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Elaine Choo

Who am I? Well I’m:

* A college student

*A daughter

*A sister

*An aunt

*A best friend, a friend

*A girlfriend

*A young adult but a child at the same time

I am me.

All these words cannot really sum up who I am.

I’m only 18, I know hard to believe, and I can’t help it if I look the way I do!

I’m in the second phase of my life- college.

Attending class 5 days a week is nothing out of the ordinary, feels like high school

High school for me was

* Small classes

*Having close friends but knowing everyone in my grade, it was always HEY!

*Reasonable teachers

*The small amount of responsibilities we used to have

*And easy homework.

College is the same, or so I thought. I have

*Massive lecture halls that make me an even tinier fish than I already am in a sea of 400 other big fishes

*A few new friends and over 400 other strangers that hover over me.

*And instead of loud and comfortable greetings, it’s become those small awkward hand waves and smiles.

*Crazy, uptight and outright absurd teachers that honestly couldn’t care less about whether or not I paid attention or attend class.

*A bottomless pit of responsibilities that is slowly taking over my life.

*A never ending load of homework.

My biggest fears in this phase of my life are not passing the class or tests.

My biggest fears are time management and procrastination, the culprits of

My poor test grades and class work in my high school days.

My biggest rival in college? Not you, or you or you, or any of the several thousand students in this school.

It’s me.

I have to surpass myself,

No more procrastination

Or excuses.

I need to take charge, and I will succeed

Who am I? Well I am:

*An average girl minus the average part;I’m uber short*

*I can be lazy*

*I have bad time management & can be forgetful even though I tell myself I will do something &  leave notes, which would explain why this post is two days late- SORRY!*

I think I am someone reliable, trustworthy, responsible and someone who is hardworking, but I’m well aware that I am no where near perfect. I know that although sometimes I tend to make mistakes it’s okay because I’m trying out this thing where I’m trying to be more positive about life and the obstacles it may throw at me from time to time.

I’m an artist as well because I love to draw even though i’m not that great, I love art, I love music, I love photography. I love being creative and imaginative. There are a million wonders in this world it just depends on what you make them to be.

I am also the baby of the family, with two older siblings that old enough to be my parents, heck they are my second pair of parents.

With that being said, my top 3 concerns about my freshman year at Baruch College would be:

1) Time management: In high school all my classes were one after another & my breaks were no where as long. Being in college with two to three hour breaks in between each class makes it hard to avoid procrastination which I’ve had a bad history with.

2)Adjusting # students classes: In my high school we only had 100 students per grade & everyone knew everyone & it wasn’t hard to get to know everyone, especially since there was 25-30 students per class. In college the size of the class ranges from 35-410 students that’s a big jump!

3)  Passing all my classes: The way the classes are taught are way different than how it was in high school. The professors aren’t there to guide you through everything, rather they just give you the assignment and expect you to complete them and if you don’t understand it’s your own responsibility  to find out the answers by asking for help or finding out other ways to help yourself to understand. They don’t baby you. You’re on your own.

What will make my experience here different than in high school are the people that you meet, the opportunities that are presented to you because of what you’ve achieved in high school, how well you perform in class and how you put yourself out there.

The first month of college has already changed me noticeably.  I am no longer as dependent, I’m slowly but gradually becoming more responsible I’ve matured a lot and by the end of my freshman year I’m pretty sure that I will become a better role model for those who are younger than me. I know that I will be wiser from those who’ve I’ve met, my professors and from the decisions that I will make.