My birth name is Mohamed Mounir Rashwan, however I go by Mike, Moe, Mo, Rash, Boss, or if you went to camp with me I was known as Bear. I was born on May 30, 1993, in Flushing, Queens, NY. My Dad died when i was three months old, i live with my mom, she never remarried so I am all she has, and she takes that very seriously. My Mom’s parents both died by the time i was nine, and my Dad’s mom lived in Egypt along with his whole family(seven siblings). I have a small family and we are pretty close, we do a lot of activities together especially once we moved closer to them. I grew up in an apartment building in Jackson Heights, Queens, till I was nine years old. I was pretty much raised by a babysitter till we moved out of Queens. I moved out to Hicksville when I was nine, I went to Holy Trinity Diocesan High School. My Mom is a very bright and independent woman, which i believe has had a huge influence in who I am today. I consider myself to be outgoing, fun loving, caring, intelligent, interesting, and a pretty well rounded person. I am a hard-worker, an entrepreneur and always willing to try new things.
My top three concerns for Baruch are time management, my grades, and making life long friends. I’m a bit of a procrastinator with homework and I dislike reading, but i’m going to work hard to do better the next four years. My grades are also a concern because I want to make sure I maintain a high GPA, since my mom had a 4.0 she expects me to have the same. -__- Life long friends is a huge factor in becoming a successful businessman. Without having connections in the business world it makes it very difficult to just make your way into a large accounting firm. The connections you can make in College can help a lot in the long run when you are looking for a job later on.
So far, Baruch is really different for me compared to high school. My high school was fairly small compared to the public schools around me, but because i was on football I quickly made a lot of friends. The teachers in high school really cared about their students and made sure they worked to their ability. The workload was also a lot less and a lot of it was group work. We had a family motto in my high school, everyone kinda looked out for each other, however there was still a sense of seniority as you approached senior year.
One year at Baruch will force me to become an even more independent person, I will learn better time management, and to be more open to make some new good friends. Being in the city at Baruch is definitely going to help me grow as a intellectual and a person.
FIRST DAY OF HISTORY AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING 
