Author: vinod.dorai

Baruch College sort of didn’t live up to any of my expectations, but in saying that, I don’t think any college will because we are always looking for things that are bad about the college and rarely notice the good things. I will say that for the money we pay, its a great place to go to school. The only thing that didn’t live up to my expectations were some of the teachers. My math professor is so bad. She probably took one math course in college and she thought for some reason she was qualified. Other than that, Baruch College hasn’t really exceeded my expectations, but i will admit though that I have not yet given it a chance.

My first semester at Baruch did not go as well as I expected. I have either a B+ or an A- in all of my courses except for one, in which I have a C. I won’t  point fingers or anything but it was my ridiculous math professor for one can’t teach, two gets her own shit wrong, three gets mad when we laugh at her so she’s mad all the time, and four never answers questions properly if at all. Other than that one class, my semester is going ok. I can do better though.

I would maybe have tried to take my work more seriously because in many ways I have not been doing so. Procrastination is definitely not a good idea for me because I have trouble focusing, and maybe I would have dropped Math but I’m not regretting staying with it. At least not yet. And lastly, If i could do it again, I would have climbed out that elevator in the 23rd street building into the shaft and gotten out on the floor above instead of waiting and sitting around with 8 other people whining about how dangerous it is outside of the elevator. Next time we get stuck I’m out.

No i have not changed since i started college.

When I first got to Baruch, on the first day, i was curious to see how well I could make friends and if I would like my classes or not, since college is a big transition from high school life. And to be honest, I kinda miss high school. Upon arrival at Baruch, I saw at the front entrance all the students that will almost certainly be future lung cancer patients. I met my fellow learning community members shortly after, and at first they seemed cool. There was this one kid who I thought would have a hard time because when his name was called, there was this other kid, I won’t mention his name, but he is from Staten Island who was laughing in the back. But we moved past that now we are all good friends. I had already been to my dorm the day before, and the kids there were lets just say not as welcoming as I had hoped. Let me rephrase that. They are ASS HOLES. All they do at night is smoke and stink up the place. And when they aren’t doing that, they gather together in a circle and… enough said. I knew if I didn’t like the kids at Baruch, that I would at least have one friend because my best friend from high school also goes here, so if i had any problems, I’d just hit her up. But thankfully, I made good friends fast and easy, and I also have 2 or 3 friends at my dorm. Now were close to a month and a half into the semester, and college is going pretty good. Its nothing like high school, because we actually have to read, and in high school, we had math teachers that knew how to do math. I also tried to be socially active in clubs at the school, so I joined the Finance and Economics Society at Baruch. Now I didn’t know that it was possible to be rejected from a student organization that is open to everyone, but unlike every other person that joined the club, I got rejected. Something is definitely up but theres nothing i can do about it, and i got work to do. So ..later.

 

I am Vinod Dorai. I think I’m the type of person people recognize as the good, responsible guy. I come from an Indian family, and we live in Rockland County, which is a bit upstate from New York City. I currently live at 96th street. Moving out was difficult at first, but I got used to it later on. I went to one school system my whole life, from Kindergarten to the 12th grade.

My top 3 concerns about my freshman year are making friends since this is a commuter school, making the proper grades, and adjusting to life in New York City. I already made a group of friends in my learning community, so that is not much of a problem, but in the building in which i dorm at, i have no friends. Because they are stupid. I am really concerned about making the proper grades because I still do not yet know how college grades work, and I struggle with long readings to do for homework. And lastly, because I am not a city person in general, i am concerned about adjusting to be able to enjoy the city life. I am used to the relaxed suburb life, and I am used to my car. The one thing i miss the most is my car because I love cars and I love driving.

I think the methods of learning at Baruch are much different from that in high school because most of it is self learning, and very little learning occurs in the classrooms. I also think the life here in general is different from high school because there is much more freedom when class is not in session. The ability to hang out with your friends is greater at the college.

I think my first year at Baruch will make me more aware of what New York City has to offer, and will definitely adjust me to the city life. I also think I will have a great network of friends after the first year, much different from that of high school. Other than that, the school will most likely not have any effect on who I am.