn something or not, if I don’t see the point, or understand the subject’s relevance to my life, I don’t want to learn it. And once I’ve established I don’t want to learn something, it’s hard to force myself to spend the time it takes to learn it… School… I’d rather learn from experience, or get a taste of history through someone who has lived it… I’d rather travel and see the world, and learn about people than sit in an English class writing a research paper about “Satire.” Like really, how in goodness name will stuff like that benefit me. Life is the best professor… There’s no better coach, or educator… and between life and love, there are no better lessons to be learned… hands down.

I’ve noticed a change in myself, but it has nothing to do with Baruch. So I guess it’s safe to say, Baruch hasn’t changed me… at all… Not yet anyway. Although, losing love has made me a little bit wiser… But like I said, life & love are the best educators.

My name is Alyssa December and I’m 18 years old. I’m a freshman here at Baruch College. I know exactly what I want to accomplish in my life and I hope that Baruch can give me the tools I need to succeed. At first, I may come off as abrasive but I just take things too seriously sometimes. Never judge a book by its cover. I am extremely careful to whom I open up to and trust.  I have had alot of unfortunate things that have happened to me in my life and I live by the motto “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” and whenever I feel like I cannot get through an obstacle in my life I always repeat “This too shall pass.”  I consider myself very hardworking; I have been working ever since I was 14 years old.  I also don’t like alot things  but one thing that I simply detest is racism.  There is absolutely no excuse for anyone to be prejudice against anyone else, especially in this day and age.  As I continue along in life here at Baruch, I hope I will meet meaningful people and learn and experience life changing things as well.