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1. For the most part, Baruch is exactly what I thought it was going to be. A school where students got a good education for a bargain price, and once class was done an over with, students went their separate ways. Personally, a majority of my time was spent in the library studying or procrastinating on work, or in the gym trying to burn of all of the $1 pizza. I’m not the most outgoing and social person either, probably due to be being an only child, so most of the time I was doing work by myself until I began to socialize more towards the end of the semester.
2.  Overall I feel I could’ve done a better job, grade wise. At the beginning I was still in high school mode and felt I could get nothing less than a B without an ounce of studying. Long story, short, the highest grades I was getting were B’s, but after some time management and getting adjusted to the college system those grades began to increase.
3. Mainly, time management and learning how to balance school among everything else that I do. If I had done that, I would’ve have missed out on easy A’s at the beginning of the semester and then pay for it in heavy study towards the end. Also, I mentioned that I’m not the most talkative and social person, so I would’ve made more of an effort to get to know the rest of the block members cause you guys really are down to earth, which is extremely rare to find nowadays.
4. I would hope to think that I’ve matured as a person, view life differently and make different decisions then I would have. For whatever reasons it may be, entering college makes people, or maybe just me, view things differently; in a more mature and deliberate way. For what reasons? You guess is as good as mine.  But I feel, now, I’m a step closer to figuring out what is it that I intend to do with my life, career wise, and hopefully as the semesters continue and I develop more growth I’ll be a few steps closer in achieving my career choice. As for now, it’s one step, one goal at a time and one wise decision at a time, that’s my overall learning experience from this semester at Baruch.

I don’t remember exactly what I said during the monologue session of class, but I do remember that what we fear as an individual was the main topic and was expressed by the vast majority of us. So what do I fear most in life? For the most part, not
being able to accomplish whatever it is  that I’m trying to accomplish, if that makes any sense at all. In other words, we all have dreams that we wish to succeed in, and have goals, both personal and professional, that we seek to achieve in, and if I’m unable to accomplish those things, whatever it may be, I feel I would have failed as an inspiring man, son, and as a mere person. Of course, we’re all in the beginning stages of our lives, and we haven’t come to a clear consensus on what we’re trying to do with our lives in all aspects; as a person, child, sibling, student and career choices, etc, but my main goal and what I dedicate myself into doing is simply achieving different stages of my life as I get older and more mature. What if I don’t? The thought of that is what frightens me the most.

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.