Student Life Blog Post #2 -Richard Serrano

For this learning outcome, I decided that I would join a club of some sort. I was not sure at first which club I should join, because I do want to be an active member in this. With so many clubs to join in Baruch, I couldn’t decide. Thankfully I signed up for Femcode way back when during Convocation Day. So there I went.
I went to the first general interest meeting with a friend, so that I wouldn’t stand out. I am a guy after all. To my surprise however, there were more than three males present in that meeting. They served cookies and sandwiches, but I only took a cookie. In this interest meeting, we started off by doing the standard things, icebreakers and giving them our e-mails and what not. The ice breakers felt awkward for me, which they all do, but I got to find out one interesting thing about everyone there. From having a pet to being from a foreign country, it was all very interesting to me. Then we moved onto the information part of the event. This is they talked about what would actually go down in the club. They talked about all of the events that would happen off campus, and how the requirements for joining the committee.
All in all, this club seems pretty interesting. I know that I can benefit from becoming an active member in this club. Seeing as how I want to major in Financial Mathematics, I could definitely use coding to my advantage in higher level math courses and the like. More importantly however, I can use the resources that they give to meet new people and become a better-rounded individual. That is all I can ask for in the short term, and the long run. So I’m hoping for the best and looking forward to seeing what the future has in store.