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1.Thinking is for fools. I know how I am. I’m Andrey.Im like the king kong of the jungle. Mufasa and got shit on me. I’m very carefree and just love having fun and just doing something abnormal on the daily. I’m stubborn as hell and only listen to myself. I always look on the brightside and shit just always turns out great.

2. I can’t think up of three concerns, but my main concern for college is balancing my time on the right things. There is just so much time now and I really just want to pass through college even though no one else probably looks at it that way. I just worry that since I feel like I have so much free time I’ll probably waste it thinking that I always have time but then it just goes into dust and I fail at life and start smoking crack.

3. My baruch experience so far is great ,but then again its school. Just like high school and every other school, people don’t like the classes they are just there to meet people and have some fun. Especially in this school since people just go to classes and dont really talk to each other that much, I think it would be great for people to just join a club 0r something. So in every regard college is still just school ,but you get more freedom and time.

4.Well I’ve never been in college before ,but people tell me it’s pretty life changing and they get a lot of freedom. I doubt school is gonna change me in any way. People tell me I act the same since I was like in 3rd grade. I goof around like a kid and just do whatever makes me happy.

 

Who do you think you are?

The question, “who do you think you are” is very vague. If I’m talking about who I am physically, it would be a female human. However, I would assume the question is directed more towards what kind of person I think I am. I would classify myself as an organized and (for the most part) intelligent individual. I am very caring when it comes to friends, family and education and health. Other than that, I would say everything else is either irrelevant or unimportant.

 

Share your top three concerns about your freshman year at Baruch College and explain why.

This question, is similar to the first, very vague. I have many concerns about my first year of college. I think everything that occurs for the next few semesters should be concerning and challenging. My first main concern I suppose, would be exams. Exams have never been my strong suit and I’m very aware now that college is essentially the time in-between exams. My second concern would be about studying. In high school, I never really felt compelled to study because it was usually unnecessary. In college, studying is directly related to success; something I would like to achieve while I’m here. Finally I am concerned about meeting new people. I have already found some great friends; nevertheless I know how difficult it can be to meet people in Manhattan.

 

 

So far, what do you think will make your Baruch college experience different from your high school experience?

So far, it would appear that there is little to no difference between high school and college, except that teachers generally care less about your success and you have less time to do nothing (which is alright). In high school I was asked questions exactly like these ones, and felt just as irritated by them then. Outside of college, however, my life is vastly different from high school. I have moved into my own apartment, and started a legitimate, well-paying job. I’m hoping in the next few months my high school and college experience will begin to differentiate, but I’m not going to get my hopes up. I came to school for an education, and whatever else happens, happens.

 

How do you think your first year of college will change you?

This question is ALSO very difficult to answer. I’ve never been to college before…SO I’m not exactly sure how it will change me. In general, I think I will become far more mature, and hopefully a lot more knowledgeable. I would like college to make me a better-rounded individual with diverse interests and hobbies. I think my first year of college will allow me to grow a tougher skin as well. Living in Manhattan can be grim and instead of crumbling under the pressure, I would like college to help me learn to deal with real world problems, not just college problems.

 

 

Who am I? Isn’t that the question we always seem to ask ourselves? Whether we are faced in a difficult situation or we must make difficult decisions in the end, we must know that how we handle our problems makes us who we are today. Well my name is Melin Thomas and as for me I believe that I am just a unique, open-minded person who likes to have fun and be able to enjoy life. I am an honest, trustworthy, and a dependable person and I cherish those closest to me. I was born and raised in Bushwick, Brooklyn until I was 10 years old, and then I moved to New Hyde Park, Long Island. I feel like where I grew up impacted me and made me the person that I am today. I learned to always be able to keep a positive outlook on life and to never compare myself to others because everyone is raised under different circumstances. One great thing about growing up in two different environments is that it helped me be able to adjust to changes better and meet new and different people which I believe, has made me into a well-rounded person today.

I have many concerns during freshman year. One of my concerns is to be able to have good time management skills. I want to be able to find a balance between studying for school and doing my homework as well as having a good time and socializing. I also hope to maintain a good GPA throughout college because otherwise I would be disappointed in myself because I would know I could do better.  I also came to learn that Baruch is very competitive and that you must work hard to get to the top. You are responsible for your failure or success and my goal is to be successful. Another concern I have is to be able to meet new people and not be shy. I am extremely shy at the beginning and I find it hard to approach people; but if I am approached, I will be as friendly as possible and I believe that I am pretty easy to get along with. I just hope that I am lucky enough to meet great new people that will become my long time best friends.

