Before coming to Baruch, I only imagined how my college life was going to be. Now that I am here and spent almost a semester, I know that my imagination was nothing compared to what I have experienced. For some reason, I always thought that being in college means having long summer vacation. I thought that professors are going to be the same as the teachers I had in high school, with just different title. However, as the semester went on, I began to understand the differences between them. Professors do not encourage you to do homework like high school teachers do. Professors do not hand out worksheets like high school teachers do. In college, you are on your own. You can choose not to do any homework or readings and professors do not yell at you. However, you have to accept the consequences of getting bad grades.
My first semester at Baruch was good, although not excellent. Since I went to high school that had around 300 seniors, I knew everyone. I knew their faces and names. So when I decided to attend Baruch College, the most ethnically diverse campus, I was excited to meet lots of people. I was able to meet with people whom I have never met from all around the world. As I was getting to know them, I got to know their cultures as well. And I did meet and got to know nice people and friends. Something that I think I can improve on is time-management. From the beginning of the semester, I felt that time management was the most important thing to survive college, just like the title of this blog. I think that I could have used time more wisely. There were nights I could not sleep in order to finish reading assignments. Now that I think about it I could have managed time better by reading in small parts. I was always used to finish things at once. However, since reading assignments that are given are very difficult and a lot to read at once. I have learned a strategy of reading in small parts and underline something that I do not understand.
I was very shy and quiet when it came to socializing with people. But coming to Baruch, I think I had to be outgoing and active to communicate. So starting college, I started saying hello first to people I met. I think that smiling and saying hello are the very first step where you can get to know somebody.
