It’s been around 3 months, and my first semester in Baruch has come to an end. All in All, my first semester went by quickly. I made plenty of new friends and have had some fun experiences. In some ways Baruch exceeded my expectations, in others it failed them. Coming into Baruch i assumed two things. One was that it would be exactly like high school while i was in class, and two, it would be exactly how college should be after. I thought this because a lot of my friends go to CUNY’s and have all said it was very much like H.S. In this regard i was wrong, professors didn’t care about my work, or my attendance. And i was happy because For me this was great, i was extremely tired of being nagged along in H.S. The second regard was my assumption that life outside of college would be loads of fun, but for some strange reason, Baruch a college located in the heart of manhattan is not located close by to any place where you and friends could go, so me and my friends ever wanted to go anywhere, we had to take the train which was very disappointing.
My classes this semester have gone very well, Ive been very impressed with the teachers. Many of them want you to succeed, but they don’t give out grades. I realize that to earn a good GPA in Baruch i will need to put in work. I cant wait for the next 3 and a half years.
-Bernard