Monthly Archives: October 2011

My name is Zhuyao Chen, English name Brandon. If you ask me who I am, I will say that I am just a normal college student. I came to America four years ago and finished my high school here.
As a freshmen, surely I got many concerns about my school life. My first concren is that I am worry about my grade. I heard people said that it is important to get a high GPA in freshmen year because once you get a low gpa it is hard to bring it up. I am not sure that whether I can do it or not. I cam eto USA just four years so my english is not so good, I hope I can follow every course, I hope I can try my best to get a good grade.
My second concren is that can I make friends in college. I am kind of shy so I never talk to people until they come and talk to me first. Friends are important in our life, so I hope I can make more good friends.
My third concren is that since I got English 2100T, I need to get up so early, sometime I am late for 5 mins so I have to wait 10mins for the next subway. I hope I can get used to the early class.
I think the difference between high school and college is that I need to spend time to study by myself in college. In high school I can just listen to the teacher only in class and still get a good grade. But in college what I learned in class is not enough, I need to go home and spend time to study. That is a huge difference.
I think my first year will change me a lot. I need to focus more in study . I think I will improve my english. I also think that I will become more outgoing. I may also overcome my laziness a little bit. Anyway, first year is a good beginning.

Umm.  Who I think I am?  My name is Lingyu Rui, you may know me as Lillian, I am…

I am a very outgoing Chinese girl, even though I used to take many deep breathes before I tried to talk with others.  I hate to be lonely but sometimes I need to stay by myself.  I am usually amiable but sometimes I can be very stubborn… I love life and I believe the width of life is much more important than the length of it…I, am who I am.  I am not beautiful, I am a little overweight, yet I don’t want to diet, I still love myself.

During these two months, I met many great friends in my life.  These friends include my classmates in this learning community, and also many juniors and seniors from the club.  My first concern as a freshman is to maintain a high GPA.  Since I was accepted by Baruch as a dean’s scholar, a 3.25+ GPA is mandatory for my registration privilege and my scholarship.  Secondly, I want to pass my first Actuarial Science Exam- P- Exam by the spring of next year.  Therefore I have to put much more efforts on my math class and study more outside of the school.  Finally, I want to be involved into school events, I want to participate in these activities as many as possible.  However, I need to spend more time on study than participating in clubs.

Studying in Baruch College really changed me a lot.  Basically my personality is totally changed since high school.  I used to be shy and timid, but now I am outgoing and more insane… I tried to be who I am regardless of my poor English speaking skill, I tried to be who I am even though the language issue may sometimes make me feel inferior and helpless.

I hope I can be stronger in this year.  I hope every effort I put on in this year would be paid off someday.  I don’t want to lock myself in my comfort zone anymore.  I want to see the world and I want to say and talk.  I want to hear and listen.  I hope I can be who I am after the training of this first year experience in Baruch College.

Hello, everybody!!My name is Chuyun Huang but you probably won’t recognize this name because people usually call me Wendy. I think of myself as a very normal Taiwanese teen that happens to be studying in Baruch College.Well, if you want to learn more about me, I would say that I am a very out-going, talkative, and fun-loving person. I like to try new things, I like to laugh out loud, and I really enjoy spending time with my friends who make me laugh and laugh and laugh.

My first concern for my first semester here in Baruch is not being able to reach a high GPA like everyone said I should, I understand that it will be difficult to pull up your GPA in later semesters, but I don’t know how to achieve this goal since some of my professors don’t even make sense to me. And that’s where my second concern comes in, right now, I am struggling in my anthropology and math class, and the reason I am struggling is because I simply do not understand the materials, as if they taught us things are from outer-space, and I just don’t get them! Finally, my last concern is that I don’t have a specific major yet, I know this is my own problem, so hopefully I can figure out what to major in by the end of this semester.

To this point, I think college and high school are two different worlds. College is definitely more difficult and you can feel the pressure just looking through the syllabus. On the other hand, high school, and I am referring to my senior year, it was just a place where you go, sit around all day doing nothing. So for me, I definitely enjoy my college life better, and I think the best part is that you have more freedoms and people treat you like adults, not kids.

I think/I hope my first year college experience will change me into a better person, someone who is smarter, more mature, and above all, more clear about one’s future.

         Hello, I am Jiayu Liu. I am just a normal Chinese girl. All my friends said that I am a lazy and careless girl, and I think so too. I only care about what the things that make me interesting. And if the thing that is not my business then I will ignore it. My mom always blames me because of it and wants me to put many efforts on everything I do, but I don’t want to force myself to do anything that I don’t want to. I just want to be myself and I don’t want to be what the people want me to be.

        The first concern about my freshman year in Baruch College gets a better grade on Political Science, Anthropology and Math classes. The second concern about my freshman year in Baruch is English class start early in the morning. The third concern about my freshman year in Baruch is improving my writing and communication skills.

        The different between high school and college is we are allowed to use laptop during the class in college; and there are no late works are accepted in college; also we can leave the building whenever we want without permission.

        I think I will become more open minded in my college year. And my first college year will teach me time management.

Hello, my name is Mingoo Kang. I’m just an ordinary Korean guy and I’m trying to break through my old lazy habits. By the end of the semester, I seek to be a more responsible and mature person.

The first of the three concerns about my freshman year at Baruch College is keeping my GPA up. I’ve experienced the difficulty of trying to get my GPA up during the last two years in my high school and this time I will try to do it right from the start. In relation to my first concern, the second thing I’m concerned about is that I have to teach myself mostly. I was used to the “spoonfeeding” from high school where I didn’t really have to study at home to keep up in class. But now, I have to get used to actually study after school. While not directly related to my college experience, the third concern I have is about commuting. It takes an hour minium to get to school and I can’t really ignore the transportation fares.

So far, having to commute and having to teach myself will be the biggest transition from my high school experience to that of Baruch’s. I also really enjoy the freedom I haven’t had much of in high school such as using cell phone or leaving the building freely.

My first year at college will teach me how to manage time efficiently. It will also teach how to be more responsible mainly through having to teach myself and working to pay for my own expenses.

     Hello, I am a Korean American girl and I always try to finish all my assignments/projects way before the due date because I learned a very important lesson when I was in elementary school. Back then, I used to procrastinate like most of my friends and put all of my work to the side and always played first. But, one day when I had a big research project to type up about 10 pages, my whole family were going to eat dinner out at a family party, I was so sad and also angry at myself for procrastinating. So, after this incident I always try to do my work ahead of time. As you can see I am writing this today.

     The top three concerns I have regarding my freshman year at Baruch College is first, I would not be able to keep my GPA high, because I heard it is hard to pull up the grades later on. Second, I do not know how to sign up for my classes, especially because I would not be in a block anymore. Third, I would like to find a better way to buy textbooks next semester because the books are so expensive.

      So far, I think that College is really different from my high school because the students can first, use cell phones, laptop, and other electronics in  college without trying to hide from anyone such as the deans who would confiscate them.  Secondly, after we finish taking the test students can leave the classroom. Thirdly, students can leave the building when they want without worrying about being suspended.                 

     My first year in College will make me learn two important things. First, to teach myself, because some professors do not teach everything they should, so in order to take the test, I need to teach some stuff on my own. Second, I will have learned how to manage my time with studying with the long time traveling to school.