My name’s Sam and I’m just another freshman at Baruch. I spent half my life in Brooklyn, went to PS97, then IS228 (best years of my childhood, I miss the food fights), and John Dewey for high school. I’m not going to brag about this and that since I’m fairly modest.
I enjoy the outdoors. Admiring the nature’s beauty is a hobby of mine, but only when I’m with friends since when I’m alone, I lack the motivation to do a lot of things. This directly translates to laziness and procrastination, which is why I’m blogging in the last 30 minutes on the due date. I’m trying hard to get rid of this trait of mine, but it’s a tough fight.
Reading or watching anything that has to do with the military (i.e. firearms, fighter jets) is another hobby of mine.
I also like good food, coffee (Starbucks is a ripoff), biking, soccer, cars, black comedy, sitcoms, ’80s music, and video games. One thing that bothers me is the horrendous grammar mistakes people make on the internet. People don’t seem to understand the differences between “your” and “you’re”, “their” and “there”, “where” and “were”, and so on. What’s wrong with them? English isn’t my first language and I don’t have a tough time distinguishing the differences. Surprising, huh?
My top 3 concerns about my freshman year at Baruch College… I believe they’re quite common and obvious.
- Maintaining a high GPA – Everyone wants to be the top dog, what other explanation is needed here? I just hope my procrastination won’t get in the way.
- Internships – I need to get myself to the STARR center someday and get a head start. It’s not easy to get a job and I could use some experience/extra money. I’ve never had a real job in my life and I worry about not being able to support myself by the time I graduate and having to leech off my parents.
- Making friends, networking, and outgoing-ness – Baruch’s a commuters’ college, networking might be difficult unless I really put time into a club/fraternity/etc. Hopefully I’ll find some awesome people to hang with for the rest my life, or at least a close friend to have lunch with everyday?
What will make my college experience different from my high school experience? Read on.
- Longer commute time
- More independence; less support; self reliance
- Maybe a part time job
- Walking by more people I don’t know
- Not having to walk through snow
and ice skating rinksto get to school since I’m off for the winter semester - Lack of sleep
I think my first year at Baruch will make me a more independent person, not exactly more mature (how do you define maturity?), and change my mind about the amount of stupid people that inhabit this planet.
“Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” – Albert Einstein
Ron Paul 2012!
