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For my third workshop, I attended a resume writing course. Although I already have a resume, I went because I wanted to learn how to not only make my resume concise but also how to better adjust it for college since my old one is from high school. I learned that the most effective way to get your point across is to use power verbs when beginning each bullet to describe one’s capabilities. Also, I learned that one should include the results of one’s performance, especially if it helped in earning more profit for a company. Overall, I thought that this workshop was really helpful and I feel more prepared in writing a proper resume than I did before I attended the workshop. I also liked that they gave a mini booklet to keep because I can always refer back to in the future regarding how to sharpen my resume and cover letter.

I actually liked this performance better than the Voices we saw during convocation. My favorite monologue was the one that was written in text messages because it was really cute. However, I thought that a lot of the monologues in this performance were much more depressing than the first one. Even though the content was very relatable, I think that the people organizing voices should have had a better balance between the types of monologues performed rather than having predominantly serious and sad monologues.

I thought that our visit to the Rubin Museum was actually really interesting. Since I am of South Asian decent, I was able to identify with many of the sculptures that came from the Indian region. I also found it fascinating how Indian culture and religion was described on the small plaques next to the individual statue, even though it differed from what I was taught growing up. I  also thought that it was really cool that the museum used to be an old tenement building.

I have always greatly admired my sister’s independence. Being the oldest child, she was always forced to learn how to do things herself, whether it had to do with school, work, or personal matters. Since she knows how difficult it is to have minimal guidance when making important decisions, she is always willing to go out of her way to help others whenever they are in need of advice or assistance. However, it seems that whenever I, her own sister, ask her for help, she refuses to do so because she thinks that “it’s not fair” that she had to learn how to do everything herself while I get “babied” by being given advice . Every time I ask her a simple question about school, she always tells me, “Shivani, you just have to make mistakes and learn from them. Just pretend like I don’t exist and then make a decision.” This always infuriates me. I don’t get it. How am I supposed to pretend that I don’t have a sister when I clearly do. I lived my whole life knowing that I have an older sibling. How am I supposed to just “pretend” as if a person I’ve lived with my whole life doesn’t exist.

I mean isn’t the point of having an older sibling so that they can help guide you and protect you from the mistakes that they made. Isn’t my older supposed to always be there for me? I honestly believe that my sister is overly dramatic about her experiences as the oldest child. I would think that because she didn’t have anyone to guide her when she was younger, she would want to spare me from the same experiences by giving me advice. But no, that’s not the case. I guess it’s for my own benefit because I’m more independent since I am forced to make decisions by myself. However, I still think it’s annoying. I mean, it’s not my fault that I wasn’t my parent’s first child.

This is the link for the walk on Sunday 🙂

http://makingstrides.acsevents.org/site/TR?sid=16393&type=fr_informational&pg=informational&fr_id=35997

Hey everybody! I’m Shivani and I’m 18 years old. I love to laugh, explore the city with my friends, and most importantly eat! 🙂

One of my concerns is not knowing which club to join. In general, I am a very indecisive person. For that reason, it’s been really hard for me to narrow down which clubs I’m most interested in. Another concern I have is learning how to manage time. Even though the workload at Baruch is not that bad, I’m still trying to figure out how to get work done in school so that when I get home late I don’t have much to do. My last concern is, and probably my most important concern, is maintaining my grades. I want to make sure that I maintain a very respectable grade point average in my first year of college because I know that after freshman year the courses will be more difficult.

My experience at Baruch will definitely be more adventurous than what I have experienced in high school. Unlike in high school, being at Baruch will allow me to have more freedom and and independence from my family. For this reason, I think during my first year at Baruch I will become more self-sufficient and focused in my studies.