I thought college was supposed to be a place where you are given the opportunity to learn and figure out what one wants to do in the future. Well for me, again it turns for the worse. Not only did I have a bunch of problems early on in the semester, now the registrars are telling me to take a lower level english class to meet my requirements. 1) Its bullshit them telling me to take 2100 when THEY had placed me in 2850. This was the reason why I went through all the hassle in the beginning of the semester! 2) It prevented me from registering for a couple of the required classes…. 3) Showed me what an irresponsible staff Baruch has. I am pretty sure I am not the only one whos had this much trouble here at Baruch. During freshman orientation, two others were complaining about how the Baruch staff weren’t helpful at all. Back then I wondered to myself why but now I see the reality. Baruch has been a disaster and I can’t wait to get out.
On the other hand, my first semester at Baruch wasn’t too bad, grade-wise. I could have been a little more studious and managed my time better. Having my old habits of cramming last day really hurt me. It will definitely be a lesson to me for the short future.
If I could do something differently my first semester here at Baruch would have been to get to the root of all my problems from the start. One problem led to another and now, I’m in deep shit. Putting such little importance on this problem not only ruined my second semester, but also put me in a lot of stress.
From Baruch, I learned to only count on myself and not anyone else: not the teacher, not other students and definitely not the unprofessional staff. I will just say that if I had learned anything at Baruch is that college really sucks and screws up ones future’s plans if transcripts either gets lost or never put through, like me. Baruch has not only put me in a hell-hole, but now gave me the picture that all cheap schools are bad. “You get what you pay for.” Here I paid $600 compared to $20,000, and now im taking 2 classes in the second semester.
