Month: November 2017

Although I have been to the American Museum of Natural History a couple of times, I have not had the opportunity to return within the last few years. I have decided to tag along with one of my friend since he had an assignment due that requires the visit. It was definitely a refreshing and eye-opening experience. The museum had not change THAT much but there are certainly new features and aspects that stood out to me such as the touch and feel section of skulls and new exhibits.  I remember the Seaworld and Dinosaurs section being my favorite and revisiting, brought back memories of my childhood. I love how the whale is displayed right on top of a comfortable resting area and dim lights add such a holistic effect. After roaming around for a couple of hours trying to answer some of his assignment questions, we went to my dad’s workplace and had lunch there. It was an enjoyable day of catching up and bringing back old memories.

As an 18 year old that has just entered college, the last thing I have is a network of people that can supply me with opportunities that I would like. Well that, and a million dollars. With little family connection to the financial world, I would have to break in to finance on my own, so I thought.

When I attended Baruch’s Internship Seminar, I was given so much information I never knew before. I never knew that internships offered actual college credit! The fact that I could work for a firm, gain real world experience, and on top of that advance my academic career all at once just sounds so bizarre! Michael Kalish, the host of the seminar, made sure that anyone that was looking for an internship could find one that would best fit them. Kalish drew great emphasis over the many resources Baruch offers so that we are as every bit prepared when it came to applying. This workshop not only inspired me to work as hard as I could so I could get that dream internship, but as well to explore more of all of Baruch.

 

On September 28, 2017 I went to a Met Life Meeting for opportunities and different ways to get an internship at Met Life. They talked about why we should work at Met Life. What they look for when taking in interns for summer internships. And when working for Met Life you pick up a bunch of skills such as learning how to read a balance sheet and learn how to read an income statement. It was a great way for me to experience a new environment.

I attended Baruch Voices because I thought it would be nice to hear from the other freshmen and learn about their experiences and their monologues. It was really cool to hear the voices of other students. Many of them share the same struggles as I do in college, so it was kind of comforting hearing that. People were really creative with their monologues. I was like wow. For example, one person talked about their life and then at the end it was really just a SpongeBob episode and he just told it from his point of view. Some of them were also emotional. Someone spoke about being bullied in school for being muslim. He spoke about how racism affected him all the time. This was a great event and I’m glad I went. I just went to pass the time and to have something to write about but I’m glad I stayed.

I have taken a Focus-2 assessment and it was the first course of action I took, I decided to take a personality assessment I got in comparison to better confirm my thoughts on myself and or get to know new things about my self that I previously did not think was an asset of me. When I was taking the assessment I thought of how in my freshman seminar class that someone mentioned how it was similar to a BuzzFeed quiz, and it felt like one and so it made the website feel more comfortable to use. I also felt like while I was taking I was being asked many thought-provoking questions which I did not know how to fully answer because in some cases it was neither, or both and I knew that I had to choose one and so I kind of clicked which felt right.

However, after I finished the assessment of my personality I learned some things about me that I previously knew. But even though there were things that I knew there were a few that made me go “hmm” as a reaction because it was like, ‘interesting is this true’? But after taking this little assessment I enjoyed it because I am looking forward to this website because so far it seems easy to search through, and navigate around the website.  This was furthered by the fact that I am considering physician and the website said I am someone who wants to make a contribution to society and I feel like that is true, and so if being a physician does not work out I still would be willing to help out the society in some shape or form. Additionally, I am looking forward to continuing using this website because as I said it feels comfortable and I am curious to learn more about myself and what I am interested in

I set a goal for myself, before coming to Baruch, to obtain a business oriented Summer internship during the Summer of 2018. However, I felt like there was a lot of things I had yet to know about internships. Thus, I attended the Internship Seminar by the STARR Career and Development Center.

The workshop, run by Michael Kalish, was very informative. The topics covered were designed to help us find internships that we would enjoy. Michael did a great job of keeping the topics interesting and informative at the same time. This did not feel like a workshop that I was forced to attend, it felt like a class that I specifically chose to take.

During the workshop there were several new things that I learned about internships that I never would have thought existed. The zero credit internship course was the most interesting topic in my opinion. It applies to students who have less than 28 credits and a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Since a lot of students could not take credited internships due to a lack of credits, the zero credit internship course changes that. It also applies to me since I would have less than 28 credits and hopefully a GPA of 3.0+ when looking for Summer Internships.

Michael also made sure that we can capitalize on free workshops/fairs/programs etc. by telling us about important dates for workshops and showing us how to effectively use STARR search. In addition to STARR search, he also gave us plenty of other safe websites we can use to find internships for ourselves. I didn’t know that every student receives one mock interview per semester, which can be such a useful tool when prepping for a major interview.

Overall, attending this workshop made me realize that a lot of the resources and life skills we need to succeed can be found outside of the classrooms.