Baruch is very different from high school. It is much more diverse and it’s filled from people all over the world, not just my community. In Baruch I am just another somebody, whereas in high school I was Melin Thomas. In Baruch, we are not babied and we must learn to do things ourselves and learn to become more competitive because in the end, business is a cut throat world. My first year at college will transform me into a more independent, hardworking, knowledgeable person. It will give me the confidence to go out on my own and experience new things. I will have a broader perception of the world ahead of me. The challenges I would face and the decisions I would make will transform me into who I will become.

Hi, I am Constantine Petropouleas. As you probably already guessed from my name, I am Greek. I am a typical 18 year old. I like to have fun with my friends and family, and make the most of life. I love playing soccer and driving. To me close friends and family are the most important thing any given person can have. Unlike most 18 year olds however, I am very hard working. I have a lot of experience in various working environments. Ever since I was young I learned that in order to succeed in life you have to learn as much as you can and make the most of it. You would have to walk through life awake, with your eyes open. And realize all that is around, you have to learn and with that ask questions about life to learn more. I’ve always tried my hardest in school in order to succeed. And with that I have began my college career in Baruch as a freshman this August. So far I like it a lot. I’ve met a lot of people and made a lot of friends. What I do like the most about Baruch however, is the system of teaching that it uses towards all its students. It is very oriented in allowing all of us to succeed. With that in mind I aspire to become a corporate business attorney. I plan to do this by getting my CPA certification first and then going to law school. I have set my scopes on my target and I won’t settle for anything less than what I have aimed for. Working hard now while I am young will pay off exponentially for me when I am older. I have a vision that I want to do something that will leave an imprint of me on this world for the rest of time. I hope that with goal I will succeed my dreams. Baruch is definitely the opening gate to the rest of my life and I know that I will make the most of it.

I’m Naomi, I’m from Long Island and I’m Persian which I think plays a major role in who I am. Because I’m Persian, I like to spend all my time with my Persian friends from Great Neck, and we do everything together because we have such a tight community. I like to  separate my community into two types: the traditional and the modern. The traditional girl is someone who is usually born rich and  very conservative in terms of religion. They grow up wearing only the most expensive designer clothing and not taking education too seriously because they know they’re going to get married at 19 or 20 to a rich Persian man. Once they get married, there is no need for them to work so they stay at home and become housewives. The modern woman, or as my friends like to call them, “the career woman” is takes education and work very seriously. Rather than spending their lives preparing themselves for marriage, they prefer to live life. They’re usually characterized by their lack of religiousness, getting married around 30, and their high profiled jobs. Though I was not born rich or in Great Neck, so I like to think of myself as a mix. I’m not too religious, I don’t want to get married too young but not too late either, and I want a great career but I want to raise my kids as well.

My top three concerns about my freshman year are not being able to make friends, not being able to have good grades, and not being able to see the city. I didn’t really like high school because I didn’t like my grade and theres nothing in my town except for my high school. Now that I’m in college and theres an endless amount of people I can meet, I’m hoping to make great friends that I can have a fun time with. While having fun with new friends, I need to make good grades so I can get in the Zicklin School of Business. As of right now, I’m only starting to feel the pressure and stress of my classes, but I’ m nervous of what’s to come. I’m nervous that my grades won’t be good enough. Aside from that, there wasn’t much to see from where I lived in Long Island, so I’m hoping to see something new in the city.

Like Baruch, my high school was very diverse, so the only thing that will make my college experience different is if I see the city more. I think I’ll change from my freshman year at college by becoming more independent. In high school, I was so close to home and my family knew where I was and what I was doing at all times. At Baruch, I’m mostly on my own.

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.

My name is Nick Yuan and I think I am a pretty easy going guy. I may look like I am a serious type of guy due to my expression but I am really not, looks can be very deceiving. I believe I am a very generous and helpful person. If one of my friends need me to listen to their problems or just come to me to talk I will drop everything I am doing just to listen to them and comfort them. Any one of my friends need a few dollars to get something or to eat I don’t mind paying for them. I don’t really like to talk about my problems to people and I have a lot of trust issues. My top three concerns about my freshman year at Baruch college is that I feel like it is going to be like high school all over again.  I have not found a club I am interested in joining, so what I have been doing is just going to class then going home. Don’t really go out to chill with friends or anything anymore. Another concern about being a freshman in Baruch is the money I am spending on food. I am a commuter student so I need to eat lunch and the things to eat around Baruch are not relatively cheap. I could eat pizza but after a while I will get bored of the taste of pizza. My last and biggest concern about being a freshman in Baruch College is the work load. I am not really that good at time managing and due to the excessive work load from some classes I do not spend enough time on another subject. My experience at Baruch College has been an enjoyable one in a way. I have met a lot of people I would never have gotten the opportunity to meet by myself. I have a love hate relationship with my breaks. I love getting those two to three hour breaks to myself. I am free to do whatever I want to but at the same time on rainy days when I can’t leave school I dread those long hours. Sure I can go to the gym or the racquetball courts but it’s no fun if there is no one around to play with you or chill with you. All my other friends have different block programs then me and they end early and they have different breaks from me. I think my first year at College will help me become a more mature person. Everything is so free and independent in College you can only depend on yourself and time manage wisely to get all your work done. This is only the first step into becoming a true adult. I am experiencing a taste of the real world for the first time. This is how I think College will change me a little change but regardless still a change.

