First Semester

Baruch College has been a lot more than I ever thought or dreamed of. I was tired of the slow pace living in high school, seeing the same faces every day, waking up and going to bed at the same time every day for 10 months out of the year. I was glad to find myself in the city, yeah my routine isn’t as predictable as I thought it would be, something happens everyday, good or bad, so it keeps me on my toes. Baruch definitely broke down my ego though, in high school, I never study and still got good grades. For the first time, I’ve had to study and I’m still getting the hang of it, but its made me realize I’m not as smart as I thought it was, and even if I was, I’d still need to study to do as well as I aim to. What didn’t live out to my expectation was the arts, I didn’t find a club to join cause there wasn’t anything that interested me, everything was divided out by race, job opportunities, learning life skills, or a general interest like music. I was also disappointed when I realized how uncreative the people in the school are, I guess that comes with being a business school but it still was a shock. The professors were beyond my expectations. Everyone made colleges to be strict, grumpy and hard to relate to, they were wrong. I think that I did good, I wasn’t as focused as I should have been, but I think I needed time to get adjusted and figure stuff out on my own. However, I doubt that I will get anything less than a B- in my classes, and that encourages me that I can do EVEN better next semester if I just apply myself more, work on study habits, and learn from the mistakes I made this semester. I wouldn’t do anything differently. I believe happens for a reason, and I learned something new everyday. I also think I grew as a people, mostly for the better, and I am more driven now than I was before. Not to mention, I meet some great people and go to try new things. My FRO was amazing, the instructor and peer mentor included and it going to be weird next semester on Tuesdays without it. Overall, I am more certain of myself, and I know what I need to work on to become a better all around person and student, and I’m happy that I chose to go to Baruch.