I’m nuts, I’m out there, but I’m also oddly brilliant. Alot goes on in my mind, I’m pretty laid back and I tend to avoid drama. I’m a musician, I’m a singer. I’m a writer, I’m an artist. I’m a delightful failure, I fail at things that others want me to do, but I’m great at what I want to do. I had a dream last night and truly questioned, do i really have my mind set on finance? Do i really want to be one of these depressed guys in suits that come off the M train at 11 pm? With their heads down and sipping their coffee listening to Billy Joel. Do i want my life to be that predictable, or do I want to become something more?

These are the tough decisions you have to make when you’re entering College. How am i going to balance my social life with my work life? Will that first psychology test ruin my weekend, or am I going to suck it up and do better next time? Am I going to cry to Mom and Dad about how hard it is from the start, or am I going to shake it off and press on? College is really my first step to becoming an adult, so I feel as though I need it.

People who take off from College to “find themselves”, really don’t know that that is part of college. College will help me do this. College will help anyone do this. The only thing is, you have to work for it. It can’t simply be handed to you like it was in High School.

A. Tell us who you think you are ?

I’m a sister, daughter, aunt, girlfriend,best friend,co-worker, singer, leader, passionate, loving, creative, and loyal person. That is me a nut shell. I’m from Staten Island, NY and i have lived here all my life. I’m almost 18, October 21st is my birthdat! I am aslo Italian.

B. Share your top 3 concerns about your freshman year at Baruch College and explain why.

My first concern has to go with studying. I need to start way ahead of time i am noticing and become more organized. I also need to find more time, when there isnt enough. I need to learn which way of studying works for me so i can pass an not fail out of college, haha!

My Second concern is, well if you couldnl’t have guessed it, FAILING!! I hate to fail at anything and espically with college being such a big deal. Basically i need to do my best and not fail because that is a huge fear of mine.

My Third concern is overall keeping up with everything i have going on. I want to see my friend and have a soical life. I want to work and make money while not conflicting with school stuff. I want to be on top of all of my school work and studying so i can relax and not feel stressed 24\7!

C. So far, what do you think will make your Baruch College experience different from your highschool experience?

I fell that joning and being more involved will make my Baruch experience better than my highschool experience. My last year of highschool was when i got involved with clubs and shows the most which made it the best year for me in school. I hope to do the same here at Baruch.

D.How do you think your first year at college will change you?

I think my first year in college will make me a better student. In highschool i would do good, even though if i just put a little more effort i could do great. With college all that matters is that grade and that it what i want to work on. I want to change how i look at school work and just do better , go above my norm.

a.Tell us who you think YOU are!

I’m a new yorker, born and raised in Queens…My parents are Colombian, I guess that’s part of who I am. I’m serious, goal-oriented, and I’m not sure what else, I’m guessing thats what college will help me figure out.

b. Share your top 3 concerns about your freshman year at Baruch College and explain why.

1.Exams- In general, I extremely dislike taking tests and in highschool it was easier to take them just because teachers gave                  you outlines or exact questions to study from that the exam would be on. In college the professors give you so much reading                to do from different books that I have no idea what I even have to study.

2. Social life- I feel like I won’t really make friends in college just because I’m not really social or even at all comfortable in                      social settings. I’m not even interested in writing this post right now. For some reason I thought the people in college                          would be different, I guess from what I was always told about college I expected it, but it is just like high school. Most                          people seem still very immature

3. Actually passing. I think in high school it was easier to see if I was passing. In college you think your handing in all of                        the assignments good but then you receive your grade. I don’t want to be a failure, I want to actually do good in college                          and not pass with a mediocre grade.

c. So far, what do you think will make your Baruch College experience different from your highschool experience?

Its already so different. The professors ways of teaching and the workload they give. Also, making your own schedule is very different from high school, you can choose what days of the week you want to come to school and the classes you will take on that day. I feel that in high school its sort of mandatory to be there, but in college its a choice you make, of whether or not you want to have a college education, this is what mostly makes it different because the students are a bit more eager to be here since its a choice they made as opposed to them being forced to come to college.

d. How do you think your first year at college will change you?

I doubt it will change me too much, since it is just the first year. I do think I will possibly learn how to study better since in high school I never really had to study much. I think it will change me by making me even more responsible since now I mostly have to do things on your own, not like high school where it’s like teachers are holding your hand through all of it. Maybe I’ll become more social since in high school I never really wanted to be friends with any of the kids that went to my school. I’m hoping this first year of college will help me decide what I want to do with my life and have a better idea of what career I want to have.

Whatsup class, time to talk about this mandatory blog! So I am from Brooklyn, NY born and raised I chose Baruch because of how convenient it is and its a field im interested in, business. Im actually a personal stock broker  which I think is kind of cool. I love everything there is about business mainly the MONEY! I also like playing sports such as hockey and basketball, I have signed up for the Baruch hockey team which I’m excited to play in. I’m very into meeting people which I find very easy at this school, Ive met a lot of cool people here and I hope to meet all of you in class so the suffering of a last period class isnt as bad. I dont have many concerns with school but one that definitely has been bothering me:

• Will I make it there. Will I be into the profession I’m dying to be in. These days jobs are so competitive and I’m sometimes scared that I wont be able to do it. But I am confident so hopefully that counters my fear for the most part

So if anyone has any cool ideas or clubs that anyone wants to tell me about feel free because I’m very into that. Hopefully we can all get out of this light night walk stuff because i dont want to do any of the sort. You will be my best friend if you can find an event during school class so we dont have to go there. I’m still in favor of the pick up random trash at the park as my community service so lets do that :). Hope to see you guys around bye!

