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At Last

Hello everyone! Sorry for the long period between posts, the past few weeks have been absolutely horrendous. Tests, projects and readings…school doesn’t wait for anyone.What I wanted to talk about today/tonight was the amout of help that Baruch freshman orientation offers it’s students in school work, career questions, or scheduling questions. As we (students) prepare for the Spring 2011 semester, we first must register for classes. To do that we must first meet with our student advisor. Another way Baruch helps out it’s student is by funding a Writing Center right on campus. They help you to develop your writing skills. I myself have gone a couple of times and it has helped me out of many confusing things and I will always be there until I’m satisfied. These are extremely helpful, as these students at the writing center are students that truely understand the subject back and forth, and rarely have trouble writing. The last way that I wanted to talk about on how Baruch helps its students out is that Baruch has a Career Services that helps you get ready for the real world. It can help you choose a career that is best suited for you, go over your resume with you, and help you prepare for interviews. They also have companies come close to Baruch so students can look at prospective job opportunities. Baruch really is interested in preparing it’s students for real life, and I think that it does a pretty good job.

Well thats my post on how Freshman Orientation has helped me to know where I’m  and what Baruch is offering or the services it has for all of us.

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Just Me

some of you guys might still remember my name but if not, my name still remains Aziz Yussif. I am married and blessed with a little boy.       I’m a very hard-working person and i work for GrayLine NY Sightseeing Tours; basically we sell tickets to tourist from all over the world to go on the double decker buses, empire state building, top of the rock, statue of liberty,madame tussaud’s etc. Its really fun working for this company and the way i meet different people from all over the world.  And also even when maths is a very challenging subject, it has always been my favorite and thats why I want become an Acturist. Life in Baruch is pretty much okay but its been very difficult combining my full time work and my full time studies. I remember when i got admission to baruch, I then went to my manager and asked whether i could work part-time and he said, “you work and quit school or you go to school and quit work” I then said to myself that ‘its going to be very tough.’                                         Infact I’m really at ease to be called a Baruch student.

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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.

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