a. Tell us who you think YOU are!
Well.. I think I’m just an ordinary guy who’s trying to get an education in order to “get a good job.” I’m fully Chinese, the one that speaks Cantonese. I think I’m a heavy procrastinator, no matter how hard I try to convince myself to get the work done earlier, I get distracted by the simplest things. I also think I’m person who needs a lot of sleep. I usually need a minimum of 10 hours of sleep to be satisfied. I needed 3 alarms and 2 wake-up calls in order for me to wake up and take the SAT. Lastly, I think I’m just a regular Baruch student walking down the halls.
b. Share your top 3 conerns about your freshman year at Baruch College and explain why.
Concern#1: I’m concerned that I might not get a satisfying grade from my sociology class. It’s not me that’s not getting the things because when I look around the class, almost everyone is either sleeping or on their electronic devices. I tried hard to pay attention but I too, fall into the trap of pulling out my iphone and start playing. Whenever the professor speaks, after a few words he would add the word “um” or stutter while trying to speak. It’s really distracting and it makes everything that he’s trying to say difficult to understand.
Concern#2: I’m concerned that my major will constantly change. My friends who are almost graduating college told me that I will definitely change my major. I’m afraid that it will come true because I’m still deciding between majoring in computers or majoring in business. I don’t want to spend a lot of time on a major and decide to change it because it would waste a lot of time as well as energy.
Concern#3: I’m concerned that when finals come, I’m going to fail. I hope I don’t fail any classes because I’m not a good test taker. Whenever I take a test, I start to forget everything and my results are not satisfying. During my high school years, I try to study but it just never gets into my head. I just hope that when I study for college, it will actually help.
c. So far, what do you think you will make your Baruch College experience different from your high school experience?
I think that coffee made a huge impact in my life because ever since college started, I’m running on minimum amount of sleep. I’m usually up late at night trying to finish my calculus homework or up reading something that’s required for the next day’s class. I’m barely able to wake up in the morning and when I do, I have to rush to go to school. It became a routine that I go to Starbucks everyday and grab coffee. I feel like it’s the only way to keep me awake now. Baruch is also different because while I walk around the halls, everyone is usually on their laptops, listening to music or hovering over the next arriving elevator. It’s an experience that I usually don’t see in high school and seeing it in Baruch makes me feel like you’re on your own. Everything that you do have a choice and it’s all about the consequences now.
d. How do you think your first year at College will change you?
I think my first year at College will make me more organized and mature because I have to take notes on what the professor say instead of relying on the board’s notes. Also, I must be organized in order for me to “study”. I think that I’m going to be more self disciplined because I learn to start making the “right” choices on my own. There’s no-one pushing me, constantly reminding me of what’s due the next day or what’s the homework for tonight. Everything’s is on me now. If I miss it, I must pay the consequences of the outcome.
Um.. I think thats it 
