FRO 1000 – LC 16

I am Judy Ling. Who am I? Well, my name, more like the names my friends call me, reflect my personality. My friends call me Ling Ling, Ju ju or Judieee, JJ, etc. They call me Ling Ling for obvious reasons, because my last name is Ling. Ling Ling is also the name of a well known panda in China. Conicidently, my favorite animal is panda and I am a Chinese American. Ju ju when translated into cantonese, the language i speak, means pig pig. No i am not a pig, but I really love eating and sleeping, which pigs love to do, and I’m also kind of slow. Somebody could say a joke and i could be the only one not laughing because i dont get it. Then somebody would explain it to me and then i would be the only one laughhing. Oh wells, that’s life. Also, when people have names with two of the same words, i think it kind of emphasize them being the little one. And i am the little one. I’m the youngest in my family and I’m  my mom’s baby girl and she spoils me. Besides that, I am also very caring, a good listener, and friendly.

My top 3 concerns about my freshmen year at Baruch is getting good grades, making new friends, and keeping in touch with my old friends because college is about getting good grades, I’m scared about being a loner, and alot of my close friends moved away for college.

Honestly, Baruch is very similar to Brooklyn Tech. Both school’s have a lot of students, there’s majors in both schools, I commute to go to both of them, etc. I would say the only difference is that Baruch is making me independent while i was still kind of dependent in high school. After all, I am a college student and i wouldnt want a teacher telling me to do this do that all the time.

I kind of mentioned this already but i think first year of college will make me more independent.

My name is Sydney Winnick. I am a freshman at Baruch college. But who am I? Hmm…I guess I can say that I am my own person. No one is truly unique, but I am true to myself. I am an artsy, outgoing, giggly, and caring individual. I always let people open up to me, because I like listening and giving advice. Being this type of person, I was not sure how I would fit into Baruch. So far, I love it. My greatest concerns though are my grades, getting accepted into selective clubs, and being able to handle my social and academic life. Even with all of this though, Baruch is a lot different from my high school. I went to high school in central New Jersey, and was not a fan of many of my peers. The people in NYC seem to be a lot more like me, so I have a ton of fun with my new classmates. This experience will definitely change me. I’ve become a city girl, and have a new found appreciation for for enjoying my surroundings and my new opportunities. By the end of this year, I feel that I will be a more confident, strong, and savvy individual.

Greetings, I am Gabriel. I generally think of myself as a weird kid. I like breaking out the funk when it’s necessary. I am prone to awkward moments and I like to think that I’m somewhat of a clever guy. I am quite ambitious, but I’m well acquainted with laziness. I tend to work hard when I have motivation. My ultimate goals in life are to raise a family and live comfortably. I don’t wanna be rich because I think that too much money can change a man for worse. However, I would ideally not want to ever worry about finances because I like to focus on more important aspects of life. Hence, this is why I hope to be a Finance major. My childhood was……… odd. My mom is really weird; she’s sophisticated but has a tendency of going over the top at times. She also plays freakishly clever mind games by making me think and FEEL as if I’ve done something wrong when in fact something happened that I had no control over or when I did something right. My dad is funny because he doesn’t care about things that most parents would fuss over, but he cares a universe and a half about me. He’s weird too. My sis and I have a great relationship, which is odd. She’s weird. I grew up around fairly good-looking women so I know all of your tricks.

My top 3 concerns are whether I’m in the right school, whether I’ll get a career that will let me live comfortably and whether I’ll learn enough in school to leave a meaningful impact upon the family I intend to raise.

College is different from high school in that I now call my teachers “professors”.

My college experience so far has led me to think of one word: expensive.

I use to wonder and ask myself this question a lot. I tried really hard to come up with a way to describe who I am or the type of person I am. Sure I can tell you a whole bunch of facts about me that won’t change, but if someone is to ask me that question, it’s probably not to know all those facts.

So if you take away the facts like my blood type or birthday and all that stuff, what’s left? Honestly some of the things that I thought described me didn’t always stick. I mean as humans we are constantly changing, one day I might say I’m lazy but next day I’m playing volleyball. So what is it? Am i just a hypocrite?

In the end all this made me come to a point where I got tired of asking. It’s so complicated and confusing.  So why ask when I’ll never be satisfied with the answer. Right now I’m just me without trying to figure out what’s me. So if you ask, who am I? I honestly don’t know how to answer, but hopefully as time passes you’ll know who I am anyways.

WOW I REALIZED I DIDN’T REALLY TELL YOU GUYS ANYTHING… lol oops well…

just a list of facts  would be…

DOB: 1/12/93   BORN: Hong Kong  GIVEN NAME: Sin Ting Larissa Ho CURRENTLY IN: Brooklyn!! BLOOD TYPE: B+

MY 3 TOP CONCERNS…

1. Am I in the wrong school?

2. Math

3. Will I make new friends?

BARUCH vs. BROOKLYN TECH

1. All my close friends are far away from me.

2. I get to leave the school for lunch.

3. Smaller classes besides POL.

I THINK MY FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE IS…

going to be a learning experience and that it’s going to help me grow more independent.

 

 

My name is Maggie Chan.  I’m a Chinese American. I live in Elmhurst. I am not good with words and public speaking. I can be quite an awkward person if you don’t know me well enough but overall  I think I’m an easy going person. I run out of things to say pretty fast like right now… I like to eat food… and trying new things just for the fun of it. I suck at sports.  Right now I am also a broke college student. I never knew books could cost so much!

