College meme

The picture shows how absolutely clueless I am about my major in college. I think that I’m pressured to make a decision sooner than I really think because I’m going to have to take classes that are leaned towards a certain field and I’m not sure what that is yet. I hope that as I get on with college I find a path that suites me well, but for now I’m exploring all the fields and options that are out there and hopefully I will decide soon enough.

In this meme, there are two girls pulling a big man from his seat at the beach. It looks like the girls are having a hard time and it reminds me of myself, trying to pull up my GPA.

This photo/meme perfectly describes my experience so far at Baruch College. Everyday, I have been trying to improve my GPA after careless mistakes I had made from the beginning of all my classes. I admit, at the beginning of the semester, I slacked off a lot and did not care about my grades as much as I hope I would. For the first few tests, I didn’t do so well and I knew that I could do better. At that time, I thought that I was still on vacation and college didn’t sink in yet. I didn’t feel like doing any work at all and I always thought that I can make it all up later in the semester just like I did back in Midwood (my old high school). I guess you can say that I was still in that high school mentality. In high school, if you fail a few tests in the beginning, you have so many opportunities to improve your grade for that class. Unfortunately, this does not apply to college and I learned that the hard way. In high school, you have longer semesters and you meet with your classes more often (five days a week.) But for college, the semesters are shorter and you only meet two times a week with each of your classes. This makes it even harder to make up your grade because you have less opportunity to do so.  If I can go back in time to change one thing, I would choose to study more and work harder at the beginning of the semester. It is so difficult to increase my GPA now. Now, I have to work ten times as hard just to pass a class. Just like Melissa said, college will sink in about a month. This is so true because during the first month of college, I did everything that a high school student would do. I would procrastinate, stay up late even though I had morning classes, and even wait until the last minute to do my homework. These habits are so bad but it is so hard to shake off. The last four years in high school, I have been trying my best. I know that college is a different ball game and I’ve come to realize this throughout the semester. College is much more important than high school. From now on, when a new semester comes around, I will work my butt off from the get-go and try my best on every test, homework, and school assignment.

In conclusion, this semester is a wake up call for me. College has finally hit me and now I’ve been trying to make up for all my mistakes so far. This first semester of college has taught me so much already, not only academics, but also about responsibility. All I need to do from this point on, is to stay on track.

Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like I bought a bunch of useless textbooks for this semester that we haven’t even used.  I literally have a pile of random books in a corner of my room just collecting dust.  I guess as a freshman, I just assumed that the professors wouldn’t tell us to get a book we wouldn’t even need.  But now I know better than that.  Next semester I got to read up on ratemyprofessors.com and make sure I don’t waste $300 on useless textbooks that I’ll never need.

This semester has gone by so fast and every day you miss truly does feel like you miss everything. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy Baruch as much as I do and it has really been an incredible semester. I have made great friends and learned so much. Its also so cool to be exposed to so many different cultures and backgrounds, and people from all over new york. Although this semester hasn’t been very easy, I am finally starting to get the hang of this college thing. I learnt that i can cram extremely well for tests and papers (and especially blog posts) and i also learned that if you want to get anything done in Baruch you have to do it yourself because the services here are very unreliable. My favorite memory of FRO was when we played the game where you have to guess your profession. Mainly because I thought the game was ridiculous and it wasn’t really very informative. Another favorite part of the  Fro was when jess sand her dumb song. I also enjoyed becoming close with all the people in the FRO class, having a class where we can just relax and hang out was a good way to make everyone closer, although it would be much better if we received at least one credit for a class we have work in and have to go to every week.I think i actually have more work in FRO than in some of my other classes which is kind of ridiculous but its ok but it was still kind of fun. I can’t wait to start taking business courses next semester and really start to learn about the profession i want to go into. I will be taking Business and Business law as well as english, calc, and sociology. Although i have a good schedule I don’t have such good teachers in all my classes. I don’t have such a good english teacher but the rest of my professors are pretty good. A few of my classmates in FRO are taking the same classes as me next semester which is pretty cool cause ill already know people in some of my classes and I’m taking classes with friends of mine who aren’t in FRO.Ill definitely miss my classmates and teachers from this semester but I’m excited to start taking new courses and get closer to graduating and getting a job. I also can’t wait to hopefully get in internship this summer and these business courses Im taking this semester will help me get internships and some experience with the finance world. I also hope that i can learn useful things that i will use for the rest of my life in the classes I’m taking next semester, such as sociology and the Business courses. I will definitely miss the FRO class and all my classmates. but i am looking forward to continuing to learn a lot in Baruch college, and i hope that we will all be successful.

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I think this meme accurately portrays my first semester here at Baruch.  The course load for all of my classes has definitely not been easy and at times quite overwhelming. Coffee has definitely been a huge help in giving me the extra energy I need during the tight times. I feel that the first semester of Freshman year is definitely the toughest one to get accustomed to the tough culture of college life. So far I feel I have acclimated well but  feel it will definitely take some more time to get up to the speed I want to.  The toughest part in my perspective has been the amount of travel time each school day to and from Baruch. The commute from my home in Oceanside, Long Island to the school is a long one, and to be honest quite tiring. To get here I take the long island railroad. It takes around 10 minutes for me to leave my house get in my car park at the train station and get on the train. From the train station that I get on, it is about a 40 minute train ride from the Oceanside train station to Penn Station. From Penn Station it is a 20 minute walk to Baruch. And of course the same list of events going back home only backwards. For me it has been all about routine and being organized. In my senior year of high school I was late more quite often which was crazy considering  I lived around 5 minutes from the school and had an 8:30 starting class. And so far at Baruch I have been late to my classes  a shockingly low amount of times. I feel like in my first semester at Baruch I have really matured a lot. In high school there was a great amount of immaturity and childish actions among students and even teachers. Everyone in Baruch seems to have one objective in mind in my perspective. This objective is to be successful, which is exactly what I strive to be. One of my most enjoyable parts of this year has been Freshman seminar. Although no credits are received for the class and it is mandatory, it has really been a rewarding experience. It has definitely been a chance for all of the students in our block of classes to come together and get to know one another to a greater extent. I’m glad that all of the students in our block are such nice people and it’s been a pleasure so far this semester to be around them. As well, Melissa and Victoria have been great advisors  and have been really helpful in making my experience a good one so far at Baruch. The greatest moment I had in this class is definitely from convocation. Realizing how good of friends I have became with some of these other students I did not know at just puts a smile on my face and reassures me that I made a great decision coming to Baruch. As I will be very sad that the first semester will be over soon, I am also very excited for the start of the new one. I am quite eager to meet new students and take new classes. Scheduling of classes online was a pain and very confusing for me.  Academically I feel  I will excel even more due to my knowledge of what I have to do to be successful. The routine of the commute here is getting easier everyday and by next semester I should be even more comfortable. I am definitely also looking forward to the winter recess as I will be able to catch up on some sleep so I don’t have to drink so much coffee.

Baruch Voices Selfies 🙂

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It was really fun to watch and enjoyed the event. It was a nice experience. https://www.flickr.com/photos/129372979@N02/15784757505/