My first semester at Baruch definitely challenged me to balance my school work with my social life and job. I ended up not having time to go to club events and participate in the student life outside of classes because the two days of the week that I was free, I would have to work on all my papers and study for exams. I ended up not liking my schedule  that much because, given that I would get home exhausted Monday, Wednesday and Friday and work on the weekends, only Tuesday and Thursday were available for dealing with the big load of school work. Besides that, I’m struggling with deciding what I want to major in and that has been another burden on my back. My Introduction to Business class, that I was super excited about, helped me realize that I’m actually not that interested in Business after all. However, I have to say that this semester wasn’t completely bad. I made great friends in my seminar class and I took classes like Philosophy and Theatre that didn’t seem to spark my interest initially but ended up opening my mind to different areas that I seemed to enjoy. College has helped me become independent and I’ve realized that I really like being able to organize my day and plan my schedule and not have someone checking up on me all the time. It’s been 3 months of ups and downs, of confusion and excitement but, all in one, it’s been an interesting start to my college career.