My First Semester
I don’t know what to make of the first semester, because it is such a minuscule sample size of what college has to hold. I have been through extreme highs and lows in college, nevertheless I never lost sight of my goals that I continue to strive for. I have began to discover things about myself and really penetrate the things I have taken interest in, discovering what my purpose is when I step to school every morning. At first, I felt like Baruch was the wrong decision for me, not being challenged and mentally prepared to compete with schools like NYU or Columbia, but I am beginning to feel like maybe this is where I belong. This is the place I have to start in order to finish on top. It isn’t like I was rejected from NYU, I just had the option of choosing between endless loans or cheaper education at a lesser praised institution. Through the newspaper and my creative writing I feel that I have been able to channel energy that I never grasped back in high school, and I am deviously developing the skills I need to succeed. I could have easily been in the same courses with the same crop of students at Stern, but I feel as though I will find the right people at Baruch because there are students out there just like me, oozing with brilliance and ambition, and smart enough to realize that college does not create the person, but instead it’s the person who maximizes the opportunity of any situation/institution in order to create themselves. I have made plenty of sacrifices choosing Baruch, and in due time, they will pay off. This first semester is just a teaser of my potential and I look to throttle to the remainder of my time here just like I did with this first semester.