My name is Joseph Ursini and I am 18 years old. I am currently enrolled as a Freshman at Baruch College and my intended major is Accounting (CPA). I am from Staten Island, NY and my favorite thing to do is play lacrosse. I hope to possibly start a lacrosse club sometime in the near future at Baruch if there is not one already. So far I am enjoying Baruch, it is very different from anything I had experienced before in my life. Although I am enjoying myself, I have many concerns about my freshman year. One of my concerns is how I am going to deal with the challenges I come across in my classes. College classes are very different from high school classes because in college the professors expect a lot more from me. Another concern I have about my freshman year at Baruch College is my grades. In college my grades mean everything. They will make or break me because if I do not keep my GPA up, I will not be able to get into the Zicklin School of Business. Also if my GPA drops and I don’t do well in my classes, it will be much harder for me to find a job when I graduate. A third concern I have about my freshman year is making new friends at school and in my dorm. Friends are one of the most important things in life. Without friends I will be all alone and I will not have the full college experience. College would then end up being the worst years of my life. Also the friends I make now may be some of my best friends for the rest of my life and as I go out into the real world they can be my connections to finding a well paying job. There are many things that will make my Baruch College experience different from my high school experience. One thing is the school work. The school work at Baruch is much harder than high school work because there a lot more things to learn in college than high school. Another thing is the student body. Baruch has one of the most diverse student bodies meanwhile in my high school everyone was pretty much the same. No one was really different from one another. A third thing about the Baruch experience that makes it different from my high school experience is the responsibilities. At Baruch I am on my own, nothing is spoon-fed to me like in high school. My first year at college will change me in many different ways. One thing is that I will be more of man. I will definitely be more responsible than I was before and mature as well. Another thing is I will be more intelligent. The material I will learn from college will make me a brighter student and benefit me as I experience life. Overall I am very excited I chose Baruch and I look forward to some of the best years of my life.