Author Archives: Randolph Chen

I thought Baruch was going to be a piece of cake because it was a CUNY and only the dumbest people of my school came here. I was wrong. Well even though it is not that hard, I still have to do some work and study for tests. I knew it was going to be boring because I commute there and back everyday. Hopefully after I join some clubs or find a job, it will not be so boring.
I think my first semester went okay, but not as well as I wanted. I did not really care or study at first because some classes were extremely boring. I learned to take notes better and study and write essays earlier.
I would bring my laptop to lectures everyday to keep me awake everyday if I had the chance to retake first semester of freshman year.
I have not really changed at all since the beginning of this semester.
Shoutout to Rawlisha and Toby for all the help they have given us!!

My name is Randolph Chen, but all my friends and relatives call me Randy. I currently live in Rego Park, Queens and attend Baruch College like the rest of you. I am not completely sure yet what I am planning to major in, but it will probably be either accounting or finance since I love math and they are the most popular majors in this college. I know that in the future if I want to live a happy life, I definitely need to enjoy my job, but I heard that most accountants live a stressful life. That makes me think twice about being an accountant. What I do love to do is drive around though. Once I got my license, i just felt empowered to go anywhere and do anything I want! With my own car now, there are no limits to where I can go in this country. Recently, I have been dreaming about becoming a sports car racer, not the kind where you just race in circles because I find that pretty boring. It is a pretty big dream and does not sound realistic to me, but that’s just what I find very exciting. My dad’s a car mechanic so on weekends when I have nothing to do, I would go to his garage and help him out so he can teach me a thing or two. In the future, if I do not become a sports car racer, I wish to also have my own garage and just do tune-ups/upgrades on my car or any of my family or friend’s car.

My 1990 BMW 325is

My name is Randolph, but all my friends and relatives call me Randy. I currently live in Rego Park, but I spent a lot of time as a kid in Forest Hills. I participated a few years in each soccer, baseball, and basketball at the Forest Hills Little League. My dad always wanted me to be athletic and would always practice with me after coming home from work to improve my skills. Furthermore, I use to play handball after school often during my years in junior high school. After sophomore year in high school, I only played once in a while because of SATs, essays, and the college process. My dad owns a garage in Forest Hills where he fixes cars so I use to go there every weekend just to accompany him and learn a few things or two. My grandparents used to own a laundromat right behind my dad’s garage in Forest Hills too, but now they just rent it out. During my free time now, I just try to spend as much time with my friends as I could because I don’t see them everyday in school anymore as I did before.

The most important thing to me at Baruch College is to earn a very high GPA. High averages in junior high school and high school was just to get into a better school for the next few years, but I believe the grades in colleges are the most important because that is what can get you a job. The second most important thing is to get an internship because I don’t really have any real work experience; the only thing I have is volunteer work, but I really want to get out into the real world and do something adults do as a living. The third most important thing is to make friends and expand my connections. Having to commute from home to school and back everyday makes everything feel like high school again, and I feel like I will never have the real “college life.” Making connections in college is really important because you never know who can help you get an internship or even a job!

I can’t really imagine Baruch College experience being much different from my high school experience for now. I know there are frats out there, but I don’t think I will enjoy pledging for any of them. I hope I can get a very good internship or at least a job just for now.

I don’t think that my first year at Baruch College will change me much. I definitely am more independent though because professors will not care if you do not come to class or are not doing any of the homework so it is all up to me to work hard and do well in school.