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My first semester at Baruch has gone by faster than I thought it would.  For the most part, my first semester has been good, even though at times I felt as though I’m still in high school.  Especially since I see many of the same people from high school on a daily basis.  The new people I met have been great.  If I could go back and change anything from this semester I would probably would’ve tried to participate more and focus more in class.  Also need to work on my procrastination.  Hopefully next semester I will be more attentive in class and try to stay on top of all my work.  Looking back on my first semester at Baruch, I am happy with the friends I have made and the experiences I’ve had.  I am looking forward to my next semester at Baruch.

My first semester at Baruch has gone by faster than I thought it would.  For the most part, my first semester has been good, even though at times I felt as though I’m still in high school.  Especially since I see many of the same people from high school on a daily basis.  The new people I met have been great.  If I could go back and change anything from this semester I would probably would’ve tried to participate more and focus more in class.  Also need to work on my procrastination.  Hopefully next semester I will be more attentive in class and try to stay on top of all my work.  Looking back on my first semester at Baruch, I am happy with the friends I have made and the experiences I’ve had.  I am looking forward to my next semester at Baruch.

I’ve been best friends with one of my best friends for eight years. We’ve gotten into a fight or two, but over stupid things. But senior year I went on vacation with two of my other friends. We went out one night and one of her friends, who I wasn’t very fond of, came to hang out with us. We had fun that night just hanging out. The next day I went to go bbm her but I noticed she was no longer one of my contacts. So I texted her asking if she deleted me and she didn’t answer me. I was really confused and just assumed something happened to her phone. I later went on twitter and saw that she had tweeted something not very nice. So I assumed she was mad at me or something.  We worked together at the time, and the weekend that I got back from my vacation she wouldn’t speak to me or look at me. I was really confused because I didn’t do anything or even say anything to make her mad at me. Time went on and she didn’t speak to me. On graduation day I texted her, congratulating her and to enjoy college. She surprisingly answered back telling me that we needed to talk. I told her to let me know when. Two weeks later she texted me telling me to meet up with her. We met up and she had told me that the reason she de-friended me. Her friend that hung out with us during our vacation had told her that I was saying bad things about her and her private life. I was very upset that she had believed her and didn’t confront me about it. So we made up and spent almost everyday of the summer together. I learned from this experience that you can’t listen to what everyone says and take it so seriously, especially if you how that person is (if they’re a pathological liar, etc). Also, I learned that if I’m very mad at someone, I’m not going to de-friend them unless I get their side of the story as well.

Who am I? This is incredibly hard, considering that I have tried writing like 5 responses to this stupid question. For the record, I am Vanessa Urrutia. I know who I am, but I don’t. I don’t know who I am because the person I am now will probably change for the better (I hope) within the next few years. But as of right now I am a daughter, a sister, a friend, and a student. I think I have a good sense of humor, and I know I am very lazy. I am El Salvadorian. I should be digging deeper, but I think I am too young to really know who I actually am.

My top 3 concerns for my freshman year are:

1. The workload. I am definitely not used to doing work considering that I spent a majority of my senior year screwing around. And if I did do any work, I usually half-assed it. But now, I know it’ll all have to change if I want to succeed this year and the following years.
2. Math. I absolutely hate math. I don’t know how I am going to get through math this year or any year for that matter. Any math class I take will definitely be a struggle that I will need to work hard at.
3. Time management. I was always good with time management until I started becoming extremely lazy and a procrastinator. Now that I go to school and have an after school job on certain weekdays, I am afraid that I will not manage my time properly.

So far, my Baruch experience will differ from my high school experience because of the amount of freedom. In high school we were watched like babies and now, we’re on our own. No one will be there to spoon-feed us and it will definitely be weird that the teachers don’t even bothering trying to know our names.

I am not sure how my first year will change me. Hopefully I become smarter and less lazy. Hopefully my working ethics will change so that I can be a better student in the future.