Last year, I was a senior in high school; a summer after, I become a freshman in college. It’s kind of interesting. My new life journey has just started, and now I need to make myself fit in this new environment. First of all, I really want to expand my social network in college, but most of the time I don’t dare to start a conversation first because I am kind of shy and quiet in front of people I don’t know. Actually I am an outgoing person like my friends always describe me: talkative and sometimes even overactive. I think that’s the real me. So don’t misunderstand, I am not that coolJ. And I am trying to change this weakness of my personality. In addition, I also concern about how to get high grade in college. College is a real world which I have heard for a long time and totally realize now. It’s a lot different from high school. I used to feel relax and no pressure in high school because as long as I pay attention in class and finish all my homework, it’s most likely I can do well on tests. High school teachers have time to explain everything in detail, but now professors can only give a brief lecture which means everything is on my own. Therefore, I can’t be lazy as usual anymore; I have to study before and after classes in order to pass. That leads to another problem which is how to efficiently manage my time. I am trying to make a little study planner every day. Just want to give myself a time limit so that things get done on time instead of being stacked up higher and higher. Hopefully I can keep doing this!
So far, I feel great studying in Baruch, and I believe I will become a more responsible and independent person after the first year in college. I think education is not only reading and writing, but also can be more interesting. Thus, I am trying to get involved in the awesome student life here. There are lots of extracurricular activities which are absolutely attractive but also hard for me to decide what to join. Lastly, I hope during my freshman year, I will enrich myself academically as well as socially.
