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If you are keeping up with my blogs, you may remember that I pretty much had a bad feeling about Baruch. Well….I pretty much have most of those feelings still, but a lot of it has changed.  For example, although I was worried about making a lot of friends in college, I’m fine with the few close friends I made whom are also in most of my classes.  A few weeks ago, scheduling began for the Spring Semester, and I was kind of upset that I’m not in the same classes with most of my friends.  It makes me wonder what our relationship will be like after Spring.  I’ve recently been going to the library the past week every day after class to study for upcoming finals in a last minute effort to boost my grade.  I took the elevator to the top floor where it’s less crowded and more quite.  When I got to the top, I saw a few kids from my Calculus class.  I’ve been going there every day and meeting more of the Macaulay kids. I never thought that the LIBRARY is where I would make friends, nor did I ever think that THAT’s the place we would hang out. I envy the group for not getting into the program (which I still don’t understand why because I did better than a lot of them in high school), but also because they have a really close bond with each other.  Their personalities all blend together with each other, which makes it fun and easy for me, as an outsider, to converse with them.  It also made me realize that Calc was the only class that I had that didn’t have 100+ students, so I’m getting a little upset that it’s almost over and I may not see the rest of those classmates again.  If I could do first semester over again, I would go to the library more to study after class.  What need to I have to go home right away? Just to watch TV?  I know I can do better in school, but I just want some kind of inspiration/ motivation to keep my grades higher.  I have SOOO much reading for my classes to do and my super duper long commute doesn’t make it easier for me to get work done.  Between school, sleep, commuting, and the very little amount of homework that I do, I don’t have time for much extra studying because I MUST set aside at least an hour a day to ME TIME, where I can just watch TV and relax.  Most people would say they have changed in college.  I can’t really say that I have.  I’m still the same slacker who has had senioritis since 11th grade.  I still make people laugh all the time, which is my daily goal.  I might say the only thing different is that, I’m keeping a bit more facial hair, and spending a lot more money.  I’m worried about next semester.  My schedule is spread out, I have more and harder classes, I will still be commuting, and I won’t have Fridays off anymore.  I need someone who has been in my position or knows me well enough to tell me I will be fine and I will do well.  More importantly….I need to believe them.

 Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.—–Albert Einstein

My first semester at Baruch College is nearly complete, my overall feelings about Baruch College are pretty good.

A. My experience at Baruch College has lived up to my expectations.  I have much free time, Professor will not ask you that why are you late? Or why do not you hand in assignment?  All responsibilities are hold by ourself, and only by ourself.  We will get any grade we deserve.  Some thing exceeded my expectations, for example the amount of homework assignment, and every test is essay.

B.  I think my first semester at Baruch College did not go very well.  Because I did not like to talk or answer questions during the class, but some professors think that participate is one part of grade, so I think it will hurt my grade.  And most of my professors give us essay as test, I am very disappoint about this, because writing is my No. 1 weakness.  I got a lot of grammar mistakes, and I hate writing so much.  Two out of five professor will give us grade only depend on the test grade, and all their tests are essay, I have no idea about that how bad my grade will be.  (PS: God bless me.)

C.  If I could do the first semester all again, I would go to writing center more times, it can help my writing skill.  And I would drop my philosophy class as soon as possible.  It is not because I did not like that professor, but he only gives us grade base on three essays, which I definitely did very bad on every time, even I have improved my grade.

D. Since I started at Baruch College, I changed a lot.  I started to spend more time in library.   Homework assignment costs me more time, I have to read very long article or story.  For example:In this weekend, I have to read about 150 pages of a book for English, couple chapters of Bible with questions I need to answer, one chapter of Anthropology book with two article, 20 – 30 pages each, one chapter for philosophy, and do some researches and writings for my public administration class.   I have never expected this, my friends told me that “high school is work-time, college is party-time” when we were senior of high school.  But that is not true, we need to work very hard in college.

For next semester, I will have most classes on Monday and Wednesday, and one class on Tuesday and Friday.  I hope I can do better (I believe I can do better), and have no thought about dropping any classes.  By the way, Good Luck to everyone.

