Stressful. This would be the word I could use to describe my time at Baruch so far. College life is so different from high school and adjusting has been challenging. I have to wake up early to get to my classes on time, which means I have to sleep earlier so that I’m not drowsy the next day. Even if I manage to get in my hours of sleep, the classes are longer and harder to stay focused in, so I usually end up falling asleep. I can’t remember the last time I stayed awake for my entire sociology class. It’s just too boring. The professor basically goes over everything we read in the textbook in order to complete the online quizzes. Though these quizzes are pretty easy, I can’t say the same for the history quizzes. Though the professor usually gives us two hours to complete them, the tricky wording of the questions makes them more tedious to answer. We also have to stay on top of the reading of the primary source documents because of the random writing assignments from the professor for a significant portion of our grade. On top of this are the multi-page essays we have to write and the speeches we have to prepare, which I don’t feel that I’m getting better at. All these assignments are extremely time consuming and can, at times, begin to build up. I get little free time to relax and do what I want to. Hopefully I get used to the work load as I continue my life as a college student.