Category Archives: Who Do You Think You Are?

a. My name is Christie Li. I am 17 years old and from Brooklyn. One fact about me is that I like Hello Kitty – a lot. We share the same birthdays.

b. My biggest concern overall is building my GPA. I understand that my GPA is not everything, but however, it is a bit easier to start off with a good foundation in grades than rather try to boost it up in the later years. Hopefully I can do well in my freshman year, so I don’t have to worry it about as much in my junior and senior year. Also, another concern is the balance between school and fun. I don’t think I manage my time effectively so I’m going to have to learn to change my ways in order to do well in school and be social. I’ve already joined a club, so it’s a start. Lastly, the workload is going to be difficult. Since I have at least two classes a day, I have to read and study plenty to keep up in the classes. It’s especially difficult on days when I have three classes.

c. I will definitely have to be more independent and self-reliant. There isn’t going to be a “guidance counselor” helping me, giving me updates and guiding me throughout the year.

d. Freshman year of college will definitely give me a better taste of being an adult. It will make me more mature and make me start to think about a career path I would like to head towards.

My name is Lily Wong and I grew up in Brooklyn but moved to Queens during high school (family). I like to hang out with my friends, play games and eat!
1. Speech communication will be a really hard class for me because I am not good with doing presentations and just talking with people in general.
2. Getting good grades will be difficult because the workload compared to high school is already 10 times more.
3. Procrastination is a big one because this is the one that will drag me down if I do not organize my time and do my work early.
Baruch definitely has a lot more people than in high school so I think it would be easier to meet new people and make new friends. Baruch College will also push me to work as hard as I can compared to high school where I could slack off and still get good grades.
I think the first year at College will help me organize my time and develop good study habits. I also think it can help bring me out of my comfort zone with the speech communication class.

well as my username says im joel. Im Dominican and i think i pretty much enjoy the same things as any guy or person really. Music, sports, hanging out(especially parties), games, the usual.
My biggest concern is keeping up with the work. You pretty much have to stay on top of your own stuff which isnt a problem for me im just afraid ill miss something that will end up screwing me over.
Related to that im concerned with keeping a good GPA which as Michael said matters a great amount, so im hoping to keep it high.
another concern is my major although ive pretty much decided that want to do business and that it does interest im hoping that i wont take classes and not be as interested in it as i originally thought i would be and end up switching my major multiple times.
everyone seems to have a much more firm hold on life and themselves. the maturity level is also much higher which i definitely appreciate.
i think my first year at Baruch will show me something about what really interests me, at least i hope.

My name is Raymond Fung. I’m 18 years old and I was born in Hong Kong and raised in Woodhaven, NY.  I came to New York City when i was one year old.  I just like to hang out and play basketball, and I dislike reading and writing.  I am really close with my family and I have an older brother.  I work at Uniqlo so if anybody needs discounts 30%!

My top three concerns are just keeping my grades up getting used to the more free college environment where it is really up to you to do the work on time and be independent.  Also, textbooks are expensive and its hard to find cheap textbooks that are right for you.   That is about it.

So far the Baruch experience is really just like high school and not much different but i know that joining clubs and going to events will help me grow closer to the school and be more involved.

I think that my first year at Baruch will make me more independent, i will be able to find out more about myself and meet more people and be more involved as a person in life.

My name is Megan, I’m 22 years old and I was born and raised in Queens with my four siblings.

My little sister Katie is my best friend in the world. She knows me better than anyone else does.

We both love baseball. We go together to about 15 Mets games every year and we flew to Florida for spring training. They lose every year but we will always still believe. Shea is like my summer home.

I’ve been a feminist my whole life. When I graduate I want to work in politics so I can stand up for women’s rights and fight for the causes I believe in. I’ve been a vegan for the past seven years. Pearl Jam is my favorite band, I saw them in concert twice and they were amazing. Unthought Known has kind of become my theme song this year. I’m also an artist: I love to paint, draw and sculpt. I’m kind of quiet before I get to know people, but it’s something I’m trying to change. I’m still in the process of figuring out who I am.

My dog Bo <3

My main concern about my first year at Baruch is that I won’t do well enough in my classes. I am worried that I am going to fail Precalculus; I never really took Algebra so I feel really lost in that class. In general, I’m concerned I’m going to have trouble catching up academically since I’ve been out of school for six years. Sometimes it’s hard for me to speak up in class because I don’t feel smart enough to be there.
My other concern is that I will never be able to come out of my shell and make lasting friendships here. I’m very introverted, and I have a hard time talking to people and getting involved on campus and participating in class. People might think that I am not interested in getting to know them but the truth is I’m just painfully shy and it’s something I’m trying to overcome.
I think that my college experience is going to be much more positive than my high school experience. So far I’m finding the work load much more manageable. I’ve been able to keep up with my school work and still manage to sleep every night and take care of myself. In high school, I was overwhelmed by pressure from my parents to be perfect all the time, but now that they’re not involved at all I only have to answer to myself. It’s harder in some ways to not have support from my family, but over all I’m much happier. High school was a really difficult time for me, but now that I’m older I feel a lot stronger and able to handle things.
I hope by the end of my freshman year, I’ve started to find my voice again and become more assertive I hope that I learn a lot in all my classes and become confident in my abilities. And I hope I can make friends along the way.

