l.wu9 – Freshman Seminar Fall 17 LC12

Starr Workshop

This week I went to a Starr Career Development Center workshop that took place in the NVC room 2-190. Even though I got there a little bit late, I still learned a lot in there. I learned about clubs in Baruch and how I should take a look at them and find one that I like since there is a club for everyone. I also learned how to write a resume and cover letters that will help me to successfully get a job. Many of the resume tips were very helpful and new to me.

One of the things I liked about this workshop is that not only the information provided is great, but also how the instructor got everyone in the room involved by asking questions about what clubs you were in/considering to join, and also tried to help us come up with things to put into our resumes that best fit into the job we might want to apply to and how to effectively portray a good image of yourself.

American Folk Art Museum

So I went to the American Folk Art Museum last week and looked at the work made by people in the 1700s I believe. It was very interesting to look at these pieces and see the amount of work that went into making it because everything I saw there had a lot of very small details and were all made by hand. Some of the pieces there were worn or used by American and British soldiers. Everything there had a history behind them and I learned a lot of things that I did not know about the history of the United States. In the picture I posted you can see a quilt which is made from military fabric and each one of the triangles that make the pattern is hand-sewn individually. Looking at it made me really appreciate the effort that was put into making these, and it also amazed me the good condition in which they have been kept since each one of the pieces in the museum is at least 200 years old.

UCLA GIM#2

Last week, on Thursday, Sept. 7, I went to the UCLA’s (United Chinese Language Association) 2nd general interest meeting. While I was there, I thought it was very fun to participate in the games and meet new people who have similar interests as me. The people that run the club also are very great. When I asked them questions about the club, majors, and other things in general about Baruch, they answered me with helpful information of what I should expect from being a student here. Some of the people I met at UCLA were Katie and Alexis, who are in the picture with me. I discovered that they both are majoring in accounting just like me, and we discussed ours thoughts on that and how we are planning to pass our classes. Alexis, who currently is a junior at Baruch, talked to us and gave us an idea of how difficult can majoring in accounting can be, but that didn’t change my mind on what I want to do in the future.

Even though in the beginning my main reason for going there was because I wanted the food, the club in general turned out to be pretty interesting and fun that I forgot about eating for just a minute. Mind you, I was still kinda hungry, haha.

Overall, my experience there on Thursday was very enjoyable. I got to meet people that went to the same high school as me that I didn’t even know went there because I had never seen them before. We played fun games and my team won all of them (just kidding, we only won one out of two games. So sad). And also, I ate lot of food at the end, which is one of the parts I enjoyed the most that day.