Well my experience at Baruch College wasn’t exactly as i had to picture it to be back in August. I knew what I was getting myself into with my education but with Baruch being a commuter school I didn’t think time and assignments would wind down on us so fast. It feels like 3 weeks ago we were beginning our journey into college and with finals week coming up It’s all about finishing off strong. I feel as grades wise I could’ve done much better but I think I did alright, what I would do differently is interact with more of my peers build relationships and connections. I feel as I have changed for the better ever since I started school at Baruch because I now see how hard work pays off and how being persistent gets you the A in school.

I don’t really have much to say about whether my experience at Baruch lived up to my expectations or not. I didn’t really have any major expectations before coming to Baruch, except for the usual “lots of reading and papers.” I just viewed it almost as a continuation of high school. So I don’t really have much to say in this area. Though I will say that I miss gym class. That’s about the only thing that disappointed me the most about college. I had tons of fun during gym class in high school; now, I can only reminisce about those times.

I think my first semester at Baruch went pretty well. I got decent grades, but just not as good as I would like them to be. But finals week is coming up: one last chance to redeem myself?

I think I will work a little bit harder to get perhaps slightly better grades if I could do this all over again. But whom am I kidding? I know that I’ll still slack off. And maybe I would join a club. It’s near the end of the semester and I still haven’t gotten to doing that yet.

I really honestly don’t think I’ve changed at all. Or maybe now I’m willing to spend more time doing schoolwork, but I think that’s about it. Nothing major happened during the first semester that would’ve changed me.

The college life in Baruch College is just what I have expected before I entered Baruch College, I have lots of assignments and essays to complete, meeting new people and many final exams or essays to prepare in only one week which is shortening my life span right now. For first semester, I think I am doing alright. I am doing decent in most of my classes, I got used to hours of commuting which was really painful about 3 month ago and I also got used to be squeezed by crowd. If I get chance to redo first-semester year, I would study harder to get better grade than what I am receiving now and I also would drop one of my classes because I now regret about not dropping one class. I have not changed at all since I entered Baruch College. Some of my friend has said that when a person enters a college, they become more “adults”, but I feel like I am still in high school and I do not feel all the responsibility that college students should have. I hope remaining years in college would make me more mature.

Time runs fast. There are only two weeks left before my first semester at Baruch College end. Recall from what I wrote at my first blog post, I wrote about what I concern about for my freshman year. My experience at Baruch had made me accomplish a lot of what I expect.

One of my expectations is friendship. I have made a lot of friends through the first semester. I almost get to know everyone in my freshman seminar class. Now this semester is going to end. It will be few chances for us to have a same class together. I hope I could meet more people and make friend with them later on. Another thing was the improvement of my English. I felt that I have a little improve but I still need to work harder. I hope I could really improve it in later day at my college life. I most concern about my grade. I expect to pass all my classes. I can’t tell what my grade will be only if I get my report card. I still need to work harder for my final exams.

In my first semester at Baruch, I had put in much effort but I think it wasn’t enough. I can’t satisfy what I have done so far. The reading materials for class are hard. Sometime I didn’t finish my reading assignment. I just give up when I saw a lot of difficult words. Another thing was time management. I thought I could manage my time better if I am not that lazy. I always do my assignment at the day before it was due. If I have a chance to start it again, I would read all the reading that required for class. Reading could help me to understand the lecture. I also would not put everything at the last minute. But I can’t rewind time. I hope I can improve my weakness at my next semester at Baruch.

There are changes since I started at Baruch College. I become more responsible for my study. There are a lot of works I need to work independently. I need to superintend myself to do the right thing and manage my own time to study in order to get a better grade. There are a lot for me to get improve. I will continue to work on my weaknesses in order to make more positive changes.

