a. Tell us how your experience at Baruch College has lived up to your expectations? Not lived up to your expectations? Exceeded your expectations?

I was really disappointed in my experience at Baruch College. At first I put this entirely down to a typical Freshman experience where you can’t pick your classes and your freedom is limited to gen. ed requirements. But after talking to my friends that went to different schools I have realized that this may not have been the case. I didn’t really find any of my classes interesting, or even enjoyable, and I found the professors lazy, obnoxious or self absorbed, with the exception of one who I felt to be a genuinely good educator.

b. How well do you think your first semester at Baruch College went?

Terribly. It was completely not what I expected which left me uninterested. It was also such a big step in my life, moving out of home, dealing with the costs of adulthood and the stress of a busy schedule that I think this took away drastically from the education portion.

c. What would you do differently during your first semester if you could do it all again?

If I went into it a second time I would be aware of what to expect and I think I would handle it better because I would be less disappointed and more ready to just sort of deal with it.

d. How have you changed since you started at Baruch College?

When I started college I was a child, living with my parents, having literally no stress. Now I’m an adult, I feel older as a person but this honestly has very little to do with Baruch.