So, its been two months since I started college and everyone has been asking me: How’s college? My usual response is just: good or ok. But the honest answer is that I haven’t really thought much about it. Let me do that now.
The first thing I will look at is my academic progress. I think I’m doing pretty well in all of my classes. I aced two midterms and in my other classes I believe I’m doing fairly well because there is no midterm in those classes. But while I am doing well in most of my classes I had to drop my calculus class. When I first started to realize that I was not doing well in this class I really began to worry. In high school I never really had this problem with my classes. This was the first time where I had to worry about the consequences of failing a class. I had two options. My first option was to try my hardest to pass the class, but I knew that I wanted to pass with a good grade and not with a D. My second option was to drop the class and hope to take the class in the future. When I first started college I never imagined I would need to drop a class and this reality scared me. So I tried to pass the class as best I could. As the semester progressed I started to talk to many people. But I mainly talked to current and past students about my dilemma. Almost everyone told me that dropping the class would not be the end of the world. As long as I did better in the future, I was good. So that news really kept my college experience positive.
I guess the second thing to look at is my life at Baruch. And I have to say this part is really good. I’ve made a lot of friends at Baruch and I think that is really what you need for an enjoyable college experience. I already knew many people when coming into Baruch, both new and current students and that just made everything so much easier. They guided me when I had questions and they are always there for me when I need them. Friends in college are just an essential part in an enjoyable experience. They are there when you’re bored and there when you’re worried.. Going through college with friends is really the only way people should experience college.
If I had to answer the question: How’s college so far? I can honestly say that it’s pretty good. I can’t deny that it hasn’t been perfect and I haven’t had worries, but I can say that life is good in college.
My picture is of Oreos, because they make everything better.
