Author Archives: James Kelly

A) My first semester at Baruch pretty much reached my expectations. I came in hoping I would meet some cool new people and figure out what I want to major in. At first, I hated Baruch. But after about a month, I settled in, met some nice new people and finally decided what I probably want to do with my life.

B) My first semester went okay. I had to drop pre-calc which I wasn’t expected, but at least now I am taking math 2160 next semester because I want to major in journalism. Overall I’m doing okay in every class. I just need to make sure I do well on my finals, especially History.

C) If I had to live my first semester over I guess I would try and take some of my history quizzes more seriously, but other than that I don’t think I would change anything. Whats done is done.

D) Since I started baruch I would say I have become more independent, But Its hard to notice if I really changed in Baruch because I have changed so much in the past year in general that I can’t tell If I’m still changing more.  But at the same time, I guess we’re always changing.

      I came to Baruch thinking that I wanted to do business. I wanted to wear a suit everyday, and go to an office an make a lot of money. But after being here for over a month now, I have realized that is not what I want at all. The word “success” is always being thrown around here. It makes me ask “what is success?” If I’m working as a business man for the rest of my life, and I hate it, how can I call myself sucessful? I can’t. Thats why I think I need to go for something I love.

        My greatest interests in life are baseball and movies. Thats why I feel journalism is the major for me. If I could do anything, I would be a film critic, if not I would like to write about baseball. If neither work, sure I’ll be poor but maybe I won’t be angry at myself for not trying.

   The question of who I am is something I have been asking myself a lot lately. I came into Baruch thinking I wanted to work in business, because of the high income that comes a long with it. But now that I have been in Baruch for a few weeks now, I have come to find that business might not be who I am. I like to see myself as a person who doesn’t lay down and die, and do something he hates just for money. I at least want to be someone who does something they love for a living, even if it is risky and perhaps overly ambitious. I am a person filled with a desire to be happy, and not what Cobb feared becoming in Inception. “An old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone.”  (I’m also a person who love movies and will reference them 24/7!”

        My top 3 concerns with my freshmen year at baruch are passing pre-calc, feeling comfortable with my enviroment, and doing well in all of my classes overall. So far pre-calc has been quite annoying and hard at times. I don’t exactly feel as if I love being at Baruch yet, and I hope that changes by the years end so I don’t feel any need to transfer. Finally, I want to do well in my classes because I want to do well in life.

          So far whats made my Baruch experience different from high school is that there has been much more freedom, since I came from a strict catholic high school. But also, there isn’t that same familiarity with the people around me. Most people you see are just strangers you will never to talk to.

         I think my first year at college will definitly make me more independent, and I think over the next few months I am going to find out more about who I am, and who I am meant to be, and what I want to do with my life.