Author Archives: kinsang.li

subject: questions regarding to the class

professor A, i have been working hard in your class. i also get a good score on my midterm, i want to know the reason why i receive a B-. i hope you can give me some advise of what i can do to improve. but at the same time, please consider my grade again and make necessary adjustment. i want an A.

Your student, Isaac

I am Isaac if anyone here still isn’t clear who I am. I want to say something about my goals in Baruch College, especially in the first semester. i want a high GPA of 3.5 or higher. I just took a midterm of one of my classes, I already know I would probably fail this goal if I keep not reviewing the materials. I was slacking off already since the start of the semester and I have been feeling good about that. I thought I could handle the materials just by listening to the professor. However, after this midterm, I found out that listening to professor is not enough, but I have to read the textbook.  However, I have problem with time management. I have a lot of entertainments await me at home: PCgames, PS3… when I am at home, I discover that 90% of the time I would spend on PS3, and only remaining 10% on PC games. I want to do well in college but I am addicted to metal gear solid4. I know that I have to make a change. From now on, I will spend time not only on Metal gear solid 4 but also on other games, devil may cry, … the game I want most to play is little planet. I want to have the game but i know if I buy it, I would be more addicted to PS3 and my GPA goal won’t be achieved. I want a real change on my study style. So today I want to make a promise to myself, I won’t buy the game until I get higher than GPA of 3.3. moreover, I will spend all my outdoor time for reviewing the upcoming History and anthropology midterms, and keep the same time schedule when I am home. A high GPA is very important to me especially the first semester, because it means a better start for college. A good start always leads to success. So High GPA is my first goal in college. My second goal is to be involved in more club and volunteership. This would help me better to know what I like to do. Up until now, I still am not so clear about what I should do. I want to be an economist, but I also want to be an investor analyst. So this is my second goal throughout this semester.

i am Isaac. i took the Art history midterm today. when i first looked at the midterm, i saw that it was easy. you just have to put the right words corresponding to the right definition.  But the second part was a mess. not because i didn’t remember what century the artwork is, i even remember the exact year, but the style.  I don’t know if it is right or not, but i just put Style is renaissance for every artwork, probably i would get half right.

this is my first midterm in college. After this experience, i find out that i need to study not only the day before the exam but also everyday. but here is the problem, how can i spend so much time to study every subjects everyday while i need to spend time on my PS3. i haven’t touched my controller two days ago and i start to have symptoms just like an addict. But now i know how midterm is like, i will surly do better in later on exams of the other classes.

I think of myself as a law abiding resident. i am just a normal guy.

my concerns about my freshman year are clubs, internships and GPA. I have so many clubs i want to join but the clubs hour is only two hours. If i join a club, i don’t have time for my second  and third club. My second concern is internship. i know it is hard to find internship in freshman year, so at least i want to prepare for any opportunity. the third concern is GPA. i want get a high GPA above 3.3. i don’t the grading rubics of my professors, so i would have to work extra hard.

I was a once a student of  Bayside high School, a public U.S. high school in Queens. There is a very good music program, so i did learn alot how to play guitar. that’s what i thought of my identity back then. Now i think of myself as a Baruch college student. i realized that i need to focus more on deciding my future career.

my first year in Baruch would change me alot. i would be 18 this year and Baruch would give me a sense what it’s like to be an adult.