I’m an eighteen year old Connecticutter with a penchant for coffee. Moving from Southington,CT, I’m expecting Baruch to broaden my horizons culturally. I really liked that it’s considered the most diverse school in the US when I first applied. With that, it’s also a very competitive school, so I’m a bit intimidated right now. There are a lot of concerns I have, but here are my top 3:

• I won’t be able to handle the workload.
• I’ll fail my required courses and have to repeat them.
• I won’t make a lot of friends.

I feel like almost every freshman at Baruch is worried about at least one of those, but still…

Hopefully, my first year at Baruch will help me open up socially and teach me to really focus on education. I was always so used to knowing everyone in Connecticut that for the first time, I’m having trouble talking to people here. I have a few friends from home in the city, but I really need to be able to open up and meet new people.

A. I like to have fun, go out and try new things.

I am social and friendly I give everyone a chance before

I judge them. I love my family and friends and miss

them a lot but I’m very excited to be living somewhere

experiencing life in a different part of the country.

B. 1. Keeping up on my work and studying. Everyone

has always told me that you go to college thinking you

can do it and then it hits you, how much harder

and more intensive the work is compared to high

school.

2.Being away from my friends and family. I was so

used to living in the same place with the same

people having my friends and family always around.

I was nervous of the challenge of being away from

them not being able to see them everyday. And

having to make new friends for the first time in

forever.

3.  Studying I’m so used to how I studied in high school

where my teachers would practically hand us what

would be on each test. I knew exactly what to study

and focus on but now I have to study everything and

prepare completely because the professors in most

courses don’t tell you exactly what they want.

C. I will have to manage my time better. I go to

school a lot less hours than I did in high school

now so I have much more free time but their is also

much more independent work to do that I have to

find the time for.

D. Since I am living on my own now I know it will

help me mature and grow as a person gaining more

independance. It will also teach me how to learn to

be alone I’m so used to being around friends and

family all the time, that the extra time to myself on

weeknights is a big adjustment.

a. Tell us who you think YOU are!

I am a friendly person that just likes to socialize and hang out. I am relaxed and think very importantly of family, friends and other relationships.

 

b. Share your top 3 concerns about your freshman year at Baruch College and explain why.

1. Getting lost!!. I came from a suburban area in New Jersey and although New York is really close, I did not have many chances to visit. Commuting from Jersey was tough with the fact that I got lost many times my first few days. =P

2. Time Management. I have a problem that I always seem to procrastinate when there was a project, hw, presentation in highschool. I just hope that it doesn’t transition to Baruch although I feel as if it already has.

3. Exams. Unlike Highschool, where there is other grading criteria, classes in college usually uses only the midterm and final exam to determine a student’s grade so there is alot of pressure to cram and cram for the exams.

 

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

The difference is definitely the freedom that I have now compared to highschool. I have to learn to become more independent and depend on myself more often to get to class in time, handing in assigments on time, etc since I got my own apartment with my friend with no adult supervision.

 

d. How do you think your first year at College will change you?

My first year at college is going to change me in many ways. First I will be more independent and able to take care of myself. I will be very accustomed to living in a suburban environment compared to the urban side at home. I will learn to become more responsible and grow as a young adult.

A. I think I am a nice and thoughtful person.

B. My top three concerns about my freshman year at Baruch are 1) managing my time effectively, 2) making my own schedule second semester, and 3) getting good grades. Managing my time is one of my concerns because I tend to wait until the last minute to do things. I’m worried about making my own schedule for second semester because I don’t know how it works. I’m worried about getting good grades because the grading system is a lot different then it was in my high school.

C. My Baruch college experience is a lot different than my high school experience because I went to a Catholic all girls school. So the curriculum is very different here and its much more diverse. Also, my high school was very close to my house and now I commute over an hour each way.

D. I think my first year at college will make me more organized, independent, and hardworking.

A. I think I’m quite artsy. I love painting, drawing, makeup artistry, and fashion design. I’m a perfectionist to a certain extent. I believe I’m very easy-going and extremely social so I’m able to talk to everyone. I like talking to everyone and getting to know them. I fee like when it comes down to writing about yourself, all my thoughts are blocked and I believe that’s mainly because I’m still trying to figure out who I am and who I think I am and where I want to end up.

Top 3 Concerns About Freshmen Year:

1. Time management. I’m terrible at it.
2. The Final Exams. I’m somewhat good at studying but not always and I usually forget what I studied when I’m under pressure and it’s not like high school where you can just get by without studying. These tests are legit and it kind of scares me because passing them is definitely important.
3. Friends. I was scared that I wouldn’t meet a lot of people I’d share anything in common with but I’m slowly realizing that there are many interesting people and I’d like to get to know more people so we can all actually hangout instead of people coming into the school, taking their classes and then going home. It makes the entire college experience boring.