FRO 1000 – LC 16

My experience at baruch has been terrible compared to the college experience my friends are having. for me hs was more fun than college, thats just terrible. Im planning on transferring into a suny. Also the majority of the ppl in baruch seem to be lifeless. OF course frosh seminar is the bestest thing in baruch. If I could go backand chane something I would not come to baruch, insteac I’d go to albany or buffalo.

My expirence at baruch has not been what i expeced at all. I thought it was going to be a lot better. I thought i would have a lot more funn but honestly it is soo boring. I wish i went away to college from the very beginning. Im probobly only goin to stay one more semester and go away to Oneonta or something. My first semester was nothing special and i dont really know how a person could change from like 4 months of college. I see no difference been this and highschool besides its a hour and a half away from my house which is horrible. The thing i would of done differently would have been to take this semester at a whole different school completely.

Baruch has been alright. I’ve had mostly good times but somedays are just really stressful and irritating. Lets just say my expectations were not exceeded, perhaps not even met. I’ve always pictured myself attending a college where there would be a big campus with space to roam around and to explore. Baruch…great campus right? Well i obviously knew that Baruch wouldn’t be a traditional college experience but i still wanted to attend because it was located in the city which is more than enough space to explore. This first semester went ok, not great. I probably could have worked harder in pre-calc but because i didn’t, i let myself down. Im nearly failing this stupid class! Well now i have to work my ass off. Funny that i say that because i just realized i haven’t been putting more of an effort into it even though i promised to myself that i would. Besides pre-calc, id say everything else is going well. If i could redo my first semester i would definitely be more organized with my time, perhaps set up a schedule, study more, and actually do homework. Have i changed? No i don’t think i have. Ive remained true to myself and my personality throughout the semester even if it meant having my munchkins think weirdly of me. No one truly understands my sense of humor like my friends back at home. if i say something weird or absurd, they would be like “whats wrong with you?”…”your so weird!”.. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! But yeah I’ve always been the Jackson that all my friends back at home know.

This semester at Baruch was better than what I expected. When I found out that I was in an LC, I always wondered how it was like and I think being in a LC is really helpful because you get closer to your classmates. This semester I’ve met new friends and I’ve learned things that I never learned before. Before coming here, i was afraid that i wouldn’t like Baruch but now i actually like it here. Baruch has a lot to offer and it makes me realize that staying in the city was the right choice. A day at school passes by really quickly, much quicker than high school. At Baruch I was able to learn to be independent. Sometimes the breaks we have are long but it gives me extra time to things that I need to do. I kind of like how Baruch does not have a campus because it’s easier to navigate the college. If I could do my first semester all over again, I would study more during my breaks. Also I would use Baruch’s facilities more, like the gym. I would also use my planner more to organize my homework and tests. Since starting college, I hadn’t changed much, maybe a little. Now, I study better and I tend to plan ahead to meet the deadlines. Overall, my first experience at Baruch was great and I really enjoyed it.

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.

This semester has been great especially with lc16. It’s been a fun experience and hopefully next semester will be better. It has passed by so quickly. The semesters already coming to an end and I’ll miss this block. Baruch has pretty much lived up to my expectations as a business school. I think I did well this first semester at Baruch. I tried my best and hopefully it’s enough to do well. I liked most of my classes even though I did not choose them. If I could do things differently I would’ve used my time better. I should’ve signed up for tutoring more. I also would like to explore the area more instead of staying right around Baruch since I have 4 hour breaks next semester. I can’t say I’ve changed much this semester. Maybe I’m a little more talkative. I hope our block will still remain as friends in the future. This first semester was a great experience and has helped me adjust to college life and be comfortable at Baruch college.

First off I would like to say that this was a great block and I wouldn’t have asked to spend my first semester with any other people <3

Well my expectation of coming to college was what they show you on tv like football games, frat house parties and campus life. Baruch has none of those things but it makes up for it with the location in the city (which I have definitely taken advantage of), other sports teams and tons of clubs and frats to get involved in. Although I haven’t really been involved in anything this semester because I was busy exploring the city and settling into my classes, next semester I want to join a bunch of clubs and get so more school spirit!

My first semester at Baruch college was great. I moved to the city, experienced an earthquake, hurricane, snowstorm and I also got to see a bunch of protests. Well other than what was in the news I also met a bunch of amazing people and had some really great classes. I’m glad that I chose to be in an LC.

What I would have done differently during my first semester if I could do it all over again would be to switch my precalc class for a different professor as soon as possible. The teacher was not a good fit for me and I ended up having to drop the class which means I have less credits than I should this semester.

I believe I became more mature and responsible since I started at Baruch College because now that I am living on my own I have to rely on myself to balance school. I have no one to yell at me anymore or tell me what to do.

Starting out at Baruch, initially didn’t phase me at all. It just seemed like, oh its Baruch, whatever no big deal. As we got deeper and deeper into the semester i found that i liked it more and more. Meeting new people and learning new things each day is a nice change of pace from high school.

My first college semester ever was — a unique experience. Coming in I literally had no idea of what to expect. But after each class and each day I began to adjust more and more, which resulted in me ultimately being comfortable with my surroundings. Academically speaking, not knowing my grades at the moment, id say i definitely could have done better. i 100% could have tried harder and put more time into studying and other assignments. Having said that, I still feel i tried hard and should come out of the semester doing just fine. 

If I could do it all again from the beginning, I would go back and make sure to do better in pre-calc. Not too satisfied with a C. Other than that, theres not much that i would go back and change. Oh yeah – theres also the Friday class thing which is something i don’t think i would ever ever do again.

How do i think i have changed? Idk. I don’t feel like I’ve experienced much change since starting. Id like to say that I’ve grown much more mature and responsible but id just be lying. Don’t feel any different, and i don’t act any different so id have to say that i don’t believe I’m any different of a person.

It’s crazy how time flies.  I remember walking in to Baruch on Convocation thinking wow college is gonna be crazy.  But now the first semester is almost over and I still can’t believe it.  My experience at Baruch so far has exceeded my expectations.  I’ve met so many new and interesting people that I can honestly say are my true friends.  I think my first semester at Baruch has gone really well, other than commuting to school everyday.  I’ve never taken the bus and subway before, coming from Long Island, but it really isn’t too bad, unless there’s a crazy delay.   Coming in to college, I didn’t think the workload would be so manageable, but this semester I was able to keep up with all of my work and stay on top of deadlines, and still have free time to myself.  Honestly, I wouldn’t do anything differently if I had the chance.  Even though there are days were I just don’t want to go to class, or I just feel like giving up, those are the days that make me stronger.  Those days help me power through the rest of the week and help me remember that those days don’t last.  I think that Baruch has changed me as a person.  In high school, I was the shy, quiet person who only at softball practice would I begin to come out of my shell.  Now, I’ve become so much more confident in myself, and I’ve become much more independent.  Even when I went back to my high school a month ago to visit, my teachers noticed a big difference from how I was in high school.  Overall, Baruch has been everything that I expected and more.  I so can’t wait to see what the next semester and my next 3 years hold for me.  LC 16 is amazing and I will never forget you guys. <3