Who Are WE? We're PR3!

When I first got to Baruch, I was reluctant to try anything. My sister tried talking me into joining her sorority. My response was, “NO FREAKIN’ WAY.” Nothing interested me, whatsoever. My best friend Bianca dragged me to an info session for this club called AIESEC. The room was packed and the club itself sounded pretty cool. I decided I should just apply for the hell of it. The interview process wasn’t bad at all. After a few billion questions about my strengths and weaknesses, followed by a phone call, and another billion questions, and another phone call, I was in. I’ve only been in AIESEC for nearly 2 months, but I can definitely say that I really like it. I’ve gotten to know some really cool people – including you, Alina- haha. Getting involved has definitely made my college experience more fun. I spend less time to myself, and more time socializing. So far AIESEC has taught me about networking, making connections, and developing as a leader with my own strengths. I love it. We have some pretty innovative people in AIESEC, that make a trojan suit of armor out of stickers. That’s real creativity. I love getting to know people that are driven, ambitious, and so nice to their newbies.
Its great to know that AIESEC is a global organization. I can’t wait until I get to travel abroad, myself, to wherever the heck I want. As far as furthering my involvement goes, I definitely want to take on more leadership positions. I’m not too sure what I want to do yet. There are so many options – organizing or facilitating a conference, being a mentor – I can’t decide. Either way, I’m going to be sticking in AIESEC for a while, and I cant wait to see what I’ll accomplish in it.

As of September, I’ve been a Baruch Bearcat….on the swim team of course. Getting involved in the swim team isn’t really a big surprise for me because I was on my high school team also. Before I even chose which school I was going to, I knew I wold try out for the swim team. It’s really arduous, the workouts; they can go on for hours. But they are definitely worth it, I’m so much stronger than I was in high school. My freestyle has gotten better, and surprisingly I’ve found another stroke I’m good at…breaststroke. I don’t think I can have any leadership positions, seeing as how its by first year in the college and on the team, but I plan on staying with it till graduation year. For some reason, swimming isn’t a summer sport, so unfortunately I’ll be freezing my nads off till January but w/e its all in good fun. =] I love to swim, it’s part of what makes me, me.