- 1) Hmm, I would say Baruch met my expectations. Upon entering the first semester, I didn’t have much faith in the school to give me what I had always hoped for in a college experience. I had always intended to go away, and thus was not too happy to stay in the city. However, I knew it was a good school with a great reputation and aimed to make the very best of it. That being said, although Baruch has yet to become a place that I want to spend the next four years, it most certainly has impressed me. For the most part, I’ve enjoyed my classes and liked my teachers, and all in all, I’ve enjoyed the semester. Plus- you can’t help but love New York City.
2) Overall, I believe that I did pretty well in my first semester. I started off with five classes, and ended up dropping Calculus because I got the credit from high school (along with 14 others-yay). As for the rest of my classes, I feel like I’ve put in a lot of effort and my grades will reflect it. Anthropology is my favorite class, which I’m doing very well in, just like English. Although my English teacher is a bit of a hard ass at times, she means well, and I’ve done all I can to show her that I want to do well- hoping for an A- ! As for political science and philosophy, I don’t enjoy them as much as anthropology and English, mostly because they’re lecture halls and I tend to fall asleep. However, I still manage to do pretty well on the exams.
3) If I could re-do this semester, I would spend more time in the library after class rather than going home to do my work; since I commute, by the time I get home I’m tired and find it hard to concentrate and get stuff accomplished. Other than that, I would read more of my political science and philosophy articles, because it would make understanding the material much easier.
4) Since I’ve started a Baruch, I don’t think I have changed much as an individual, however, I have seen myself evolve into a better student. I always did pretty well in high school, but I feel like college has taught me how to better manage my time and made me more responsibility.