 

 

 

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.

Who am I…..what a great question. It’s a question I’ve been asking myself since high school. It was not until the army, and afterwards my volunteer experience in Hawaii that I started to get a sense of who I was. The army taught me self worth and perseverance, and Hawaii, oh Hawaii, has been the most influential and self-exploratory journey I have allowed myself to take in my entire life. So……after 5 years of learning more about myself and pushing my boundaries, who am I? To be honest, I’m still exploring and learning, but this is what I can say as of now.

 

My name is Ran Tokman, I am 23, born and raised in Israel. I had an amazing childhood, born into a loving and supporting family. I had the privilege of traveling and seeing the world from a very early age. I got to learn and experience different cultures, cuisine and landscapes. I was always surrounded by love, either from family or my wonderful friends. Despite all of this, at a later age, I felt that something was missing, a part of me that was not whole. I felt alienated from everybody, different, as if I don’t belong. Of course this was not the case, but my inner battle and confusion about my sexuality took its toll. It was not until Hawaii, meeting wonderful people from all over the world, in an amazingly accepting and open environment, that I really got a sense of who I am. I am a kind, caring, loving, competent and intelligent human being. I am not ashamed of this.

 

I have been looking forward to starting school, for the past few months. It is nice to have a structured life again, learning new things, being intellectually stimulated, and most importantly, being a part of something again. This time, being a Baruch College community member. It’s very important for me, to build up my academic knowledge and skills. I am going to be 29 when I finish my undergraduate, and I am truly ready to begin my career, wherever it will be.

 

I am pleasantly surprised how hugely diverse this school is. I hear so many languages, while walking through the halls of the schools, so many races and cultures. I’m excited to be involved in some of the many clubs Baruch has to offer. I’ve tried a few, and there are a few more on my list. It is unfortunate that the meetings take place only once a week, at the same time, so it is hard to try other clubs. This is going to be an exciting year, academically and socially. The life in the big city begins.

Who am I? Well, to be strictly honest I have no idea who I am. There are many aspects of my being that constitute my personality and make up Ricardo Rivadeneira, which by the way is who I am. Oh look, I answered the question; I am Ricardo Rivadeneira: Son, brother, seventeen year old, shower philosopher, English and history nerd, LGBT member, theater buff, assistant teacher, aspiring lawyer, closeted poet; if all these things make up who I am, then I am very proud of myself. I was born in Ecuador on the wonderful day of October 2^nd 1993. I immigrated here when I was about four or five, I can’t exactly remember. I come from a pretty prosperous family and so I had a pretty decent upbringing and amazing private education up until seventh grade where I hit a nun, yes a nun. Another aspect of who I am; Rebellious! I am tenacious; I don’t allow other people to impose their values or beliefs on me, a calm persuasive conversation would suffice. Then again, in all fairness, she hit me first!

My main question about my freshman year at Baruch College was: how is Ricardo going to integrate himself into Baruch culture? I mean despite having a tincture of an anti-social disposition, not in the psychological sense but in the college kid sense, I was never good at making friends.  I was concerned that I would have no friends and possibly have the most excruciating college experience ever. Of course, this did not happen, I made friends and even joined a few clubs!  I also have this inherent vexation for the overly fastidious eye, especially when it was looking at me. Judgment, how it annoying it was in high school, not being able to act a certain way for fear of reproach. I never took concern with everyone else’s judgment, but after a while it crumbles you down. I was troubled with the idea that Baruch might be the same, but fortunately it wasn’t the case.

High School was extremely easy, even the A.P classes were simple enough: study and you will get high grades. I am not entirely sure how difficult classes in Baruch will be, so far I’ve been doing very well but there is still a long way to go. I’m not sure how my first year at college will change me or even if it will, but I am certain that College as a whole will change me, I mean it has to, it’s college. Maybe become more outgoing, enthusiastic about everything, and possibly, just possibly my first year of college will save me from my anti-socialness.