Author Archives: IMADEYOUREADTHIS/Gabe R.

My experience at Baruch this first semester has been super-ultra-mega-stressful-make-you-wanna-blow-your-head-off. Going to the gym is where I let the steam out. I might just quit and become a cop. I mean why not?

When I was told that college was tough, I took it lightly because that advice often came from average people. Now that I am here, I see the light. I really hope this is a first-semester thing. The problem with me is that I was used to having senioritus in high school, so much so that I slacked on every side of the spectrum and I guess that there’s still a large imprint of it in me. Baruch did not live up to my expectations… it exceeded them. I feel like one of the “slow” kids now.

I’ve done poorly this semester. I hope that this is a lesson I learn from immediately and that nothing remotely similar to this circumstance ever occurs again. If I could repeat this first semester all over, I would never have let myself fall behind in anything, not even once. I would also go to sleep earlier and not in class.

I’ve started to become a semi-studious person and by the end of this semester I hope to be able to take the prefix “semi” out of the equation. I have also become a more astute person. I realize now, although I’ve heard it before, that the quality of effort you put into something determines the quality of the result you get back. I will become a truly focused student. Teehee :”)

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I hate waking up early. I’ve had serious thoughts of dropping out, just for that reason, but then I figured that my life would probably be even harder without a college degree and that I might have to wake up even earlier for some crappy job. So, I’m staying. As far as difficulty, I really do not find any of our classes too difficult in matters of content, except that math is a bummer and I’m doing most  of the learning on my own for obvious reasons. I would have preferred a horizontal campus with more greenery and cheaper food, but aside from that, Baruch is great for me. It accommodates my desired major. Also, it ranks highly in the U.S. News list for business schools in the nation. I as well joined FES, a club dedicated to advising alumni in terms of internships, resumes, Professional etiquette, etc. I find FES very useful and advantageous, being that they have strong ties to career recruiters and some of them are recruits themselves. Overall, college has turned out to be not so different from high school. I just do a lot more reading now. Well, I should be. That probably explains why I do poorly on nearly all of my exams. I’ve got to get on my A-game. Peace be with you, dawg.

Greetings, I am Gabriel. I generally think of myself as a weird kid. I like breaking out the funk when it’s necessary. I am prone to awkward moments and I like to think that I’m somewhat of a clever guy. I am quite ambitious, but I’m well acquainted with laziness. I tend to work hard when I have motivation. My ultimate goals in life are to raise a family and live comfortably. I don’t wanna be rich because I think that too much money can change a man for worse. However, I would ideally not want to ever worry about finances because I like to focus on more important aspects of life. Hence, this is why I hope to be a Finance major. My childhood was……… odd. My mom is really weird; she’s sophisticated but has a tendency of going over the top at times. She also plays freakishly clever mind games by making me think and FEEL as if I’ve done something wrong when in fact something happened that I had no control over or when I did something right. My dad is funny because he doesn’t care about things that most parents would fuss over, but he cares a universe and a half about me. He’s weird too. My sis and I have a great relationship, which is odd. She’s weird. I grew up around fairly good-looking women so I know all of your tricks.

My top 3 concerns are whether I’m in the right school, whether I’ll get a career that will let me live comfortably and whether I’ll learn enough in school to leave a meaningful impact upon the family I intend to raise.

College is different from high school in that I now call my teachers “professors”.

My college experience so far has led me to think of one word: expensive.