3 top concerns I have about freshman year at Baruch College: First of all I wasn’t sure if I would like it at Baruch. It seems like Baruch is pretty much like high school all over again aside from the 3 hour breaks and 10 times more work but I guess it’s not that bad. Now I’m wondering how I’ll pass my classes when I can’t really remember what I read in the textbooks. I haven’t even gotten my TI-89 yet. Lastly, I was scared I wouldn’t make any friends because like I said I can be quite awkward but thanks to LC-16 I’m not a loner haha 🙂

So far, I think because we were placed into blocks, my Baruch experience isn’t much different from high school. I go class -> I go home. Everyone says to get involved and join something which I will eventually but it’s easier said than done. I think my first year of college will make me more independent. There won’t be anyone there to remind me when an assignment is due or to borrow homework from.

Hey my name is Joseph Geritano aka Joey aka the Don. I think im a mad fun kid to hangout with im really funny and i bet i can make anyone laugh unless i dont really like you at all and you know that. I like to workout and party and chill with my friends.  My top three concerns when starting freshman year were am I gunna get lost going to class, will I meet people that have the same personality as me, and is college as hard and scary as all my teachers said it will be. My college expirence is different than highschool because my highschool was private and it was an all guys school. So we had to wear a uniform everyday and there were no girls so college is like a shock. My first year of college will definitely change how i dress because all these kids from manhattan dress so much different than me. After wearing a uniform the past four years all i wanna wear is jordan shorts or sweat pants with my jordan flops and socks. I really dont get why people get so dressed up for school? i mean its school not a party or something.

My name is Nicole Randazzo, and honestly, I dont know who I am yet. I know I’m very caring, sometimes too much. I love to laugh, I love to cry, if im not laughing im crying. I have a strong and confident personality on the outside, but sometimes I can be insecure on the inside. I love Lady Gaga, actually i’m obsessed. Im never afraid to speak my mind, I usually always say what i’m thinking which isn’t always good. I have many fears; Im afraid of the dark, planes, oceans, heartbreak, being lied to, and failure. Im truly a nice person, and even if your least favorite person I have a big heart and i’d help anyone. My three top concerns about my freshman year is 1. Being overwelhmed with work 2. Picking up my old study habits that I used all through high school and 3. failing pre-calc. So far, my college experience has been great. I love being in the city and i’ve made some really good friends. I actually hated my high school and pretty much everyone in it so this is a major change. I used to be miserable going to school now I dont really mind it. I also like the huge amount of freedom I have now, as in my old school you couldnt have your hair a certain way without getting a detention. I think my first year at college will really make me grow up. I went from never traveling around my home town alone, to now traveling into Manhatten everyday on my own. I also think ill gain more of an experience with different cultures. My highschool was all italian americans so I never got that chance to meet and learn about the way other cultures do things. I also think my first year will help me learn the value of a dollar, food everyday is really expensive!

This blog post is not sex…unlike kpop 😉  Hi Joanna!

I think the one thing i like to do more than anything is laughing. But then again who doesn’t like to laugh? Unless your emo?? I think I’m generally a positive person, at least i try to be. Friends and family are also very important to me because they lighten up your day. And even though im going to a business school, i also like art, creative thinking, imagination, and reading (mostly fiction).

My top three concerns would be doing well in school, keeping my friends close, and to get to know the city better.

At my high school, there was only like 5 asian students including me so the majority of my life has been spent around white people…lots and lots of white people. Finally, I’m not a minority anymore , haha. Also going to college allows you to meet different types of people unlike at my high school where everybody was pretty much the same…

By the end of my first year at Baruch, i want to be more independent and confident and procrastinate less.

ANYWAYS….. GO KPOP … no I’m just kidding I’m not really that obsessed…

I am Christopher Hugh, a 17(soon to be 18) year old freshman who’s lived in Brooklyn all his life but still has gotten to see some exciting places in the world. On the surface, I’m a son, a brother, an uncle, a musician, and a friend to alot of other people. I like to think of myself as a cool person that’s a good friend. I’m also an unusual mix of Jamaican and Chinese. I see myself as a person who likes to travel,  try new things, and meet new people, even though at times I can be a bit shy around a very large group of people I don’t know.

My top three concerns about my freshman year are 1) Ill have a hard time adjusting to more free time 2) My grades and 3) Getting to know the city Ive always lived so close to, but never really took the time to visit often. The whole free time concern is going well so far, but  back in high school, I always did work because there wasn’t really time for anything else. Coming from a specialized NY high school, we still had full days as seniors -_-,  and major classes which was like having a freshman schedule, minus the two lunch periods which were kind of cool. So after a day at school, work, and some chill time, I had until 8 or 9 at night until 6 the next morning when I had to wake up for school which meant cramming school work, facebook time, and sleep into that window. Now I have 6 classes and 2 hour gaps to do whatever I please,so I have to make sure I dedicate it to what I need to get done. My grades are important because that is what we all go to college for, to get the grades for your degree, get out without too much debt, then land in a good career. Getting to know NY better is a concern because if I’m going to spend the next 4 years here, I need to know where I can lay back on weekends and go to have some fun.

I think the fact that Baruch, as all colleges do, gives you more freedom will make my experience different from high school. Alot of the 8-3 structure that high school gave me is gone. Its up to me to decide when to tackle which assignments.

I think my first year at college will make me more responsible, give me better time management skills, and definitely make me more independent. It will also improve my social skills, since making friends at Baruch is either joining a club or organization, or joining an LC.

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.