Author Archives: kin.cheung

1. How do you see yourself post-monologue?

It felt nice to share my thoughts and feelings of college, in front of people I know and trust. I talked about how the first months were, and when I look back I realize how I’ve adapted to this college. For one, I really do enjoy going to college, it’s full of new experiences, and opportunities to make new friends. Every day, although the train ride can get hectic (I have to transfer, and it gets crowded), I look forward to a fun day (unless there’s a test or something).I see myself as someone that really wants to succeed, and will try as hard I can. I’ve started sleeping earlier so I can stop falling asleep in classes. I’m open to all kinds of views, and intent on being more social.

I’m still sorting out my priorities, and fixing out some kinks, but for the first time I feel like a college student.

2. How have you developed in Freshman Seminar?

Freshman Seminar has been very interesting. It started out rather boring, but as we started to get to know each other, it became a fun-oriented class. Freshman Seminar has helped me with the rough transition into college, and like I said before, I finally feel like a college student. I feel more open-minded, friendly, and I particularly enjoyed volunteering at Light the Night, I think we all developed a closer bond to everyone in our LC.

My name is Kin, and I am an average freshman at Baruch. I do not consider myself outgoing at all, but I still enjoy making friends. I’m funny (or at least I think I am), compassionate, and I have absolutely no idea what’s going to happen in these 4 years.

Baruch is a new experience, both physically and mentally. As of right now, I’m still getting used to the idea of college. Some of my top concerns about my freshman year are probably the same for most freshman in Baruch. First, my grades; I really want to keep my GPA up, but I might not always be as prepared as I would like to be, seeing as this is a completely new experience for me. Second, the social aspect of college. Like I said, I’m not particularly outgoing. I’m not a loner, but I don’t party, and I’m not exactly a big fan of clubs. Third for me, is job experience. I don’t have much of it at all, and it’s new territory I’m very anxious to dive into. It’s a plateau I absolutely need to cross.

So far, the experience at Baruch is worlds apart from high school. Just about everything is different – new people, calling our teachers ‘Professors’ instead of Mr./Ms./Mrs., and most important of all, Baruch doesn’t have the same monotony high school had. Everything in high school was pretty much predetermined for me; what I could do and what I couldn’t. Here in Baruch, the freedom is there. If you’re on a break, grab some coffee, grab some lunch, go to the gym, take a walk, take the green couches in the library and nap for awhile. There’s a ton of things for me to do here.

Personally, I hope my first year at Baruch helps me become more social, more active. I know I’ll see more diversity than I’ve ever seen before, which is really interesting for me. I hope this experience at Baruch teaches me not to shy away from things that seem out of the ordinary – and to go for the extraordinary stuff.