I am Kritika Bhardwaj, plain and simple. I would easily describe myself as a dancer and a taekwondo instructor. Those are the first two words that come into my head when describing who I am. To elaborate I have been a dancer since the age of 7. Having been trained in the classical Indian dance form of Bharatnatym, I have pursued a dance career in south Asian style dance through the Indian dance team at Baruch College. Now transitioning into taekwondo I have been instructing and learning taekwondo for the past 6 years of my life. In the future I hope to own a taekwondo center, helping integrate other s to the vast, intense variety of moves in this beautiful martial art.
My first and foremost concern about being a freshman at Baruch would be achieving a 3.5 GPA. That is more than necessary since I need that GPA to get the internship I want for next semester. Then it obviously would be making friends. Let alone this college being a brand new school for me, this is a brand new state. I do not know New York and or anyone in it. Luckily being in a learning community has enabled me to make friends very quickly, something I am very appreciative about. My final concern would be making a productive use of my time. During club hours there is a huge amount of time that I can make proper use of but I do not. Instead I waste away with the other friends in my block. I will change that though, eventually.
High School was a strict, set schedule whereas college is not. I have different timings and gaps in between classes whereas again in high school I would not. Also I am in New York City, it allows me to do so many more things then I could in New Jersey. There are also many job prospects available in the city unlike in East Brunswick. Here I also have a new set of friends. Back home the majority of my friends were Indian boys and girls. Thanks to dorm life most of my friends are from a range of backgrounds. It helps me see the world and the people in it much better.
College changes everyone and eventually will change me as well. My biggest downfall is being lazy and the first week in I could see that this characteristic would not assist me in the long run. The letting go of this characteristic would have to be the first change and the second would be my fashion style. Everyone here is more chic and outgoing in the choice of clothing. You can wear purple skinny jeans with a polka dotted top and still look like you came from doing a photo shoot for Vogue. In East Brunswick an outfit like that would be social suicide. Well, not entirely but more or less.
