(I totally forgot to reupload this. Please excuse the tardiness. I dont want to retake the class for one little mistake. Please. Than you.)

On december 9th I visited the metropolitan museum of art. It was very educational and I enjoyed it. Here is my analysis of my favorite painting at the exhibit.

            Poppy Fields near Argenteuil  by Claude Monet, is an oil on canvas painting, of a person in a grassy field with a few trees. I originally chose this painting of over the others done by monet because of its very ornamented frame, and because I like landscape paintings. Speaking of the frame, it is gold with an intricate design made of various swirls and circular shapes. When seeing it in person it did not really stand out from any of the other pieces around it which consisted of mostly Monets and Manets works, they were all landscapes. The painting is bisected by the horizon which is made up of trees and mountains in the distance. Above this are puffy clouds with clearly visible brushstrokes, the colors go from a very pale white to a dull gray. The light blue sky can be seen in between the cracks of some of the clouds. Two tall trees about the length of three fourths of the height of the painting, pierce through the clouds, the taller of the two stretches from the grass field and rises up all the way to the top of the painting where its top is cropped out, the trees are located on the left side of the painting in both the top and bottom quadrants. The trees are a very dark green, and the many branches are barely distinguishable from each other because of the thick brush strokes.To the direct left of these two trees are two other trees which are much farther from us then the previously mentioned trees. At the root of the tree furthest to the left lies a pool of light blue which could be a patch of flowers or possibly even a pool of water.

 

It was a thursday. November ninth. Six days after my older sister’s 20th birthday, she was in Arizona for a presentation just four days ago. She was back by now. She showed me a picture of her with a cactus they had a lot of those there.

I did know what to expect of the careers panel, because there is an entire facebook event dedicated to it. It would be a career panel of baruch alumni who work in the field of finance. They did not even all work on or near wall street itself, but I guess the name just relates to the finance aspect of their jobs and its relation to wall street. I am considering following the path of some of these panelist and also working in wall street related field. So I thought this would be a good chance to see some steps I may need to take to be successful.

The panelist started off by all telling a little about themselves. All of them, but one were relatively young having graduated in the last 20 years. One lady had graduated in 1990, so was a fair bit older than the rest. Another panelist told about his original plan to become a rapper, and his transition to finance after that failed. He started his own financial management company so he deserves some props. Many of them tried a different field first and later switched to their current profession. A younger female panelist started as an accounting major, found it boring and became an investment banker. Another asian gentleman, who talked very quietly, did very poorly in high school and was still able to succeed in finance, because he liked the creative aspects of it, and the math as well.

Much more was explained, and the panel was very interesting and insightful. The main take aways was “perseverance” as one of the panelist pointed out. The panelist emphasized taking full advantage of all baruch had to offer. And so, I will.

The afternoon of Thursday, the 7th of September was a time to be alive. Rather than attending my required Cross Country practice, I voluntarily  attended the Finance and Economics Society Club. While I do have interests in Finance and Economics as a whole, my personal aspirations are to become Patrick Bateman, investment banker extraordinaire from the classic, American Psycho. I have the morning routine down to a Tee, but am still have a long ways to go. I also wanted to see what sort of professional opportunities FES would be able to provide to me.

The Finance and Economics Society at Baruch offers three programs to its  members. The Mentorship program has you paired with an already successful financial service professional, who will attempt to guide you towards success. The program focuses on Professional Development, with weekly assignments, and meetings, to help build and fortify your network. FES offers two analyst programs,the Financial Analyst Program, and the Investment Banking Program. The Financial Analyst program is for those who are interested in Finance, but not decided on a specific career path. Weekly meetings consisting of guided, informative, and relevant discussions supplement the weekly workshops. The Investment Banking Analyst Program is meant for those who have already attained a decent grasp on Finance and Accounting, and exposes those students to the world of Investment Banking, with a focus on technical and conceptual aspects.

I was pleased with the meeting.