Who Do You Think You are

At 17 years old i very few people know who they are, and even fewer can describe themselves accurately. Personally i think i am a realist. I tend to view the world in a structure. I dont usually plan for things to go wrong, so im not a pessimist, but im always aware that the possibility of something going wrong is always possible. My top 3 concerns for Baruch as a freshman are about its organization, its lack of functional escalators and lack of public housing. Baruch’s organizational system is horrific in my opinion. Before my placement exam i spent countless hours calling the school, and never even having someone pick up. Eventually i physically went to the school and waited almost an hour to be told that my placement test had not been graded yet. Baruch is a relatively large school, and as such getting to class can be a hassle, especially if you have classes back to back. Unfortuantely the escalators never work, and the elevators take too long. I frequently walk from the 4th to the 10th floor, which can be a hassle. My last concern for baruch is that it has almost no affordable public housing, and the housing that is affordable is already taken. Most college students look toward college to move away from thier parents, and here i am stuck at home for another 4 years. Baruch has not been majorly different from my highschool. The city is a minor improvement from my old school, but even in high school i had any number of places to choose to hang out with friends. Ironically, while Baruch is located in the city, there are very few places to shoot pool and the like close to it. The only major difference in Baruch for me are the teachers. Teachers in highschool always pressured you to do work and the like, which only made me want to do it less. Here the teachers dont force us upon anything, which i find to be refreshing. Finally i think my first year of college will make me mature in regards to my decesion making. I hope to make ( and have already made ) new friends and i look forward to the upcoming year.