For the Career Enrichment Workshop section, I attended the Wall Street Careers Panel today. The career workshop was held in the conference center on the 7th floor in the Newman Library building. The purpose of the workshop was to give insight into Wall Street careers from the personal perspectives of Baruch alumni who all currently hold positions in successful firms. The alumni that were present were David Shuman, Eric Elefeld, Edrizio De La Cruz, Ben Crane, Julian Nemirovsky, Crisann Shair, and Jenny Yescher. Listening to the personal experiences from former Baruch students of many years to recent alumni added a very interesting dynamic to the event because each person’s personal view was different from the others. Although, I am a Pre-Med major, I attended the Wall Street Careers Panel to keep my horizons open to other possible career options.
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For the Student Life Enrichment Workshop section, I attended the Club Fair last Thursday. The Club Fair was held in the gymnasium which consisted majority of the available clubs at Baruch. Once I walked into the the gym, I was overwhelmed with the variety of clubs that were present. Walking through the maze of people, it was difficult trying to navigate my way around because the overall outcome of students attending the fair was humongous. The atmosphere of the fair was very inviting because many recruiters encouraged me to join their club and explained what their was about though I wasn’t interested in their clubs. Initially, I was looking for a club related to Pre-Med or the medical field since that’s what I’m majoring in, but I couldn’t find anything. Although I couldn’t find the club I was particularly interested, I did join a lot of great clubs like Phi Eta Sigma, MSA, Alpha Iota Delta, and etc. Overall, the experience was quite refreshing and I hope to join more clubs as I continue my academic career at Baruch.
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For my first official blog post, I decided to complete the V.A.R.K. Quiz as the academic aspect of the enrichment workshops. Although I would’ve enjoyed attending school events and participate in being a proud Baruch Bearcat, I chose to complete the V.A.R.K. Quiz because there just wasn’t enough time due to the various days off and completing this quiz was probably the easiest and most stress-free task compared to the other options. The V.A.R.K. quiz is a tool found in the back of the student handbook which is designed to show freshmen how they learn best by answering a total of sixteen questions. After the quiz is complete and the calculations are done, each student receives a score for Visual, Aural, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic. For my results, I received a score of 8 for visual, 9 for aural, 14 for read/write, and 8 for kinesthetic. I found this quiz to be not as accurate as I thought it would be according to my own understanding of how I believe I learn best. Though I do agree with the result I got for the reading/writing component, I also think that I learn best visually and aurally. The questions in the quiz were very random. I feel that if the questions were more directly involved with the important decisions students take everyday in both their personal and academic life then the results would be more precise and would help students understand their strengths and weaknesses better.