Freshman Seminar Fall 17 LC14

Today, I attended a Business Career Enrichment Workshop with Justin at the Starr Career Development Center. We talked about majors and what type of career paths certain majors can lead to, as you do not have to be a certain major to have a certain type of job, although it does help. We were exhorted to get on Starr Search, if not already, to get access to internships, OCRs, and job opportunities by the companies on Starr, as well as submit and update a resume or come in during walk-in hours to get it done, in order to make the resume more professional. When networking with certified professionals in the field, I learned that I should always be myself and how useful networking can be to get your foot in the door and build connections that can put you in a stable financial position post-graduating. We learned about what Starr had to offer, as well as getting a chance to ask questions with the speakers present. All in all, I mainly learned about what I should be thinking about my career paths and what exactly I would want out of my education here at Baruch college; it was quite an educational, helpful experience.

I went to Starr to go over my resume over the past week. I edited my resume about a month ago when the professional business fraternities were holding their resume workshops. I had many people look over my resume, and they were able to give advice on how to improve it. I was able to add a lot of information and it looked decent. However, I felt that I could add more or at least change the structure of the resume itself. When I went to Starr to have it looked at, they thought it was a pretty good resume for a freshman. They recommended changing some of the structure as well as. When I left, my resume was a lot more consistent and the detail was much denser.

A while ago, I attended the SACC tutoring services. I decided to attend this because I wanted to try a different method of studying for my calculus exam and plus improve my grade. With that, I made a appointment online for a tutor at SACC. The tutor I was provided with was very knowledgable of the subject, being that she is minoring in mathematics.  I understand a lot of the topics quite clearer now ranging from graphing, derivatives,optimization problems,etc. Even though I still am having some difficultly with some questions asked about these topics, I now understand the key concepts and tricks into solving the problems and now feel more confident in doing them.  My tutor also recommended khan academy, and various recourses to help me do well in the class. I highly recommend everyone to take advantage of the SACC tutoring service because it can definitely help you boost your grade. 

I decided to give my Calc class one last try. Before the second midterm, I scheduled an appointment at the SACC tutoring center. My tutor had a lot of knowledge of calculus and math in general, and he tried to explain the most difficult topic, optimization, to me in a way that was clear. In class, I did not understand the way my professor taught optimization, but thanks to my tutor, I  was able to get a more clear explanation of the key steps such as how to properly find constraints. We also went over limits, which is something I nearly forgot after the first midterm. Sometimes for questions that my tutor did not find difficult, I felt a bit of pressure because he tried to show me that the problem was not difficult at all, despite my lack of understanding. I got a score higher than I expected on my midterm, and I believe this was in part due to my SACC tutor. I will be visiting the center again for upcoming midterms and finals. 

Last week Allan told me that he was going to a Majors and Minors fair, so I thought I would tag along and it would probably be helpful for choosing a career choice.  I intended on majoring in accounting but after taking a sheet of paper with all the information that I need to be an accountant and what an accountant does, I became unsure about majoring in accounting.  I went around asking other people what their majors do and became even more undecided on what to major in.  We also saw Mauro at the fair, who intends to major in math and told me about his path to majoring in math.  Overall the fair was helpful and taught me a lot more about what accountants do and what it takes to become one.

On November 14,2017, despite the lack of workshops that peaked my interests at the Starr Development Center, I attended a Business Career Enrichment discussion which spoke about finding a purpose in what we want to do with our lives and what exactly it means to follow a major before, during, and after college. A lot of the material was rather repetitive, but at the end of the discussion, students were open to ask the speakers. Some short videos were also intriguing. What I found most useful were the particular experiences each person shared throughout or outside one’s college career. One individual mentioned to always presenting yourself straightforwardly whenever getting the chance to network, participate in an interview, and perform routine tasks in general. Beforehand, I didn’t see a purpose in that statement, but now that I see it in action almost every day, face to face or online, I believe it is much more than it seems. I felt the workshop had more to do with students who had a goal rather than business students working toward a degree. Overall, I gained experience on how I should view opportunities and business insight.

 

 

On Thursday, I attended the event known as Baruch in Concert. In this event, I witnessed many amazing performances whether it was solo singing, accapella groups or even a little skit. Throughout the show, I noticed how hard the performers worked to prepare for this event and I also noticed how their hard work really paid off at the end as they went out onto that stage in the Performance Center and really did an outstanding job. I hope these performers can continue their careers in the performing arts and really make it one day. Also, going to this event really reflected on my past experiences when I was in band in middle school and high school and the experience would be on that stage performing in front of people as watching this event kind of made me miss playing music in a sense. I would definitely consider a return to music in the near future.