I’m just a seventeen year old girl trying to get through college. I dance, shop, and flip burgers for 17 hours a week. I’m also a hard worker, and I’m gonna try my best to excel at Baruch.
My first concern is not having much of a social life. Since Baruch is mainly a commuter school, there isn’t much room for engaging in social activities or hanging out. I know that school work comes first, but I would also like to enjoy myself and other people’s company. I’d like to have friends and go out once in a while. My second concern is the work load. I have a lot of older friends and they all complain that college is hard and stressful. You know how you hear those stories of people having to right 20+ page papers and cramming it until the last possible minute? I don’t want that to be me, having to right an extreme amount of pages for a paper. My last concern is my GPA. I’m not one of those cut throat people who will do anything for a 4.0, but I’m not a slacker either. I do my best from beginning to end, and hopefully my grades will reflect that. I’m not asking for a perfect 4.0, which would be greatly appreciated, but at least 3.5 seems like something to strive for.
I feel that the environment will make Baruch different than high school. I mean, sure I swipe in every morning with my ID card and yeah, there’s a security guard at every entrance but the environment it just different. Professors aren’t as lenient as high school teachers, and food in the cafeteria is way more expensive.
I think my first year at Baruch won’t fully change me, but it’ll help me grow up a little bit. I think my studying habits will get a little better and I won’t procrastinate as much as I usually do.
I enjoyed reading this. You’re very honest with your post and i appreciate that! You dont need to make best friends at Baruch but certainly find a handful – i always say at least one from each class – that you know are around & meet up with at any given time.
Your first year will pass by so quickly — enjoy it!!
I’m sure you will excel at Baruch. I have faith in you Destinee 🙂
I know you’re a very friendly girl. Don’t worry too much about making friends. It will come to you naturally. You already have a lot of friends from lc. Try to find clubs that interest you. You’ll be able to make more friends through club activities. I hated commuting school… but it turned out that it’s not as bad as I thought it would be. Just keep yourself active on campus.
Although I’m a strong believer in deadlines, I suggest that you not PROCRASTINATE!
I always do my assignments in the very last minute. You should try finishing in advance so that you don’t get burnt out!
Good luck! You’ll do well 🙂