Shivani Pathak – Monologue

The transition from high school to college turned out to be rather surprising for me. I remember the text message I sent to my best friend during my first day of class very clearly. I complained to her about how annoyed I was for waking up so early to have my english professor not show up. I also told her that I missed her and that it felt weird not seeing her or any familiar faces. She assured me that things would get better and that it was only the first day. As that week passed by, every day was pretty much the same in the sense that I would go to class, go home and meet up with my friends from high school. I missed high school so much. This may sound corny but by the end of my four high school years, our senior class was one big family. We all were so comfortable with one another and literally went through everything together when two of our close friends passed away senior year. Although it was devastating, we pulled through it. We all continued to hangout and stay close during the summer. Therefore, I felt kind of strange being at Baruch not knowing many people. I didn’t have that sense of comfort and familiarity. I especially dreaded Tuesdays and Thursdays where I would have two and a half hour long breaks with nothing to really do.

After a week or two, I realized that my best friend was right; things did become a whole lot better. I made some great friends who I spent my breaks hanging out and going to different places in the city with. I began to see that the people at Baruch didn’t suck at all. Although it was a hard transition, it was definitely a shocking one as well. I can now say that I do like being at Baruch college. Also, I’m okay with the fact that I am not away at a dorm for college. I appreciate the fact that I get to stay at home as well as go to college in what is known as the big apple. I’m learning how to keep up with the unusual amount of work, deal with professors I’m not fond of and maintain a social life at the same time. I think my first week or two at Baruch made me stronger and opened up my eyes to the fact that bad times do not last forever. I realized that with time everything gets easier as long as you’re patient enough to get through it. I learned how important it is to have friends and family by my side and to be by them as well.

I look forward to my next few years at Baruch. I’m excited to see what’s to come and meet new people. I’m determined to study hard to achieve and maintain a high GPA. I’m also hoping to join some interesting clubs and learn about not only other people but myself as well.

This is a picture of two artists, Drake and J Cole. They both are very inspiring, determined, ambitious and influential to me. There is a particular old song by J Cole called “Cheer up” which resembles the way I view life. I like to look on the bright side and be optimistic. This is corny but “the storm does not last forever[gallery]

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