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same thing different day. i wake up a little over an hour before class, take the bus, take the train, walk into school, and dig into my oversized backpack for that tiny torn beat crumpled piece of paper called my schedule. i look at the day and check which room i’m in. then i check my phone and see i have 5 minutes until classes start. then i go walk up that first flight of stairs and there, my biggest decision of the day comes to me. to take the “escalators” or not to take them. that is the question. whether ’tis quicker to suffer the  elevator packed like a clown car full of morning breath and blasting iPods or to man up and face these what seems to be endless flights of steps of a so called escalator. then by the time i make up my mind on taking the elevator, three of them had just left the second floor to make its way up to the 11th, leading me to take the escalators. however i always get to class on time… well all but this one.

what i realized is… I have to fix that. High school was different to college because well, it was free. public schools grant an opportunity for kids, of whom most take for granted, like me. to realize this now has really hurt my academic life and college was a way for me to start over. especially growing up in a household that highly regards education and schooling, i feel pressured to do well. i’ve already started pulling all nighters studying for midterms and i think most of it has paid off. I’ve learned my lesson of procrastinating and i know how to prepare next time. and along my next couple of years of college, i’m hoping to form new friendships and keep the old as well as maintain a good gpa. this sounds so cliche so i’m going to stop here.

hi my names jae. i dont know if this is supposed to be written with correct grammar or not… so i wont. i’m 18 and i’m from flushing queens. i’m a procrastinator and i hope to change that in the upcoming few years. i can be a diligent worker as well as long as i keep my hands away from a computer. i went to bronx science so commuting to school is nothing really new to me. matter fact its even shorter for me to get to baruch than my hs. i’m a pretty chill guy so you guys should get to know me.

my top 3 concerns for baruch college are getting good grades, keeping/making a relationship with present/future friends, and being active. my concern for good grades is pretty obvious.. 4.0=$$ but it’s not only that. it’s because i’ve missed my opportunity in high school by screwing around and messing up my grades. however by the time i realized that and tried to turn it around, it was too late. thus, i think college is a clean slate and i can do what i couldn’t do before. my second concern are my relationships with all my friends. maintaining a close relationship with my friends now is very important. this is because they say your childhood friends are the ones that last you a lifetime. and i think this is very true, in that the remaining of my friends are the ones i really consider best friends. however while keeping old friends, i should always keep my window open to welcome new ones. being in a commuter school, the chances of you meeting a close friend (more than just a hello) are very slim. this leads to my next concern which is being active in school. the more active you are in clubs, classrooms, and everywhere else on campus will probably increase your chances of meeting new people.

i think my baruch college experience will be very different from my hs experience because of the schedule. my soon-to-be flexible schedule will help me sleep more, which is something i love… i will also be unable to hang out with the same friends everyday, like in high school. i’ll also have to be more independent by being more responsible in my studies, time management, and work ethics.

i dont think my first year at college will change me very much. i think the most that would change about me is that i would have to actually start studying to keep up with school work. and maybe i’ll gain weight from all the good food around campus.