Hello everyone! My name is Lily Qin and I am an 18 year old kid from Ardsley (it’s in Westchester). I am proud to say that I am chinese, but I have no artistic ability so those stereotypes don’t really relate to me. However, I am very competitive in almost everything except academics. Also, a big part of who I am would be the people I love, which are my friends and family.
One of my largest concerns about this year was if I could leave part of my old life behind and create a new one with new friends and new people. I have always been an introverted person so meeting new people always led to awkward conversations, but now I don’t worry about it because it seems like everyday I’m meeting new people so you could say I’ve gotten use to it.
Another one of my concerns was if I would get terrible teachers. In high school, I did horribly in classes where I had a bad teacher. Because it is college and I didn’t want to mess up my GPA in my first semester, I was scared that that would happen to me. Luckily, all my teachers are alright, and the classes aren’t that bad. The only thing that is new would be the amount of reading that the teachers assign….not fun at all.
Another one of my concerns was if I would get lost in the city, around Baruch and even in Baruch. During my freshman year of high school, I was late to all of my classes for the whole first week because I kept on getting lost around the school. The fact that Baruch is twice the size of my high school scared me into thinking that I would be late to all of my classes. It turned out okay though because professors didn’t mind latenesses on the first week.
I think my Baruch experience is different from my high school experience because I have more freedom and independence here, where as in high school, I had my parents looking over my shoulder every day.
Frankly, I am loving my new independence. Currently, I dorm at 101 Ludlow and it has made me grow up a little. For example, now, I have to go buy my own food, do my own laundry and all the things that my mother usually would do. By the end of this year, I think all of this will mature me in a way so that I don’t have to consistently lean on my parents.
