Freshman Seminar 2011: CFA

a) I guess Baruch matched my expectations. I mean, I thought there would be less immature people, but half the population is just freshman and sophomores so I guess we have a lot of growing up to do. I also didn’t expect the sports team to be very popular and I was confused when people wondered if there was a Baruch football team. Academically, I knew college was going to be harder and more study time and that’s what it is. To be honest, it would have been much easier if I didn’t have gpa killers for professors.

b) The first semester actually went better than I thought it would be. I joined a club, and plus we have a block so it was easier to make friends. Of course we all didn’t talk to each other until halfway there but it was a great experience for a non learning community block. With grades, it so-so. i have easy approachable professors, then I have boring professors, then I have one that takes away points for everything that’s not word for word but it all balances out. I also was able to pick a good schedule for next semester so I am happy about that.

c) One thing I would do differently was study more at the beginning of the semester. Those were the easiest test/exams but I kinda slacked off because of the transition. I wouldn’t though change the block or any of my classes and keep them the same. I would have also used the gym and the library earlier because I didn’t even try to go in the beginning.

d) I think I have definitely changed as a person since I started Baruch. I tried my best to approach jobs and internships as well as use Baruch’s resources. Ive also studied way more than in high school, because in high school I didn’t do much and I could match other students who studied more. And also, time management is a big issue, its very important so you know you wont miss anything.

So I picked Baruch since it was the cheapest option I had and I kinda regret coming to Baruch. I kept hearing from every teacher how it isn’t just a business school, but it really is. And of course it’s run by a bunch of schemers. I mean if you want to be a business school fine, but damn don’t try to market yourself as something else (I say you in reference to Baruch since corporations are now people and pizza is now a vegetable). I would guess my first semester went pretty bad, I have absolutely no clue what my final grades will be so I won’t hope for the best. I did meet a lot of cool people, and I got a bit better at ping pong and hanball which will probably serve me better in life than learning about Hildegard of Bingen will. If I could do my first semester over I would choose to go to a different school. But sadly the same scheming probably happens in every college anyway so it wouldn’t even make a difference. The obviously broken American education system can’t produce smarter people than the European and Asian educational systems. And if America truly starts to spiral down the road of censorship and oppression then none of the intelligent minds from overseas will come over here for freedom and then we’ll all be beat. But that’s besides the point, I should’ve went to an engineering school instead. I don’t believe I’ve changed at all, except for the fact that I have to get my lazy ass up in the morning to get to Manhattan. I need eighteen more words in this blog. I wonder if these actually get read. Free rhyme all the time, just a few more words best rhyme you ever heard. Psych.

Right so I’m quite obviously a procrastinator. I didn’t write anything down so I’m stuck typing up a monologue like a month after it was due. Probably spend so much time slacking off but school work ain’t exactly exciting. But besides being a procrastinator in my free time I like to write and bake (cookies and brownies and cakes) and rap. I’m from Staten Island, and as a word of advice if you don’t live there: it kinda sucks. Nothing to do and everywhere you turn you find somebody cracked out on something they stole from their mom’s medicine cabinet or you’re suddenly in a crowd of orange and valor and everything smells like gucci (there’s no other way to describe guido scent). Or you could take a trip to “The Mall” and hang out with the kids who sit in the food court for hours at a time for no apparent reason and just because it’s a spot to chill. But nobody will come here anyway, it’s such a damn hassle to get on the ferry, we have 3 bridges none of which connect to Manhattan. And we were told that there would be no toll for Staten Island residents on the Verrazano after it was paid off, and where are we now? Staten Island is the only borough that doesn’t have a train connecting it to the other boroughs…. But aside from how much Staten Island sucks, Wu-Tang Clan came from here.