Who I am
Comments(2) a) Tell us who you think YOU are!
My name is Elizabeth Lee, also Liz, and I am currently a freshman at Baruch College. I am Korean-American and live in Flushing,Queens. I am mostly interested in the arts including music and film. I have love animals and have two dogs! I am also Christian and go to church every sunday.
I usually have a shy personality at first, but once you get to know me I open up a lot. My friends usually label me as weird.
b) Share your top 3 concerns about your freshman year at Baruch College and explain why.
My first concern about my freshman year is that I am undecided. Baruch is mostly a business school, but I do not want to get involved in business in the future. I am concerned of what I should major in. I want to major in film but I have nearly no experience in it.
Another concern is getting a job. I always feel bad asking my parents for allowance. I’m eighteen years old but still have not experienced working. I end up spending all my money my parents give me and end up asking for more.
My last concern is my academics. I want to reach for a high GPA in my freshman year. I hope I do not fail any courses and develop a close relationship with some of my professors.
c) So far, what do you think will make your Baruch College experience different from your high school experience?
So far, there has not been many differences from high school since I commuted throughout the four years. However, I have met different kinds of people at Baruch. I hope that I can learn from them and become more open. I hope to be more outgoing and socialize with many people from different cultures.
d) How do you think your first year at College will change you?
At my first year of college I hope to become a more responsible student who has time management. I hope to gain more confidence to and participate more in class.
You’re weird? But you seem so polite!
Don’t stress out about your major. There’s this one SVA student–he’s 25, and he graduated from business school and studied investing, he didn’t like it, so after he graduated, he decided to use the money he made to study film–he wants to be the next Quentin Tarantino minus the foot fetish. If he can do it, you can too!
Yeah, know how that feels. Blew $2,000 in my first two weeks in New York. Now my mom thinks I’m stupid and naiive. She decided not to give lump amounts, and just do monthly direct deposits in my debit cards. 🙁
Yeah, tough to participate in big classes. Just too intimidating, especially in Anthro. with Prof Pinnock’s judgemental “ummm-hmmm”‘s.
I agree with Mandy; you do not seem weird at all. I’m werid! =)
Love the honesty in this post. Nice job. What kind of dogs do you have? I used to be afraid of dogs for the first half of my life because of my uncle’s dogs tormenting me as a toddler.
If you have an interest in film, I say pursue it! It could be scary and exciting to take on something new. Take yourself out of your comfort zone and you will surprise yourself, Liz. When I came to Baruch I did not know I’d end up writing poetry or teaching freshmen but I LOVE BOTH!
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-Jordan