a) My name is Robert Marinov and i was born in Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Lived nine wonderful years of my life there before moving to America. It is here that my love for technology started to grow. I am now the person everyone turns to if they have any questions about anything technology, friends, co-workers, and even family. But what I’m mainly proud of is that my now dad asks for my advice/help with his computer and other technological stuff :D. Enough about that, I also love music! Music is my life! I listen to anything that sounds good to me (even metal rock and country music). Now that i have a guitar i play it every day. I love that feeling of accomplishment after i learn a song and can play it and sing along to it without looking at the lyrics or chords. I also played the saxophone in middle school but i cant afford to buy one for my self they, are very expensive (close to $1000). I am a really nice guy even though I can be mean sometimes. I learned to be mean the hard way, other wise people start to take advantage of the kindness. I love to laugh, and knowing the fact that I can make other people laugh as well. I also love to meet new people! So lets get to know each other guys! 🙂

b) My number one concern is to figure out what i really want to do with my life. Preferably figuring it out freshman year so that i can make my class choices wisely and not take classes that i have no interest or need for. Another concern is studying for class. I have gone through out high school without really studying for anything, and i believe that if i study i can be at the top of my game and earn a high GPA. my parents always told me “look at your average, now imagine what you could have if you study!”. By the way this is the most home work i have ever done for a class, so i think that college is having a good influence on me. I told my cousin the other day that i have to go study, he was shocked but in a good way 🙂 Last concern I have is making it a fun experience. Combining work, college, and studying in to one week makes it difficult to find time to just relax and have some fun with friends. But i think that these concerns will soon be taken care of.

c) I think that the college experience differs greatly from my high school experience. One factor being, I don’t live three blocks away from college and completely look forward to commuting all four years to school. Work load for college is manageable and more than high school work to me because I didn’t really do that much work in high school and made my self a promise that i will do all the work needed to be done in college. Another difference is the diversity of teams that this college has. I plan on joining the soccer team. 🙂

d) Over all college will shape me to be a more independent person and point me in the direction of adulthood. it will teach me to consider my choices carefully before actually choosing. That is a very important lesson in life that we all have to learn at some point or another.