I was excited to choose the MET, Metropolitan Museum of Art, as a place to visit to write my blog. Since I couldn’t go during the week, I went on a Saturday with my older sister. We walked around the outside for awhile because the weather was very nice and everyone was enjoying the outer view of the museum, which is famous for its stairs and aesthetic fountain. When we made it inside, we were able to enter for free and decided to visit the exhibit that features work from the Roman Era that dates back to 200 A.D. We saw many interesting sculptures, busts, and several different works of art that have been preserved for people to see upon their visit to the MET.

In the photo, that I had to take while I was there, I am standing next to a bronze portrait of a Roman Emperor, whose name was Caracella. Its origins are tied to Mesopotamia and dates back to 212 A.D. I was simply amazed at the way art was being used as a form of expression during that time period. It was like walking through some sort of time portal, understanding more and more how these people lived and what their idea of fine art really was.

After spending a good amount of time on this floor, we visited another exhibit where we saw oil paintings and cruised around the African Art wing where we saw really decorative masks and sculptures, some of which were carved intricately out of wood and made into odd-looking faces and figures. It was educational and thrilling to get a taste of historical art and definitely enjoyed my visit to the MET. The day would not have been as enjoyable and nice if it weren’t for the museum’s priceless works of art.

I had gone to The Met with Aliou, Kevin, Mike, as well as a friend of mine visiting from Buffalo State University, Pat. We took the 6 train from the school together after Sociology. To my surprise, I learned that you can pay any amount as an entry fee to the Met. Despite them having suggested, to pay $25 for entry, the option to pay a penny instead is a much more attractive offer. We had seen a statue of a head. The head was broken. I don’t know who broke it, I don’t know when it was broken, but the statue still looks pretty good where it wasn’t broken. We took a picture in front of this statue as it was impressively crafted through the sculpting work. Afterwards, we continued onward to see some more of the exhibits The MET had to offer. After our interest had been expended, we then retreated to the entrance and began to devise how we would be able to sell the tickets we were still in possession of. After determining it was overall a bad good idea, we debated as to where we would all go out to eat. My friend from Buffalo had a bus to catch back up to Buffalo shortly after our visit. So we decided to part with the rest of the group and proceeded to get onto the nearest uptown six train entrance to get to my dorm. We grabbed some Taco Bell very quickly, had a surprise visit, and then made our way to Port Authority with all of his luggage, which included 8 large fully packed mason jars of pasta sauce, 2 pounds of cheese, and a number of delicious Italian cold cuts. I was the one who had to carry these items in a bag. Needless to say after holding all that for over an hour, that hand was decimated.

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Let’s just say that clubs are probably one of the best parts about Baruch, and I’m barely one month in. This is especially true for the Finance and Economics Society, the first club I committed to from the start. One of the tasks given was to familiarize myself with STARR, which even before becoming a freshman I heard it worked as the “to-go platform for finding a job.” One of the requirements other than posting your academic info (graduation date, GPA) and your professional info i.e. your resume and cover letter was to take a few personality assessments which can help narrow down your career choices based on what you chose. These included assessments of tasks within a job that I’d like to do, my attitude towards work i.e. whether I’m a problem solver, more social, rational, systematic over adaptive etc. and typically if you answer these kinds of assessments over a larger period of time truthfully, consistent results are to be expected.
And they were. I was classified as a more conventional and investigative person, a person who likes to solve problems and would do well in business, accounting, hard sciences, administration and technology. I then proceeded to attend a workshop under FES which was named “Lifecycle of an Internship,” presented by the club’s president, Verina Hanien. What the presentation covered included all the stages of an internship at the big financial firms and how to make the most of them via networking, etiquette and feedback. I was familiar with what the processes of an internship were as I actually attended one this summer – right before I became a freshman – and had something to compare it to with similar results. I did realize I wasn’t proactive enough, but that was to be expected as I didn’t understand its importance until I stood out to gain more from active networking. That said, I do hope to incorporate these findings sooner or later. FES’ last career workshop which included Capco making a company appearance was more reflective, because the activity incorporated a case study which I felt comfortable doing by adding value to the discussion. Still, I have at least hundreds of days to prepare for my future career and even more to understand what I’d like to do in the long run.