A major reason I chose to attend Baruch, is the high population of fellow Muslims. Growing up on Long Island, there was never a large Muslim community near me. I never had an MSA to join, or a large muslim sphere of influence nearby. I wanted to change that, and the Muslim Student Association helped me do just that. When my friend Shahid and I arrived, there was nobody in the room besides two other freshmen, so we decided to go check out the South Asian Student Association. We stayed there for like five minutes and then I saw that there were a bunch of Muslims walking down the hall, so I dragged Shahid back to the MSA room and the meeting began. The president, Mohammed Amla began the meeting by introducing the board, handing out the free food (which was a major reason we decided to attend the club), and then told us the method that we would begin to introduce ourselves. We were supposed to say our name, grade, major, and then do a never have I ever. After, they began to go over all the MSA sponsored events that they were holding, they’re a bunch and I’m gonna try and go to all of them. Finally, they had their sister clubs, Women in Islam, and Muslim Business Association speak. Overall, I really enjoyed the experience, I hope they learn to become more organized and meet on time, but I definitely want to go to more of their meetings.

(P.S my friend Shahid forgot to take the selfie of us so I’m just going to attach a picture of me holding all the fliers and hope that works)