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So when i went to the career advisement center it was actually very helpful. I told them what my interests are and what i plan to do with my life. I told them i am a dancer with plans to become professionally and continue with this career. So they asked what are you looking for in baruch i basically said that i want to get a degree as a backup just in case any misfortune or injury would happen to me and i wouldnt be able to dance. And i told her that i was looking for a major in investments because 1. i am interested in stocks and 2. I plan to open my own studio one day and i want to make sure i am investing my money well. They told me basically the list of classes i should take which consist of many business courses. They also said that the ideas are very realistic and if you would like to open a studio one day you can do it but only if you put yourself fully into it. I felt that the encouragement helped and they were really nice. I will plan to take these courses in the future 🙂

So… i went to the meeting at the baruch conference center and i wasnt quite sure what it was about. I came in they gave me a name tag and looked like the place was filled with juniors and sophomores. I didnt know anyone. So we did introductions and when i got my name tag it said my name is… and im gay. And i right away knew this was going to be an uncomfortable session. My view about gay people is whatever you can do your thing but when it if there would be a gay trying to hit on me i would be pretty damn uncomfortable. Or if he got too close to me i might just hurt him. I have nothing against people that wanna be gay like whatever if thats ur thing then good for you but if someone gives me at tag saying my name is and im gay. that is not coool. So with all due respect to the gay its just not my type of thing to even fake an identity that im gay. In my culture it is offensive to be gay and i through culture feel uncofortable talking about it. So i would call myself neutral about the topic. So anyway the discussion was about gay people and i was simply quite neurtral.

Well I think that it would be appropriate that i start off by saying that the semester didnt turn out quite as I, or probably close to any incoming freshman thought it would be. I knew it was going to be alot of hard work but  its not even the work. It’s all of us not only going into college but already starting our lives which includes athletic careers, outside responsibilities and work. I for one needed to work a lot because i support myself and my dancing career almost entirely and dancing is a very expensive career. I am not complaining that i need to work for the things I want to pursue, i think it is only fair; I am just still grateful my parents are able to pay for my education still and that i don’t have to pay for rent while living with them still. All of these responsibilities that i have put on top of everything made it really hard for me this year to handle it all and i believe that is why this year has been so tough on me.

I have set up my schedule now though and i have been looking forward to this day for a while now because i knew if i could set up my own schedule it would help ease my day enormously. When the day came to register I had everything planned with classes that i would take course codes and everything. I even had atleast one backup course incase the main one i wanted to take was already closed. It turned out out of my 5 classes i only got 1 of the classes i wanted!! Even the backups were full! So as quickly as possible i tried to set up a whole new schedule for myself and it took me about a whole hour and a half…. Luckily i ended up making myself a descent schedule with descent professors as according to ratemyprofessor.com. I don’t have class fridays and the latest i leave school is mondays and Wednesdays at 230. Otherwise i leave at 1225 and i am just grateful for that. It should make my day much easier to handle with work, practice, and homework everyday.

So to sum it all up my experience at Baruch was not bad, but i do have to say i expected better. I expected some good parties more socialization and i though it would be quite easy as long as I focus. Well it hit me that it is a commuter school so it will not be like the dorming experience with the parties and socialization and it was not that easy for me to focus on school when i had so much going on outside of school. So I am not hating on Baruch i’m just really happy the semester is coming to an end b/c i really need a break!

-Marek Klepadlo

Soooo my name is Marek Klepadlo and i’m polish. The things that i like are fruits, cars, and dancing. What i dislike most is arguing. I prefer to negotiate. The reason i chose to say i dislike arguing is because i am looking for a dancing partner right now and we split because (among other reasons) we argued during our practices alot. And especially when you are working with someone towards one goal, argument should never be an option. I identify myself as an athlete and play the role of a son, brother, uncle, cousin, friend, and instructor. My family is most important to me for obvious reasons.

School so far has been a real burden :(. It is too much work. I also feel like i work so hard and still doing bad in school. Right now i am just looking forward to the end of the semester where we have a nice long break! That is when i already have planned a vacation in canada to go snowboarding with my friends.

Well in general that is who i am and how i feel about the school year so far.

Hello, My name is Marek Klepadlo. I am eighteen years old and i love to do sports, work out, and just hang out with my friends. I am also a ballroom dancer. I have been dancing since the age of seven and I have three national titles. I travel all over the United States as well as some other countries to compete against the best dancers in the world. This is not only a hobby it is also my job. I am a dance instructor in flushing. The best thing is that i love my job, i get paid very well and i teach what i love to do. In the future i plan to continue my career as a professional dancer.

My top three concerns for freshman year are time managment, grades, and freedom. Time is very important for me because as a dancer, i have a busy schedule. I need to practice with my partner every single day, work, as well as obviously go to school and do homework. I am scared i will have trouble managing my time and in consequence get less sleep :-/. My grades are my second concern because i was never the most studious person. I know that now i really have to focus on school work because college is a big deal. This determines my ultimate future. And once again, this is going to take time off for me to work on studying and homework. Lastly freedom is a concern for me because i don’t just want to be working hard in school and dance i would like to have a life too. I want to still be able to have time to hang out with my friends go out to the movies and just chill. I am hoping everything will work out for me…

I honestly think college is much easier than high school because you are not babied by your teachers and its a bit better organized. I never have the same class one day after another helping me to organize my studying. From what high school teachers kept telling us, i believe that college is overrated… But otherwise my college exprience so far has been very good. I met some really cool people and the atmosphere is very alive.

I think that college will change me in a positive way by helping me take on more of my own responsibilities and grow as an adult. Hopefully it will also lead me to a great career and good money. One other way that it will change me is that i will have new friends and hopefully stay close to them after i leave college.

-Marek Klepadlo 🙂