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For the past few months all I have been saying is “What?!?” with the look of confusion. This happens in calculus more often than any other class. But this new experience was pretty awesome. I got to meet new people who are all unique in their own ways. Got to keep in touch with old friends who are also in the city. Ate and gained weight. Last but definitely not least, lost so much sleep. I wish I had a clone of myself who I can help out to get all the work and projects done. I would’ve stayed on top of my work. Its hard managing so many things that the new college experience throws at you but every one of them has been a fun new challenge. Im looking forward to the next semester.

So when I look back at the three months I’ve spent in Baruch, there is the one thing that sticks out the most.
I REALLY hate calculus.
Other than that, I’m still lazy as usual, only I’ve been forcing myself to my nose to the grindstone, so to speak. I started doing more and more of my assignments despite of my laziness and I hope I’m able to deal with my finals.
Oh yeah, I’m more tired than I was three months ago, so that’s bad.
Yeah, that’s pretty much it.

I chose this meme, because of how surprisingly accurate it is. My parents think that I study… or at least that is what I think they expect of me. Then my friends think I am studying hard, since that is all I talk about with them. And I know that society thinks that any college freshmen party. Even I thought like that. Such as that, most of these are pretty accurate, especially when it comes to what I actually do and what I think I do.

My first semester of Baruch was definitely an amazing experience. I got to meet many new people, especially great friends that I know I can appreciate. Although there were some bad parts to it, such as a certain math teacher, I really got to enjoy most of what happened around at Baruch. I am glad that I got to join the E-Sports Association and meet many great people and to have had classes with such amazing personalities. However it seems that I have grown even more lazy. Go me 😀

I chose this meme because i feel like i always want to sleep but when i do it never ends right. Either im still tired or… im still tired. the only difference between me and this meme is that i am not a female…but a male.

I picked this photo because I am lazy and I can not wait for school to end. I hate school.

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What did I expect out of my first semester at Baruch? Well, for one I didn’t expect to not rush for a business frat. I always wanted to make some cool connections with cool alumni so I could get cool job offers. But during the first two weeks of college, none of these business frats or sororities appealed to me. I also didn’t expect to find amazing friends out of people that I had gone to high school with but never talked to in high school. So in the three months that I’ve been at Baruch you could say that I was a bit surprised when things didn’t go as plan. But I’ve never been happier, I always hated my high school years and college is where I was able to shed whatever was marked on me from high school. People from my high school might have gotten into their dream school that are out-of-state but I live in New York City. I have an amazing roommate, I hangout with brilliant people, and I get to go all over Manhattan and never get bored. Life keeps getting better as I put everything that one bothered me away. I am satisfied.

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The first semester of my time at Baruch is nearing its end, and I can easily say it’s gone by quicker than I imagined. I came into college with the expectation of having a higher workload than ever before. Surprisingly, this wasn’t the case. In my opinion, college work is easier than high school. However, there are more added responsibilities as an adult who is nearing one’s career. These responsibilities posed a new challenge in college that I hadn’t experienced in high school: time management. Balancing one’s work, social, and familial life becomes a difficulty. I found this meme to be relatable because of the amount of time I spend at the library. A lot of older classmates told me how big of a resource the library is and how most freshmen don’t realize that. Personally, I find that studying in the library with classmates makes the job a lot more efficient and interesting. Even if you’re facing a challenging situation, the fact that your peers are with you struggling somehow makes it bearable. Overall, my first semester at Baruch was definitely not what I expected. I met a lot of new people and truly learned a lot; gaining more exposure in terms of the real world.

I’d say that there are many differences I’ve noticed between high school and college. There’s a lot more freedom in college. It’s just so easy to say that you’re done, that you just want to stay in bed instead of going to school. As you can tell, this can be both a good and bad thing. I definitely don’t feel like this is too much work but I realized a lot of it has to do with time management. If I was to just manage my time better between homework and doing nothing I’m sure I’d be much more efficient. There are times where I wished that I had went to another school instead but it isn’t so bad. I definitely notice that I’m starting to like it here and that really it’s just what you make out of it.

I swear I was going to be a better student. Before classes began, I promised myself that I would stop the procrastination. The plan for a productive-me was taking shape. College was supposed to change everything, right? It seemed like it, at least for awhile. But I see myself crawling back to my old habits. This meme properly depicts my first semester so far and probably my future semesters at Baruch:

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Yet, it’s not all that bad. I have met new and awesome people. I am adapting to this new environment. Schoolwork has been generally average, minus the freaking art class. I shouldn’t even be complaining right now, because it’s just going to get harder from here. Doesn’t matter, though. I’m ready for it. Your move, Baruch.

My first semester at Baruch has been an interesting experience. The biggest thing I think I have learned this semester has been that time management is a huge part of success in Baruch. Between the train schedule, paper deadlines, art projects and everything else that may come up, deciding when to get everything done and still have time to sleep can be a challenge. Although I have not exactly mastered my time management, I now know what I should not do (procrastinate), because the following semesters are just going to get harder and harder. I have made many great friends in my three months at Baruch and hope to continue those friendships after this semester. Additionally, one resource that I realized is great and will continue to use it during my career at Baruch is the library. Whether it is to print out a paper, write a paper, study, borrow a laptop, or just use the computers there for research, the library is the place for it. I have also began playing on the baseball team, we have had a couple of winter workouts but the real practices begin in the second semester. I look forward to playing on the team and with that I will have to manage my time around baseball which will be a challenge but I am up for it.