Its all a dream

Im Yussif Aziz, in my mid twenties and a freshman student. I find it soo hard to associate or make friends but if i do, i become the best friend you would ever have. i like everything about myself especially my seriousness in whatever i do or participate in.   it’s hard to believe that Im in college. I remember so vividly my high school experience, especially my anxiety during senior year about applying to colleges. If I had been asked one year ago where I wanted to go to college, I never would have been able to imagine being a student at Baruch College. Looking back now, I realize that Baruch represents everything that I had been searching for in a college: a small school environment, a location in the centre of Manhattan, a business school devoted to academics, and a true “technology” feel. After receiving one of the highest congratulations from my parents and friends, I knew that it would be very difficult for me to disappoint them , but fortunately, I had already fallen in love with the campus. Nevertheless, I wondered how i was going to cope with the english, and I worried about how well I would handle my transition to a college environment.

I knew that all first-year college students must go through this transition experience, but I also knew that it still probably wasn’t going to be easy. Fortunately, Baruch does an exceptional job of facilitating the difficult transition. Although my closest friends are not necessarily those people that I met in my Orientation group, we all seem to have an unspoken bond from having gone through the same initial transition together. My experience in my Orientation group was so positive that I would really like to apply to become an OL [Orientation Leader] for the first-years in the upcoming year.

I think that all in all, I have transitioned very well to Baruch College. I have no way of predicting what experiences the next semester will hold, but I am confident that I made the right decision in choosing to come to this school. Although classes will not always be easy, and I will frequently be stressed, I am looking forward to every minute of the next three years.

In general, my transition into Baruch College has been extraordinarily positive and has surpassed even my best expectations, which has confirmed that, despite some of the current negativity and problems, this is the school where I can make a difference and that will help to change me for the better.