Who Do You Think You Are?

As a person I consider my identity to be my name, Gautier Godard, as well as where i come from, France. These two things are the two aspects of my life that have the biggest impact on me from day to day. My environment has made me into a person that is comfortable yet reserved at the same time, therefore depending on the situation and my surroundings I may respond to an event in different ways. From an early age i  have always been very attracted to sports and anything that requires physical training or is a physical challenge. Coming for The Baccalaureate School for Global Education in Astoria NY, i have been a part of an educationally intense program that has trained me well in regards to time management and self learning. For these reasons, i am not very concerned about the my freshman year as well as any of the upcoming years that i have here at Baruch College. This confidence comes from knowing that hard work pays off. The grades i obtain reflect the attitude i have towards my classes as well as the work that i put in (likewise i think this could be said about most things in life). Baruch College being in the city and also being a very big and diverse school, i think it is fair to say that my experience in this school will be more social than the one i had in high school.  Academically the main difference i see is that i am in college to study something that i am interested in, rather than topics that i am forced to learn. Making this a crucial distinction between my high school and this college establishment, i hope my expectations of being able to choose what i want to learn will come true in the following semesters. I change and adapt to the surroundings i am placed in, therefore i do not see why Baruch College would be any different. During my first year the people i meet and socialize with will change, but my personality and goals will most likely stay the same. Although college is said to be a great step after high school, i feel that in the society that we live in college is simply another step — not necessarily one that changes a person more dramatically than any other four year experience. Of course, the knowledge i have now is nothing compared the knowledge i will have coming out of college, however i don’t think being more intelligent has to change the person you are.