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I am a girl with a birthday in the fall. I like photography and writing and reading and keeping my things organized. I don’t like clutter. I like thoughtful little things. I went to Townsend Harris High School and I really liked it there. I’ve been toying with the idea of moving to California and Paris for a few years just to see what it’s like. I haven’t done anything amazing and noteworthy and  I have few useful qualities. But I think I’m pretty easy to get along with and I like to help people whenever I can with whatever I can. That’s what I think describes who I think I am. At the moment, anyway.
Like everybody else, I’m not that concerned with anything, mostly because nothing major has gone wrong so far. I’m worried I’ll get bad grades and that my papers will be really terrible and my professors won’t like me. But that’s me just worrying. I’m sure everything will be okay.
So far, high school and Baruch are pretty much the same, if not a little easier on me right now. In Townsend Harris you have to take two mandatory college classes on the Queens College campus to graduate. So I’m used to college professors, I’m used to the classes and the work load. In my honest opinion, high school was harder than Baruch is now. Plus, it’s all the same since I’m not dorming.
And I don’t think this first year will change me too much. I’ll probably just get older and slightly more responsible than I was before. Beyond that, I don’t think college will be that much of a catalyst for some major changes in my personality and life.

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.

Who the HELL am i? My name is Mike. I used to live in Queens and attended a catholic school until 7th grade. I attended Herricks High School and currently live in Long Island. Throughout my childhood, i loved to explore the universe around me and i feel the need to reach my full potential in any situation. There are also many things i have interest in.. such as health/fitness, cars, girls, animals, dancing, most sports, benjamins, and food.  I show kindness and respect towards others, especially as a first impression, but i don’t like to be messed with. I also love working out and i have a goal to achieve my perfect ideal physique, however i recently just gained 30pounds from doing bad, bad things (planning to get back on track). I love trying new things and doing any fun activity. I just can’t stand staying at home being bored and unproductive. I hate stress or doing things that i don’t want to. I can be cocky and stubborn at times, or even naive, however i try not to be. I live life because of  HOPE and goals, whether short or long term, which i dream about and picture in my mind almost everyday.

My main concern about freshman year, or even my whole college career is quite obvious – insatiable amounts of unwanted work and papers. Another concern i have is the 3 hour daily commute. I’m not a morning person at all and need my daily 12-15 hours of sleep. Whenever i wake up at 5:30am in the morning, the first thing that comes to my mind is ” F$&*, i have to go through this mother#$%@ing commute “. My last concern is if whether or not i’m going to have a good/fun time, especially regarding my social life. This is a commuter school and it’s not the traditional college experience, so things are just different. Although i have met some really cool people over the past couple weeks, it’s not that easy. I still manage to get through it because it’s what needs to be done. Haha.

What do I think will make my Baruch College experience different from my high school experience? Man, i really miss High School, it was a blast. One thing i can say is different is the amount of responsibility. I already feel the heavier pressure of more responsibility just with the thought of what the future has the bring me, pertaining to academics. I also find it harder to take care of my body because i can’t maintain a steady diet anymore, and it’s hard for me to go to the gym when i come at 7pm-8pm everyday. Another thing is being able to be in Manhattan four times a week. I love being exposed to this enormous world because i am able to observe, listen, and learn new things. Other than that, not much.

If anything, it will increase levels of stress.

I suppose I really can’t say exactly who I am yet.  I’ve only lived 18 years of my life, which personally is not enough time to say who you are.  So I’ll just stick with saying ‘I am Kate’ for now. 🙂 

College has been everything I expected it to be…which is a most welcome surprise.  You know how sometimes you build certain things up and they end up sucking or being something you totally did not expect?  Yeah, that’s happened to me many, many times.  But not with college.  I am loving every minute of it, although I wouldn’t mind a reprieve on the extensive readings and presentations.  The independance college provides me with is something I looked forward to all throughout high school and it’s nice to know that I’m finally being treated like an adult.

As far as my concerns for freshman year, I don’t really have any.  I’m a very chill, go-with-the-flow type of person so I don’t have that many apprehensions about what these next 8-9 months are going to bring.  Finals are a little unnerving and this MTH 2003 class I’m in certainly has me on my toes but I am welcoming the challenge.  High school was boring and I had no drive to do well.  It seemed to me like getting good grades was just something I was supposed to do because it looked good on some stupid transcript.  Now I want to do well because I feel like receiving good grades will signify that I actually learned something important. 

I am greatly looking forward to these next few years and I am hoping that the initial excitement I got from going to college won’t wear away too quickly. =D

Who do I think I am? Im a confident, although sometimes too confident, guy who likes living life to the fullest. I try not to complain about situations I may find myself in because there is always someone out there who’s life is much more difficult than your own. I also enjoy golfing and hanging out with my friends.

Regarding concerns about freshman year, I really don’t have any. I already completed a year of college at CW Post in Long Island, so as far as getting used to the college atmosphere, its a non-issue.

My college experience will definitely be a different one from my high school experience. I attended an all boys Catholic high school that has the reputation on Long Island as being the toughest high school on Long Island both academically and discipline-wise. So the environment at Baruch is much more lax compared to that of my high school.

I dont think college will change me. Im pretty thick headed.

Hey Guys!!

So it’s time for all of you in Freshman Seminar PR2C to start blogging!…

The first post that all of you have to do has to be published by mid-September, so I’ll give you until Sunday, September the 19th to put up your blogs. 

The theme for this blog is: “Who do you think you are?”

Keep the following questions in mind when crafting a response of no more than 500 words:

1. Tell use who you think YOU are?
2. Share your top 3 concerns about your freshman year at Baruch College and explain why.
3. So far, what do you think will make your Baruch College experience different from your high school experience?
4. How do you think your first year at college will change you?

Also, please feel free to integrate any form of media, if you like.

And I encourage you to take this opportunity to get to know your classmates and come up with positive feedback on their posts and possibly answer some of the questions or concerns they might have….

Blog away!

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