Freshman Seminar 2011: CFA

Who am I? Well I am:

*An average girl minus the average part;I’m uber short*

*I can be lazy*

*I have bad time management & can be forgetful even though I tell myself I will do something &  leave notes, which would explain why this post is two days late- SORRY!*

I think I am someone reliable, trustworthy, responsible and someone who is hardworking, but I’m well aware that I am no where near perfect. I know that although sometimes I tend to make mistakes it’s okay because I’m trying out this thing where I’m trying to be more positive about life and the obstacles it may throw at me from time to time.

I’m an artist as well because I love to draw even though i’m not that great, I love art, I love music, I love photography. I love being creative and imaginative. There are a million wonders in this world it just depends on what you make them to be.

I am also the baby of the family, with two older siblings that old enough to be my parents, heck they are my second pair of parents.

With that being said, my top 3 concerns about my freshman year at Baruch College would be:

1) Time management: In high school all my classes were one after another & my breaks were no where as long. Being in college with two to three hour breaks in between each class makes it hard to avoid procrastination which I’ve had a bad history with.

2)Adjusting # students classes: In my high school we only had 100 students per grade & everyone knew everyone & it wasn’t hard to get to know everyone, especially since there was 25-30 students per class. In college the size of the class ranges from 35-410 students that’s a big jump!

3)  Passing all my classes: The way the classes are taught are way different than how it was in high school. The professors aren’t there to guide you through everything, rather they just give you the assignment and expect you to complete them and if you don’t understand it’s your own responsibility  to find out the answers by asking for help or finding out other ways to help yourself to understand. They don’t baby you. You’re on your own.

What will make my experience here different than in high school are the people that you meet, the opportunities that are presented to you because of what you’ve achieved in high school, how well you perform in class and how you put yourself out there.

The first month of college has already changed me noticeably.  I am no longer as dependent, I’m slowly but gradually becoming more responsible I’ve matured a lot and by the end of my freshman year I’m pretty sure that I will become a better role model for those who are younger than me. I know that I will be wiser from those who’ve I’ve met, my professors and from the decisions that I will make.

As one can see this is very late, but thats a problem that i have been facing for quite some time. I am a very forgetful person but a good person at heart. I always like to help people no matter the circumstances-which has gotten me in a lot of trouble ove the previous years. I like to have fun all the time, its something that I need to keep myself running properly, this sounds like I have issues but I really don’t.

I tend to be quite mysterious around people, sometimes I would be the leader of the group but other times I wuld keep in reserve and not say anything. Which brings me to another thing, I have a studdering problem, its not that I studder all the time is the fact that I am scared to studder. This has always scared me and prevented me from talking a lot in class or with my friends.

I am a hero, to the numerous people that I have helped. I have solved many of their problems and I hope I can still do this. I like to see the happy faces on people. I guess one can say that I am a  therapist or something but its something that needs to be done.

I am a artist. I love to draw! Drawing is a passion of mine that I never got to enhance and now i can’t really do it anymore but the occasional doodle. But I hope one day that i can find it in me to continue drawing and maybe sell a few drawings and get rich off it.

Well, being a freshman in college the top three concerns that I have are not being able to keep up with the work, procrastinating on the homework that I have to do, and failing. These things really scare me and I hope that i don’t get stuck in these three problems. I am scared of these things because these are my worst habits when it comes to school so i have to step up my game now.

How college is diferent than high school is that there is more work to do. There are times that I wished that I was back in high school just becasue the work load was smaller. But its a change, I came from a small high schooll with a graduating class of 100 and now there are thousands at college so its a good place to meet new people.

How the first year in college will change me is that I would be more organized and work harder. I hope that I can get rid of my procrastination problem and that I would work twice as hard. I hope that college is that slap that everyone gets in life telling them to wake up. College is not high school or middle school where one can slack off and still expect to get a 100 for their grade. Even so, i hope college teaches me something new about myself.

Well peace out!