Who do you think you are?
I find it difficult to describewho I am; I’m not good with words, so I’ll just tell you a little about myself. I am a freshman attending Baruch College who grew up in a typical Chinese family. I was born in Manhattan and I’ve lived in Brooklyn for most of my life. In my younger years, before I started attending school, I lived in Hong Kong with my dad’s side of the family. Although I speak Chinese, I can’t read or write it. Like many others, I am the first in my family to attend college… I think. Education in China and Hong Kong is different compared to America; it doesn’t convert equally. I never knew what to answer when the College Board asked me that question. I’m not a morning person, so I’m usually extra quiet in the morning. I hate the cold, so if it’s a cold morning,
expect me to be cranky.
Top three concerns about my freshman year at Baruch College
My concerns about my freshman year aren’t in any particular order.
My fear upon entering my freshman year was completing my readings on time; I expected to have a lot of reading assignments upon entering college, but knowing what to expect and experiencing the matter is different. It doesn’t help that I have morning classes, so I never remember what I read. It gives teachers a poor impression of me, it seems like I don’t do my homework, which is my responsibility. Now, my biggest fear is choosing my major. I know that to many people, it may seem too early to decide, “you still have time to decide,” they say. But I have a lot of friends who know what they want to be without hesitation, I feel like I’m being left behind in some way. I know that many people have jobs that do not pertain to their major whatsoever, but I’m still worried. Another concern I have is maintaining a good GPA. Some teachers only focus on test grades, and I’m not a good test taker. Other teachers just average up the grade we got on their assignments, making it hard to pick up our grade if we didn’t have a good start.
What I think will make my Baruch College Experience different from my
high school experience
I think that having a syllabus will make my college experience different than that of my high school experience. Hopefully I will procrastinate less and do my work ahead of time… or at least on time. Teachers didn’t provide a syllabus in high school, sometimes three teachers will hand out major projects at the same time and there was almost impossible to do them all on time. In college, if I see that major assignments conflict with one another, I can plan ahead of time.
How I think my first year of college will change me
My first year in college is the first step I’m taking to prepare for the real world. Hopefully, I will find something that I truly enjoy doing (I hope that I’ll be good at it) and meeting friends that will last for a lifetime.
