Monthly Archives: September 2011

A) Hey guys, my name is Richard. I’m a Korean-American and I was born in New Jersey and moved to New York within a few months. I currently reside in Queens and have been living here practically my whole life. There isn’t much to say, I consider myself an ordinary guy. I love and care for my family and friends, although I don’t have anyone yet to call my ‘best friend(s).’ I also love tons of other things such as drawing, video games (Pokemon, Zelda, COD…I can go on and on about this), and the internet (Memes are awesome). Yeah, I love to draw. It is pretty much my art skills that give me a bit of a unique identity. I’ve won a few trophies when I was younger and also seem to catch people’s attention with my creativity. I am also currently managing my own little Facebook page.
My personality depends on the person/people I am with. I usually enjoy being very random and joking about defying the laws of physics…I’m not weird, or maybe I am? I also enjoy being kind to others and help people through difficult situations no matter how private it may be. Sadly, such assistance would usually be deemed as awkward. Its sad that people can express personal problems about things on websites such as Yahoo Answers, but in real life its weird.
This past year was rough and I am going through hard times, but I won’t go into detail on that.
So for now, I am trying to start anew here at Baruch and I hope to make new friends I can trust.
To wrap it up, I feel I am a kind-hearted individual with an open mind with a hint of seriousness.

B) What is bothering me the most as of now is homework. I haven’t even gotten more than half of my textbooks yet because they’re currently being shipped. I feel like I am lagging behind and I can’t organize myself this way. Another thing that worries me as of now is time management.  I come home really late so I need to adjust myself into cramming a bunch of reading into one night and I feel this is crucial to getting a decent grade. Another one of my concerns is whether or not I should stay in Baruch. I am currently an undecided major and just recently I felt business doesn’t really get my attention.

C) It is definitely the emphasis on independence that makes me think Baruch College will be different from my high school experiences.  Unlike high school, I am now responsible on managing when I get my work done. As I have heard numerous times, our professors won’t care if individuals don’t get work done so I have to stay focused and on task.

D) I have yet to see how things turn out at Baruch, but that depends on if I find interest in a major. For now, I think my first year at Baruch will make me mature and prepare me for the real world. I feel that I will become more independent, more socialized, and more open minded from the courses I take, the people I meet, and the general environment itself.

I am a Korean American.  I was born and raised in Flushing, NY for almost 11 years of my life.  For middle school, I moved to Long Island and I graduated from Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School.  I believe that I am a very caring and friendly individual.  In all honesty, Baruch was not one of my top choices.  However, after much arguments between my parents and I regarding how other schools were not worth the price of the tuition, I reluctantly agreed to go to Baruch.  I have to admit that my experience so far at Baruch was better than I had expected.  I expected the commute from Long Island to Baruch to be much worse.  Or maybe that’s what I’ll think until it gets cold and it starts to snow 🙁
My goals include maintaining a 3.5+ (hopefully) and eventually transferring out to a school with a campus.  I want to study accounting and I plan to find a job/ internship during the summer vacations.  In addition, I hope to be able to go onto graduate school for law.

A)   My name is Rob. I am the first generation American-born in my family. My life = family, friends, cars, and sports. I love motor-sports and racing. If it has an engine and makes noise, I like it. I grew to love cars from a young age. My father bought me a professional racing go-kart at the young age of 7. Sadly, after only two years, I had to stop. It was too time-consuming and school was more important. My love of racing and cars is still with me to this day. I love watching Formula 1 Racing and Rally Racing on TV and also love playing racing video games. During the summer, fall, and spring months I bike as much as I can. I go to my friends’ houses, stores, and just out for a ride on my bike. Speaking of friends, I love hanging-out with them. We always have an awesome time together. During the summer, we all went go-carting and had a blast. We also love to play sports like soccer and basketball whenever we are all together. Sometimes we even make up our own games to challenge ourselves more. During the winter months, I go skiing almost every weekend. I started while I was young and have increased my abilities throughout the years. I love the rush of adrenaline when you are going down the slope at a fast rate of speed. All in all, I love challenges and want to become successful both in my college years and beyond.

B) Concerns about freshman year:

1)  Settling into the college atmosphere. It’s a change from high-school. Basically you are on your own. No one is after you if you don’t do your work. Only you decide how well you do. There is more free time, so you have to learn how to utilize it to your advantage.

2)  Doing well in classes. I don’t know how the professors are and how their exams are set up. They each have a different teaching style and I will have to get used to each unique one. I don’t want to let anybody down, especially my family, by not meeting their expectation and doing poorly in classes.

3)  Joining a club. I was part of many clubs in high school and want to find good clubs to join in Baruch. I will be looking for that perfect club during my first semester.

C)   The freedom of college life will make my experience different from high-school. My teachers were always going after students who didn’t do their classwork or homework. College is not like that. You are only hurting yourself if you don’t do the work. There is also more free time in between classes. Managing that time is key to success. So far, there has been much more reading in Baruch as opposed to high school.

D)   My first year will change me in many ways. I will see if my decision of coming to Baruch was really worth it. Obviously, I will gain more knowledge if I do all my work and stay on top of things in all my classes. Also, I hope to make more friends and join a club in school to help make connections for internships and future careers after college. Overall, I think I will gain more knowledge and independence in my freshman year.

So I’m not really sure what I’m supposed to post about so I have done 2 random posts but I’ve been seeing some posts about our character, personality and aspirations. Guess I’ll just do a bit of that. Forgive FRO11brd if I’m not doing this correctly.