Hi, I’m Helen I just recently turned eighteen. I’m Chinese. I lived in Manhattan until I was seven, and then I moved to Queens. I went to Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows.  I’m really quiet at first, but if I get to know someone, I turn to be the total opposite of that. I love being out and just having fun with my life. 

My top three concerns for my freshmen year are keeping up with the classwork, getting my homework done, and managing my time. The first two I hope I can manage because that’s basically what grades are made up of, besides the tests. Managing my time is also important to me because I’m a procrastinator, sadly. 

To me, I think the major difference from high school and Baruch is the commuting. Growing up, I was always brought to school, so I was able to wake up last minute and such. Now, I have to take the bus and the train. I have learned how to manage my time better. Also, I’m not use to going to a school where I don’t know anybody, because all my close friends are the ones I have known since elementary school. 

I think my first year at college will change me because it will be the first time in all my school years where I’m really independent. I’m coming into a whole new environment. Hopefully, by the end of the year, I’ll become less shy and more outgoing. Oh, and make some new friends.

I’m 17, about to be 18 in less than a  week. I’m Irish and Italian, and 2% black. I grew up in the same house since I was 2. Therefore I have a lot of neighborhood friends that I’v had  lifelong friendships with, and it’s really great. This is me with one of my neighbors:

When someone first meets me they can think that I’m mean because of my sarcasm, but I really am a genuine person who likes to see other people happy. I notice that I have trouble with that sometimes because some people don’t return the love, but I shouldn’t do things just to expect something in return. What I’ve noticed is that I value frienships a lot because my older brother who is now 24 has been away at school for the past 6 years, which lead me to making more friends so I won’t get too lonely, but I still love him and look up to him. This is me and him from when we were little:

I grew up in a christian home so I’m an active church goer and my values in life are based on my beliefs I grew up with. Even though my parents are christian, they didn’t force me into the way of life I live now, they let me decide myself.

Obviously my main concerns are my grades, I don’t want to fail anything, that’s just a given. I want to make close friends that I enjoy, but it’s really hard to do that especially after we don’t have our block anymore. Another concern is how much I walk up stairs, I’m really scared of elevators, and it actually came to the point where I make myself climb 14 flights of stairs every other day, and it has caused my ancle to become inflated.

I loved my highschool, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts so much, it was ridiculous. I really miss it to extreme amounts. I miss having my major (drama), because that’s something I’m very interested in and want to pursue in my life. It’s different from Baruch in the way that my school was much smaller. I felt like I had control, and here it’s just more and more new faces everyday. I miss my intimiate friendships. I miss my drama class the most, I spent all 4 years with them and they mean the world to me <3 This is them:

My first year here will teach me time management that’s for sure. I’m learning that if I pace myself, I can accomplish a lot and still have a social life.

Hey guys what’s up? I’m Edwin .  l’m 18, born and raised in Queens, but both of my parents are from a small town in the middle of mountains in Mexico.  I’m very proud of where we’re from, and i’m big on Mexican music.  Yes, i still listen to your typical teenage music (mostly J.Cole, Drake and Fabolous), but I can appreciate my father’s drunkie music or the ones that he “conquered girl’s hearts” with. Once a year I go to their hometown and enjoy a month with no tv, internet, or cellphone signal… oh the joy.  I have a younger sibling that no longer lives with us, so I’m new to this idea of being spoiled, and I’m liking it. I almost forgot, I LOVE baseball.  I was overweight as a young kid, and when we moved to the neighborhood i currently live in, I spent all my day at the baseball field, from 11am til dark. Thanks to that, i lost alot of weight, and it is now my biggest love <3.

As a freshman here at Baruch, my 3 biggest concerns are getting used to blackboard, learning how to manage my time better, and becoming better at baseball so that i’ll be ready for the tryouts come next year.  Coming into our second month of school, i still dont feel safe with Blackboard.  I feel like my professors wont get my work, or it’ll get lost in a vortex full of other students’ work and i’ll fail my classes, i just dont like it.  Also, in high school all i did was come out of school and go to practice, party or hang out.  I know that wont be the case in college.  I realize i have to put work ahead of everything, and i say this because as i’m typing my friends are getting ready to go party without me…jerks.  As for baseball, I think i missed out on the tryouts this year, so i’m willing to put in the work and be a Baruch Bearcat Baseball participant for the 2012-2013 season.

