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So I went to two workshops this semester. I went to the Cover Sheet workshop and the Transforming from College to Career workshop. Both proved to be very helpful because Im currently in search of a job. The thing that I have always hated when applying for jobs have been the Cover Letter. Honestly, I have always felt like it was such a tedius thing to do and a complete waste of time. BUT that was because I did not really know what a cover letter was. I thought it was just one little paragraph about who you were and the job you wanted. After going to the cover letter workshop I learned that it is an amazing way for employers to get a preview of your writing skills as well as a deeper understanding of the person behing the resume. Some times you cannot say everything that you want to say inside of your resume because a resume is not a place for your “personality.” This workshop showed me the importance of a cover letter and how to actually prepare a coverletter. The transition from College to Career workshop certainly reinforced and showed me some new lights of actually starting a career. It developed the idea that developing a career is not about how much money a company is willing to pay you, it is about what kind of experience being at a company can give you. Chasing high paying jobs is not the way to make yourself more desirable to another company, Having tenure at a company or various companies makes you look better as well as gives you the oportunity to negotiate for a better salery. These two workshops were very informative and makes me consider going to other workshops because everyday is a day to learn something new and create new opportunities.

Wow…so the first semester is already practically over and im trying to figure out where I am in this whole diaspra of, well I really don’t know. I think like in highschool, Im taking a bit longer to get into the whole “social” thing when it comes to things that are sepreate from my personal life. My first semester at baruch was intresting? engaging? life changing? It went by so fast it seems like just yesterday I was meeting in my first FRO class and now Im writing about my first semester. Maybe Im dull but Baruch hasnt really exceeded my expectations of it. Maybe because my first semseter was only part-time and I made the concious choice not to be too involved in extra curricualar activities. If i could do anything diffrent, I would most certainly be ALOT more friendly, outgoing, and involved in activities inside of the school. I havent really changed since being at baruch but I hope that, if I stick around that I grow a lot more as a individual. My first semster all in all went quite well if I say so myself.

Two study tips that work for me are time management and group studying.  I am admittedly an extreme procrastinator. As you can see I’m doing this homework 2hrs before it is due.  Time management is something that I really need to implement into my study habits.  I always wait until the last minute to do practically everything.  Sometimes I prevail and sometimes I do not.  I have now come to notice that if I wait until the last minute to do my work I will miss out on the chance to receive help that I most likely will need.  The hours in the day and the days in the week always seem to breeze by without me noticing and I end up doing my homework the night before.  I put it in my mind to stop procrastinating but I hardly ever put it into effect.

Group studying is also some thing else I need to implement into my study habits.  Generally, I do not study.  I’ve  always found that studying is an unknown that I do not want to discover.  But yet again,  I am finding that in college I actually do need to brush up on the things that I learned previously.  Having so much free time and letting the days pass me by, the things I learn get lost in the mix.  Studying with people who are going through some of the same things as me would probably help me out in a lot of ways.  It might also introduce me to those things called “studying habits”  that I have none of.  Finding a study group that is right for me would definatly make the college experience much easier.

With that does anyone have a study group I can join? 

Who am I? I am a lot of things. I am Bajan and Costa Rican. I am a female. I am smart, insecure, outgoing, quiet, loud, an oxymoron, and plenty of other verbs.   I don’t exactly know who I think I am. I try really hard to be me and not anyone else.  My top three concerns about freshman year? WOAH…I think I won’t fit in and that I wont make any new friends. Missing all of my High School friends because college seems SO lonely. And LAST but not least Did I make the right decision going to a Commuter Campus? I think would I be happier going to one of the other schools I was accepted to.  Being at Baruch without any familiar faces makes it 10x harder to deal.  I am not bothered so much by the course work yet, just the lack of personal enjoyment.   In my college experience, I feel a lot more responsible for myself.  I feel like its up to ME to good. There’s no bargining with teachers for a better grade or slacking off, just me trying my best.  I honestly do not know how this first year will change me.  Maybe it will give me a better sense of who I am then verbs.