For starters, I’ve had envisions about being
enrolled into Baruch since my sophomore year in high school. Then is when I realized
that I had a passion for numbers and analyzing different figures, and a career
as a financially analyst would be most suitable for me. I even began to manage
my mother’s finances during my senior year and she ended up saving about 20%
more ironically. So since that point I knew that if I wanted any chance at
gradually getting into that field, I would have to get excepted into Baruch’s
tough 23% annual acceptance rate. Since Baruch is a CUNY school, one, the tuition
was affordable and I wouldn’t have to take out any loans, and two, it’s one of
the most prestigious business schools in the city. So it was a win-win
situation.
Most of my concerns about freshman year at Baruch it
to readjust myself to a point where I’m able to succeed. There’s no doubt that
college is far different than high school, and what I was doing to maintain a
high grade point average in high school will cause me to fail in college.
Therefore, time management is one large adjustment, and is even more difficult
since my job is very time consuming. Study habits are also a major adjustments
that has. In high school I never had to study for a test or put much into an
essay to receive an A for the most part, but now I’m spending more time in the
library than I have in my entire high school career. Lastly, networking would
be an adjustment I would have to make. I know that networking is a significant role
in the business world, and I have to get out of my ways where I feel I can do
everything on my own.
Ultimately, what I’m trying
to get out of Baruch this year is maturity, and bringing me a few steps closer
to who I’m trying to be, both as a young man and career wise. Like I stated I have
no clue on who I am, but I do know where I’m trying to go, and hopefully I’ll
get to that point over the next few years.
