My First Semester at Baruch

My first semester at Baruch was not how I expected it to be. My prediction for the upcoming semester was that it would be similar to my high school years, turns out I was wrong, extremely wrong. Throughout high school I put in the minimum amount of work and yielded pretty good grades, I came into college with the same mindset. It turns out I really had to work hard. I probably did more work in this one semester at Baruch than my entire high school experience. Now I know what level of work is expected of me. Another defining characteristic of my first semester at Baruch is how I have adapted to the environment. Manhattan is a busy place and everything here is so fast paced, it took some adjustments to get use to it. The fast paced environment of New York has changed my outlook on life; everything I do now is all about speed and efficiency, the way most new Yorkers lead their lives. I am grateful that I have gotten very good professors my first semester, if I had gotten bad ones my semester would have been much more difficult. I have learned a lot; not just about the subjects that I too but also about life in general, Baruch has taught me a lot. Over all my first semester at Baruch was a great experience, I wouldn’t change any part of it, even the unpleasant moments, and I am glad everything happened the way it did.