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Ariel Basalely

Monologue

Freshmen Seminar

Hello everyone. My name is Ariel Basalely. I’m currently an 18 year old boy attending Baruch College. I lived in Queens for the first few years of my life and then moved to Great Neck, New York. For those of you who don’t know where that is, it is in Long Island. I grew up with two older sisters one who is 26 years old and the other is 20. I attended North Shore Hebrew Academy which was a Modern Orthodox Jewish Day School that I went to since I was three years old. My hobbies include betting on Fantasy Sports, playing sports, hanging out with friends, partying, and spending time with my nephew. Speaking of sports, I am a die hard New York Giants fan and a New York Knicks fan. I wasn’t supposed to go to Baruch for my first couple of years of college rather I would have gone to Boston University. It was one of the hardest decisions that I have ever encountered in my life. I still think about the pros and cons about staying in New York, versus living in the gorgeous city of Boston. I think my college decision kind of answers the question on who I am and who I want to be in my near future. I have a street smart opposed to a book smart and I am very social. I love interacting with other people and making new friends and connections in life. I guess that should have been the reason for me going away for college but in the end my future is what concerns me the most. I have a passion for Real Estate and I have the urge to learn the tricks and education in Real Estate Management and Development. I plan on interning in a few Real Estate Firms over the next few years and I want to see where it takes me. My interest in Real Estate overlaps with my love for traveling. I love seeing different countries and touring. In the future I hope to have an income in which I can go and buy properties in different countries to make good prophet. I am known to be a psychologist among people my age. I always give people the right advice in their situations so if anyone here needs some help with anything, you know who to come to. I have a passion for the State of Israel where I have a lot of relatives and friends. My dream is to do a semester abroad in Tel Aviv at Tel Aviv University. I made up my own statement that can basically sum up the person I am today is “Live life, enjoy life, and have a life”. I learned this about myself a couple of years ago noticing that I can’t worry and panic over every small thing that happens to me. Life is short, live it well. I wish all my peers a successful year at Baruch College and all the best.

I cant believe that its been a full semester already. I remember walking into Baruch on the first day as if it were only two weeks ago. Going to college was a huge adjustment for me and I am currently still adjusting, but its getting much easier for me. The overload in work is not something I was always too used to but once again, its getting better for me. Although I came into Baruch with a few friends of mine from high school and Great Neck(where i was raised), but I didn’t have classes with anyone. Luckily, I got to meet so many amazing people that I’m so happy I got to meet. Due to my outgoing personality, my social life in Baruch was a huge success.  I also moved to Manhattan for college because commuting wasn’t exactly what I wanted my college experience to be. I still  have respect for all you commuters, but I love living in Manhattan. It made me much more independent and makes me feel much better about myself. I guess thats the main part of Baruch that made me a different person. The independence and making all your own decisions had a huge affect on me. Having good teachers is always an important thing that I need to have when it comes to learning. Unfortunately this term I had a bunch of extremely strict and hard teachers, but I got through. My first semester helped me understand what real life is all about and how life will always change, going to college being the start of it. It was great meeting all you guys and I wish you all great success in all your majors and the next few years at Baruch!!

-Ariel

Hey everyone. For those of you who dont know me my name is Ariel Basalely. When i think about who I am, I think I’m an advisor to my close friends. Im usually the person who my close guy friends can come up to me for advice with whatever they want whether its relationships, how to manage their time, what they should choose. Everything always differs. Another way in which i can describe who I am is a role model to my two year old nephew. He always copies what I do and I’m the closest uncle he has to his age, and I hope i can be a good enough influence on him

There are a few things in which I feel concerned about for my first year at Baruch. One is maintaining a good average. Its been a lot tougher for me with all the assigned reading and all the papers that I’ve been doing for ENG 2100. Its extremely overwhelming for me and it is the cause of my lack of sleep if you all want to know the truth. My next concern is probably that I wont enjoy the classes I’m taking at all. Thank god this quarter I have at least one class in which I have a somewhat interest in but otherwise I find my courses to be extremely boring. My third concern is that from my classes that aren’t lectures, I hope to give a good vibe to the teachers who will know my name throughout the semester, otherwise I will be paranoid for the whole year

For sure, my high school experience will be completely different from my Baruch experience. The reason for this is that my whole entire school contained only 400-450 students meanwhile there are about 1800 freshmen in Baruch. It was good to know that every face was familiar to me throughout high school, but I always enjoy meeting new people as I already have. Otherwise, I came from a Jewish school that had a required dress code and different hours than Baruch College has. The fact that I can go to school wearing whatever I want and the fact that my breaks are longer make Baruch extremely different for me

Baruch is for sure going to change me. The reason for this is because I will be more motivated to study knowing that college counts a lot in terms of everything. It very likely may be that my occupation in life can result from an internship or job offer that I got from Baruch. It will also change me knowing that I have a lot to see and experience as I go to college.