Hi guys! My name is Leenore Mesica and I am currently a freshman at Baruch College. I am 18 years old and my birthday is on March 31st. Being the oldest out of four kids I am very responsible since most of my high school years was spent taking care of my siblings. Although responsible and very work oriented I still enjoy going out and having fun with friends. Beginning college definitely gave me many concerns. For starters I was hoping I had made the right choice. Debating back and forth on what college to attend made me stress out hoping that what I chose was good. Luckily I think choosing Baruch was a great idea. I come from New Jersey so city life to me is all new and exciting. Another thing that raised some concerns was how I was going to meet people. I came to Baruch College not knowing anybody. No one from my high school chose the city and at first it scared me. But luckily choosing to dorm and orientation helped me meet so many new people. My last concern had to do with the amount of work I was afraid to get in college. In high school I was a good student. I always got good grades and had my work done. But it seemed to me that in high school I didn’t need to spend that much time on the material to understand it. Coming into college I knew that I would have a lot more work and a lot less time to do it. I want to be able to maintain a high gpa and at the same time learn ways to manage my time so I’m not stick cramming everything into the last minute. Looking at all my concerns and comparing them to my classmate I realize that all these worries are very common for incoming freshman. Now that I started college however I realized much I shouldn’t have been that worried. College unlike high school gives you a lot of freedom. I enjoy having break in between my classes because it gives me a chance to reenergize. I think that my first year in college will change me because it will allow me to become more independent, more responsible, and it will allow me to learn new skills in order to enhance the rest of my college career.