Author: thomas.erikson

My experience at Baruch has lived up to much expectations thus far. Even though college seems to be a big deal before entering it, it really isnt so bad after all. The teachers are very encouraging and want each of their students to succeed in their class. I personally found each of my classes so far to be fairly easy even though i still feel the need to work hard.

I think my first semester at Baruch was a success. So far im pretty happy with my grades even though i know i made stupid mistakes and could have done that much better. Thankfully, i met alot of new people who i am happy to say are now my friends.

Even though it is my first year and first semester, i think i would have wanted to get more involved during like the club hours. Even though sitting in library with chris or hanging out with everyone during the club hours is still a good time, i started playing soccer in the gym. And i think i would have done a little less procrastination even though thats impossible to avoid no matter what anyone says.

I think i have matured since the start of school. Living in the city, on my own, is a great experience. I feel more comfortable interacting with my classmates now, whether through little skits or making presentations. This first semester and what i have learned has really benefited me now  and for my future.

My name is Tom Erikson and although i consider myself a one man wolf pack until i met everyone heres my real monologue. I am currently a student at Baruch in New York City. I have a twin brother and two older brothers. I tend to consider myself a hard worker but some say i dont give myself enough credit (which i dont cause i always think that i could have done better, no matter what it is- whether in sports or in school.) Especially with school i get a little too crazy about grades and i take it a little too serious sometimes i think. i enjoy running i ran four years on the cross country team in high school but what i really love to do is snowboarding. As a career i would love to work for Burton one day and fulfill my dream. Once the fall season comes i just get so anxious for winter. In a way i relate snowboarding to how i live my life as well as my personality. When im on the board riding down the mountain i dont have a care in the world, it feels like i have total control and total freedom all around me at the same time, and it feels so good. Its about living life to the fullest and even though im in control i shouldnt be afraid to do anything.

When reading the question, “who do you think you are,” so many things cross my mind. I can honestly say that i cannot fully answer this question because i do not fully yet know who i am. I can start out by saying that my name is tom erikson, i am from massapequa park LI, and i attended catholic school my entire life. I have two older brothers and a twin brother. Everyone agrees that we are complete opposites in everything we do. We both went to different high schools and i can say that he made the better choice because i went four years at an all guys school. Although it was pretty bad due to the absence of girls it wasnt terrible. I ran cross country all four years and spring track for one year and was apart of different clubs. Chaminade is considered to be a tough and highly competitive school in both academics and athletics. I believe that Chaminade has greatly helped me and prepared me for the real world especially college. Things that would be different from high school is the difference in freedom i have. its not the same routine day in and day out five days a week, the bad thing is that there is noone to really stay on top of me to get my work done. But i didnt find that too difficult in hs. I always tried my hardest especially with my grades for some reason i just wanted to do my best. There are a few concerns about my freshman year especially keeping my grades up. Although baruch seems like a great school so far i was offered a guarentee tranfer to cornell next year so with nothing below a B i will be able to transfer sucessfully. Another concern related to these grades and the pressure of transfering would be my math and especially my philosophy classes. Math doesnt seem too bad because i had that same stuff last year but philiosophy is a different story. I hope to work hard and have a great year here at baruch whiling meeting new people and having a good time along the way.