Who am I? I’m Andy Feng who is currently a freshman in Bernard Baruch college. Overall, I would say I’m a shy person who is still getting accustomed to Baruch. Like many other students in Baruch, I am a huge procrastinator. I usually work on my assignments and readings when it is the day before it is due. During my free time, if I have any, I usually call my friends out to play handball. It is also a way for me to have fun and relieve stress from all the work college has piled up for me. I HATE mosquitos. Whenever I hear a sound from a mosquito, I immediately wake up and go after it. If I don’t kill it, I won’t sleep. If I am too tired, I would actually pick up my pillow and blanket and migrate to the couch and sleep.
Roller coasters are liked by many people, but I am surely not one of them. I hate the feeling of how my stomach turns around when the ride is going downward very fast. Every time I mention that, people would snap back saying that the feeling is the best. Not only that, I never trusted the safety regulations that they use to “protect” you from falling. Ever since I was little, I always thought that I would slip. After riding the Cyclone from Coney Island, I never want to ride any roller coasters ever again. The Cyclone had no seat belts. Instead, they only have a metal bar that you must hang on to. From that ride alone, I got two bruises from banging my arm and I almost slipped out of the ride.
Bernard Baruch college has been treating me very well since the first day of school. The transition from high school to college is not as difficult except for the excessive amount of reading each night. During my high school days, I get out of school with about 1 hour worth of work before I am free to play games or watch television. In college, by the time I get home, it is already around 6. All the reading and assignments take up all the rest of my time. B the time I get everything done, it is about 12AM already. This is the worst part of college. I am the type of people who needs about 9-10 hours of sleep before I am satisfied. If I get less than that, I tend to fall back asleep. It is always very hard for me to wake up every morning. I snooze my alarm at least 4 times a day in order for me to force myself to the bathroom and get ready. Other than that, everything else is just what I want it to be.
After about two months of school, I met many new friends. They are all very friendly and co-operative when we are doing schoolwork. When I have trouble with some of my work, they would be there to help and correct my mistakes. In return, I offer what I can to help them out. When tests are coming, we all study together trying to get the best grades possible even though that never turns out successful. Meeting these friends, it helped me relieve a ton of stress because we’re able to joke around and forget all about the upcoming tests or assignments. But when it was time to get things cracking, they would be here to remind me that the due date is near.
All in all, I feel that I am becoming more mature because of college. I feel that I have gained more freedom than before. I also got more work and bought more coffee but like everyone said, “That’s the college life.”
