Tag: ACADEMIC

Baruch offers many benefits to its students such as discounted movie tickets and free consultations for anything ranging  from resume help to mental health. One of the amenities that I took advantage was the free museum entrance with student ID.

I of course went to the Natural History Museum because it’s my second favorite NYC museum and is conveniently located. There’s not much to say about the museum experience that would reflect on the quality of Baruch, but the trip there was a candid reminder of how Baruch pushes students to explore the arts and sciences to help improve their lives as scholars and so they have more insight into the world.

Baruch is great because it has so many different clubs and club activities catering to so many different fields of interest. Many of the clubs are actually very educational and help inform students about topics that can help them learn how to invest and learn the basics of bank work.

One such club is the Baruch Finance and Economics Society club, where I’ve spent a few hours learning about the ins and outs of the basics of finance and stocks. The club members were very friendly and there are refreshments offered at each meeting, though they seem too fond of diet sodas. The members and club leaders have created a very educational and welcoming environment which I’m very fond of. The club has taught me a lot and I hope to attend the remaining meetings in the semester and hopefully join them again during the spring semester.

I attend a research workshop. This workshop was given by Professor Francoeur. He is very nice and intelligent. He went through all the research processes with us. To start a research and define any of sources for my research paper are usually hard for me. However, after this workshop, I have a better understanding of how to start my research. Our school database is a very nice and professional place to find sources. I also find out that our librarians are here to help 24/7. You can ask them every question about your research online. This was a very interesting experience. It gonna help me survive the rest of my college.

I decided to take a trip to the American Museum of Natural History. Surprisingly, the last time I went to the Natural History Museum was when I was a young child. I was never really into Museums as a kid because they kinda creeped me out. Those sculptures and figures always freaked me out as a kid. But now I returned to the Natural History Museum and It was actually really cool. The exhibits were interesting and I actually liked just walking around Museums because they are so clean and quiet. Not to mention that their bathrooms are really nice too.

I felt like Ben Stiller in the Night of the Museum as I walked through the historical exhibits. I did stay away from much of the animal exhibits because they still freak me out. Even though many people go to the Natural History Museum because of the dinosaurs. I tend to enjoy checking out the more historical stuff.  My favorite exhibit to go look at was of course the mummy exhibit. Growing up watching movies like Indiana Jones and playing video games like Uncharted has made me always love old stuff especially when they old stuff has a bunch of interesting stories about it.

This trip has added to my experience here at Baruch as it introduced me to the available amenities of going to a college here in New York. Baruch being placed in Manhattan has enhanced my education experience during my first semester here at Baruch. The ability to take the topics learned in lecture and apply it to the real world is my favorite thing about Baruch. I can learn about classical music in my music class and then go to the MET and see the same classical songs being played by the New York Philharmonic.

Visiting the MoMA was quite an experience. First of all, visiting the museum with free admission was amazing. I went in with an open mind and hoped such an amazing museum wouldn’t be too crowded. I didn’t spend much time on the first three floors because I am not really into architecture and design or contemporary galleries but some of the exhibitions were really interesting. After spending about thirty minutes at the lower floors, I went up to the sixth floor where the really popular and famous paintings were. Most of the pieces were truly mesmerizing and I could tell why they were worth so much money. I also found it interesting that many of the painting being displayed were donated by the Rockefeller family. I am glad that many people can enjoy the art.

Many of the artists had their own section of the floor and walking into the section that had Monet’s paintings was really cool. I love that his art is mostly based around nature. One of his paintings of water lilies took up a whole wall! Truly amazing. I would recommend this museum to anyone.