It is Thursday, September 14th, and I decided to go to the Beta Alpha Psi event. For all of you that don’t know what BAP is, it is a club at Baruch that helps students that are in the finance and accounting fields to build a network, and in the future to hopefully get a job in their field. I heard about this group from many people, and heard it would really help me with my interview skills, connections and more. I went to a general interest meeting last week and heard everything I wanted to hear about the group, but this event was made so we can meet some of the club leaders and just have fun. I attended this meeting with a friend, and really didn’t know anyone else, but after the meeting was finished, I knew a good amount of new people. At the event, there were many ice breakers and fun things to do, along with free food! One of the activities were to pick a skittle out of a bag, and based on the color of the skittle, we had to say something about ourselves whether it was an embarrassing story or the weirdest food we ever ate. Another activity we had to do was to cover an egg with three different materials, and try to make sure it didn’t crack. They gave us materials like bubble wrap, cotton, and more. Ultimately nobody made a good enough cushion for the egg because every single egg cracked, but they gave the win to the peoples egg that cracked the least, and sadly, it wasn’t my group that won.. The last activity was to write a fact about yourself, and crumble it and throw it. You were supposed to go pick one up, and find the person that wrote yours, but mine said something like, “Sometimes, I lie in bed and think about the one that got away”. I never found the person, and to this day I still wonder what they were talking about. This event was a great experience, and it helped me meet new people, which is sometimes very hard to do in college.
