Here’s to new beginnings

Let’s start off by saying that not everything is what it seems like. I remember mentioning this sometime during orientation but most of you have probably forgotten by now that I was born in Puerto Rico and lived there for 12 years, which means that I’m fluent in Spanish. Whenever I tell someone this fact about myself, they are always surprised because my outer appearance is Asian-looking. Both my parents are Chinese and it just so happened that we owned a Chinese restaurant at the time and that’s where it all started for me, but let’s not get into that right now.

I would like to think that I’m a outgoing person with many ambitions in life. One of the things I dislike about myself is how I put off things until the last minute. I feel like this is such a bad habit to keep but I’m trying really hard to break it as each day passes by. I am a nice person, really easy to talk to, and sometimes a little bit too forgiving. All these qualities and many more make me who I am and I hope to make an impact on the lives of people someday, whether it be a small or big one.

Just like everyone else, I want to do well in all of my classes, and failing is my biggest concern as of now. I don’t like the feeling of knowing that I could have done a better job but didn’t. Another concern of mine is allowing the workload to pile up and letting the stress to get to me. I am the type to give up easily but that’s just another thing on my list of things to change about myself. Lastly, I would like to meet new people and create a strong friendships because what’s success if you don’t have anybody to share it with?

Only a few weeks have passed since classes started but I can already tell that Baruch will change me in many ways. Compared to high school, everything is just so different. Everyone’s in a rush to get to their destination, teachers don’t seem to notice you as much, and the amount of work that is given makes high school seem like a joke, unless you had all AP classes. I’ll definitely try to manage my time better and do things ahead of time instead of leaving everything until the day before it’s due … starting tomorrow.