Baruch Experience

These two pictures represent how I feel about my first semester at Baruch College. The first picture is accurate because for the majority of the time I have no idea what is going on. Overtime I adjusted to the college and how things work but up until mid-october I was still looking at my schedule to see where my classes were and didn’t know the name of any of my professors. I was very lost and confused with how to use Blackboard, what assignments were due when, and most of the time I lost focus in class and when I tried paying attention again I had no idea what my professors were talking about. I was also not used to making my own schedule which was a lot more work than I thought it was- I had to research the professors and make sure the times didn’t conflict and take into consideration the fact that I was not a morning person so any class before 10am was probably not a good idea. I also had to get used to managing my own schedule of balancing work, school and social life. The second picture also relates to my first semester at Baruch because I suddenly felt like I had to decide on what classes I wanted to take, what I wanted to learn and ultimately what I wanted to do with my life. I would find myself surfing the internet for hours and hours or doing absolutely nothing productive and just over thinking, overanalyzing everything and feeling like I was wasting my life away. I still have no idea what I’m doing with my life but I realized not to fret too much about it because future Danielle will figure it out and I’ve got plenty of time to decide down the road. For now I just have to focus on doing well on the core curriculum and everything else should fall into place.