I’m a mystery lover, a riddle lover, a lover…lover, a joke lover, and I dabble a bit in martial arts.

My name is Vincent Chen and I have yet to know what I’m doing here at Baruch or what I want to do.

I aspire to be well known in the world (positively of course). I want to have fun in life and do something I enjoy with people whom I enjoy being around.

My greatest fear is to not live up to my full potential (selling myself short) and not being able to do what I promised my parents, myseld, and my girlfriend.

I expect college to be work heavy but I also expect it to be fun – especially when I work up enough duckets to get myself a ride 😀

Peace out is my favorite phrase (one of many actually) but yea, peace out. (I hope my blogs count as proper blogs and if they don’t please email me or something because I don’t wanna fail – thanks)

I have 5 homeworks to do in the span of about 12 hours…lets get this thing started. It’s going to be my first time having school on a monday in a long while and I’m honestly not too happy about it but it is what it is – gotta make the best of it. Peace.

1. Who am I. 3 words. One bold statement. Simply put, I am a daughter, an older sister, a student , a fencer, a yogi, a volunteer, a reader, a profound thinker, and many more. But, beyond all the physical aspects of what I am, or beyond my genetics, I am just a human being on this planet we call earth.  Even so, I think most of all I am, or at least would like to think a yogi. It is important to remember for me to be calm, especially in this city where everyone is going somewhere and are always busy with something. I think it is crucial to note that in today’s society, more than at any other time in history of humanity, people are facing stresses and tensions that are beyond their control. While I may not  know what I want o become, or even “who I am,” my one objective right now is to try and give back to individuals the useful methods I have learned through this yoga experience.
2. My top 3 concerns this year are:
   1. Lack of sleep I will be getting from all the homeworking and notes I am taking
   2. Do extremely well in all my classes and get straight a’s
   3. Don’t loose sight of my goals- no matter the obstructions
   4. Baruch is quite different than high school, in its academic ways. First off, there is a lot of work that we do in classes or at home that are just for our benefit. In this respect, the teachers don’t baby you in how you are doing in your classes and expect you to deal with your grades. Also, there are many more people in the school than my high school. My high school was composed of roughly 1,300 people- now it is about 13,000 in the whole school. Also, I find that the efficiency of the school and helping its students can be quite daunting and difficult . They don’t have as good of a “customer service” as I would have imagined a college should have.
   5. I think this first year will expand my academic horizons and allow me to engross myself in newfound territories that I would have never imagined. I am excited to learn things outside of my major and become a well-rounded individual for the outside world. I also believe I will become a better student in terms of study habits etc.

What I wrote as my mandatory blog post [#1] last year:

“Right now I’m sick & this is stupid.

A.Tell us who you think you are.

Fuck that. It’s none of your business & I certainly don’t have to explain who I am to the likes of YOU. But fine, let’s play;

I am ; Olga ::
Russ. Ukrainian.ˈɔlgə/ [ol●guh, ohl●ga]
●noun
1. Burrito inhaling, joyful, jigglypupuff, raming, Geeker, Ⓐlice in ⓦonderland Lover.♣
2. Holy

I’m an amazingly nice person. If you needed a shirt I would take mine off and give it to you. I was born in Ukraine, came to the U.S.A. on December 1st, 1999 [7yearsold]. I can’t pronounce the “th-” sound properly. If you make fun of the way I talk I will punch you in the face. If you criticize/chastise me because I am a female I’ll get pissed off. [Two/Three things that piss me off]. You’ve been WARNED. But other than that I love a good debate & discussion. So if you do want to DISCUSS how women might be inferior to men or vise-versa then you’re on.

Why am I annoying in class? Because I love being involved& maybe even teaching people something that they didn’t know before.

I know waaaaay too many random facts. Wanna know one? Ask me. I could probably write my own “USELESS FACTS” handbook.

I’m loyal & polite & I can’t stand when someone isn’t. I cannot stand impolite people. There’s no reason to be one, so you’re basically a jerk.

Wanna really know me? Talk to me. I definitely don’t bite & even though I’m awkward, I’ll do my best to get a smile or a laugh out of you. 😀

B. Top 3 Concerns About Baruch

#1 That I’ll regret not taking full advantage of all of Baruch’s resources.

#2 That I might regret not joining a sorority

#3 That I’ll end up taking too much on at one time & failing

C. Baruch=/= High School

I’m not special. In HS, I was in one of three programs, Humanities & we all pretty much knew each & the Medical Science kids.College: Nothing personal, limitless amounts of people, no one cares about you, & if you’re not good enough, you’ll fail, you won’t scrap by and just make it.

D. Ch-Ch-Changes

My OCD Planner tendencies will form again and my life will become so organized that my soul will drain from my body and I will become a boring, plain, wheat personality with no exciting or impulsive tendencies. [Run-on  sentence alert.] However, actually, I feel like I’ll become nicer to people & I’ll dress better & I’ll be comfortable with myself. I’ll probably still be a procrastinator, but I’ll learn how to control it and utilize it and use it for my betterment [e.g. making up false dates for assignments, like I did in high school!]. Also, I’ll sprout horns& wings& a furry tail& I’ll change my name to GIGANTOR!!!!& and tattoo my skin blue.

Note: I make up my own terms. Immigrant card, played! & I have more street credibility than Drake. Olga Glyantseva→O.G.”

Hi everyone,

Glad that you made it to the Blog. Yes, the color scheme is obnoxiously awesome! This is where you’ll post your mandatory Blog Posts and whatever else that your heart desires! Every one should post a paragraph or two talking about themselves.

-Olga