This eight word quote perfectly captions my first three months here at Baruch. Although Baruch has given me new friends, experiences, and environment to be in, it has brought a great deal of stress. My senior year of High School was a very laid back one where I probably had homework once a month. I barely had an quizzes and tests, and it was just a very easy year. This did not prepare me for college what so ever. Instead of having a class for an entire year, that one class is now shoved into one semester. Your midterms are now taken only 2 months into the semester. There is so much to learn in such a short amount of time. At first, the college work load didn’t seem too bad, and then out of nowhere, the workload exploded. Tests, essays, quizzes, presentations all on top of an endless amount of homework. My stress level went from 0 to 100 really quick. Trying to manage my time to figure out when I am going to do what, or study for what has become very difficult. These past two weeks have especially made me feel exactly like the picture above because the work has become never ending. Trying to get your work done and worrying about getting good grades while trying to maintain somewhat of a social life is what my life has come to. Everyday I push through the work and just try to focus on the big picture that it will all be worth it in the long run.

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