This semester has been pretty routine. After the initial week or so getting used to the college format, things got boring. You hear about freshman 15. Try freshman 30. You think amazing frat parties and thursday nights out. Try two hour commutes, little to no friends, and 11 o’clock bedtimes. I wonder when college became to mundane. Maybe its time to add some variety. Maybe I should join that fraternity. Maybe I should stop heading straight home. The thing is, even if I tell myself to hang around, my significant other wishes otherwise.
“Be home soon!””When do you get back today? 6? Why so late?””Have lunch with me on Fridays. You don’t have class anyway.””Fine, go hang out with your friends. Just don’t bother me when I’m with mine. Oh, now you don’t want to? It’s either one or the other; you have to choose”
Why not both? Why not all? Why not???
They’re all the same problems since day one. I can’t bring myself to say no. I guess I’m just a bit afraid.
People say “Why did you choose to stay in NY for your boyfriend? That’s so stupid.” Maybe it is. Who knows? But now that I am here, I plan opn making the most out of it. So what if all my friends are male? So what?
When I say that I wish it were the end, it reminds me of a conversation I had with a friend. I just want to fast forward to graduation. I want to fast forward to whatever I want to be.

It is now towards the end of the semester. i didnt do much. to be honest there was a lot of feeling around at the beginning of the year, kinda like in fights where you dont really engage but try to figure out how strong your opponent is. the classes arent bad at all in terms of difficulty, but my rise in laziness has risen to new extremes.

i m scared. if i stay here at baruch for too long, i see myself just skipping class everyday. My motivation to work has plummeted to new depths. i guess when you grow up what institutions lack in inspiration you’re supposed to make up for through discipline and a need for money in the future.

i miss having PE class. i feel weary sometimes, i think its my lack of activity lately but maybe its the weather too. in Heroes the tv show i saw a bunch of japanese business men all go outside in the middle of the day to do some mandatory excersize. seems like both a nice and dreadful idea. idunno.

baruch has its charms, not many, but it has its charms. the building itself continues to amaze me (vc not 23rd cuz 23rd is shit). the people here are decent. classes are decent. professors are decent. a whole lot of mediocracy is what i m seeing but theres a lot of opportunities here too.

heres to hoping i can get out there and make next semester even better.

I think my experience at Baruch College has not lived up to my expectations in some aspects. As the first semester at college, it is quite different from the high school. I am excited for being a college student; it is an unknown journey, and a fresh experience; and it may be a turning point of my life. But after the excitement is over, the troubles come out. The college is more laborious than high school, and I have more pressure with the course. Before attending college, I think college would be freer, but it takes me a lots time doing the reading and writing my paper. I don’t think I do best at my first semester at college.

In some way, my experience at Baruch College has lived up to my expectations. I think the college life will give me more possibilities of my future. After my first semester at Baruch College, I have some new friends, and my ability is improved; it makes me feel a sense of accomplishment. For example, my vocabulary is widened by reading every day. And my reading ability is also improved. But I think it is not enough, there is no end to progress. I still need to work harder at college.

If I could do the first semester all again, I think I would be more industrious. And I would be more optimistic. There is a will, there is a way. I don’t think I try my best for the work. I think if I could do my best, I would be better for my work and make more progress. At this semester, sometimes I would feel idle, during those period, I don’t want to do the reading and homework, I just want to sleep or watch movie at home. I think I should avoid this kind of feeling, so that I could be more industrious.

I think I have changed a little bit since I started at Baruch College. I think I become more independent right now. At the high school, the teachers would decide many things for me, but at college, there are more things that should be decided by me. With the coming age, I need to be more and more independent in my whole life. I can explore the world, and then finally find out what I really want is. Anyway, I would try my best.

So what do I think of Baruch college now? Well, I feel it’s just  ordinary. It has lived up to my expectations, but the dull classrooms, escalators, and not to mention elevator doors with only one side opening  are pretty disappointing. Other than these”minor” dissapointments, its just fine. I have one last complaint on the fact that some of the people are very immature or just plain idiots(specifically my Calculus class, it is very painful to sit through), but thats a different matter, not much to do with college I suppose. My college experience is okay, but I probably could have been more active. I’m not a very social person, I feel I could improve on that a bit more. If I could redo my first semester, I’d try to turn ALL of my grades into As. In fact, college has changed me to care more about my grades, I didn’t really care before to be honest. From next semester on, I will dedicate my  time to improve on my grades and make up for my mediocre performance from this one. Later on, i may become more active in the college community. This will probably improve my experience here in the future,. However its only a thought, no guarantee I suppose. I don’t think I have had a dramatic change during this semester, it’s probably still too early to tell. I am very close to deciding on a major, so I’ve planned ahead. In time, I believe college will help me get rid of procrastination. I hope the experience gets better as time goes on.