For high school i went to Robert F. Wagner, a high school nobody’s ever heard of in the 1st and 2nd floors in the middle of warehouses and other factories.  On occassion we would have floodings or fires on other floors, and would get to leave school early.  I really enjoyed my time there, everyone was cool with everyone, and there were no problems.  My graduation class was barely 90, and it sounds corny but you could say we were one big family. Coming to Baruch,it was the total opposite.  Hundreds of people walking up and down hallways, all of which i no nothing about. I must admit, it was an intimidating first couple of weeks.  I even got lost for like the first 2 weeks of classes.  But i realize that all this is for my good.  I had to move out of my comfort zone.  Not to brag or anything, but you could say i was well-known in my hs, and coming to Baruch made me realize its not all about that.  I was your typical class clown, making wise comments in the back of the class and distracting others, but i now realize thats gonna change here.  I know college will make me a more serious, more mature person.  I realize people aren’t here to be amused, they’re here to learn.  And i also realize i have to be in the same mindset.  Plus, being the first in my entire family to even graduate high school, i know i can’t let my parents down.  I have to be more mature, and take what im told seriously.  Its time to grow up.

My name’s Kacie. I’m 18 years old and I currently live in Staten Island with my grandparents. I went to high school at Manalapan High School in Manalapan, NJ, where our biggest claim to fame is being where Mike the Situation went to high school (what a great reputation, huh?). Middle school was where I made most of my friends, but we became really close throughout high school. Most of my best friends are all at least an hour away and I miss them tons. Fortunately, moving to Staten Island had brought me physically closer to my cousins who are more like my best friends than cousins. I get to see them a lot more often than I would during the school year, which is great because I love spending time with my family. I also love photography. After sophomore year, I hope to transfer to Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, MA. I visited Boston a few years ago and fell in love with the city and can’t wait to go back. I also love traveling. I recently took a trip to San Francisco and Hawaii as a graduation present, and it was the best trip I’ve ever been on. Now, every few Fridays my grandparents and I take a short trip to a place we’ve never been before, which is my favorite tradition.

My first concern about my freshman year is managing my time. I tend to procrastinate a lot, so managing my time seemed to be a hard obstacle to overcome. So far I’ve been responsible with how and when I get my work done.

My second concern is the commute. Unlike my friends, who are living on campus and walk 5 minutes to get to class, I have to walk 5 minutes to a bus to begin my hour and a half to two hour commute. Coming from New Jersey and traveling less than 5 minutes to get to school, the long commute is a huge difference, but it gets easier as the school year progresses.

My third and final concern was the work load. I was expected a lot more work than I’ve gotten so far, which has made the transition into college a whole lot easier.

How Baruch differs from high school so far is most obviously the independence I have. Instead of having set times for lunch and being provided with everything I needed for school, I’m responsible for getting my own books, finding my way to school, and finding something to eat for lunch (that I can afford.) I also can’t rely on my parents for that much considering they’re about an hour away. Another difference is the work. The work load is a lot lighter, especially since I have fewer classes. Although there is less work, more responsibility is put on me to get the work done and turned in.

I think my first year at college will make me even more independent, which is important. I also think I’ll learn how to work efficiently to get things done on time. Finally, I think that I will mature a lot within the next four years.

Hey guys! My name is Euiin Baik but you guys can call me Terry. Well first of all I am South Korean and came to America about 11years ago. I speak fluently in both Korean AND English so feel free to talk to me in either language. Well first of all I really really like going to No rae bang which is Karaoke hehe I love listening to Korean music and don’t get me wrong I like American music as well but I have more knowledge in Kpop then American songs so if you guys are interested in Kpop lets go to a Korean karaoke. Hmm… also I am pretty quiet at first and do not really talk to people but in short time and I see what kind of person you are I am very talkative and I think I am a really good friend. So don’t be shy and be afraid you guys can say hi!. My top 3 concerns about my freshman year is time management, work and work!. So I have a job on weekends which leaves me no time to do anything on weekends and I only have weekdays to do my school work. I am worried about if I can keep up with everything and manage my time to accomplish all the goals. In addition since I commute It takes almost an hour to get to Baruch so back and forth takes 2hours of my lovely daytime. It really sucks. Well aside from that so far I can definitely feel the difference in high school and College. I complained about the work in high school but it is a joke compared to college. College really is the real deal. My first year in Baruch will definitely make me a better person in many ways such as managing my time, spending my money, and basically become a really matured and responsible person.