Monthly Archives: May 2013

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Baruch thus far has been a great learning environment and one of my more difficult challenges. I constantly feel overwhelmed with work and subjected to stress. However, my drive to succeed outweighs my feelings of overwhelm and my fear of failure. Work piles up, assignments that seem far away approach quickly, and deadlines must be met. I have learned this all in a short amount of time and I will use this to guide me through my next seven semesters at Baruch. I like the resources Baruch makes available for me though. There is SACC for tutoring, professors have office hours and genuinely care about you passing the course, and freshman orientation has been helpful too. Being in a block made the transition from high school to college much easier. Freshman orientation offered helpful tools and access to resources that we would have never known was available without the advisers letting us know. Though we are in blocks, Baruch has proven itself to be very independent. You can not rely on anybody in college. It is up to you to do your work, get your assignments in on time, find out what the assignments were, etc. Even in blocks it is evident that some people are not reliable. The independence is what partakes in me feeling so overwhelmed. In high school other people could be used as a crutch. In college, there are no crutches… Nobody to blame for not doing your work, or knowing the assignment, or failing your test. You are responsible for your own actions at all times. Overall, I think the rest of my three and a half years at Baruch will be quite successful. My first semester has set the standard for the rest of my semesters and freshman orientation has offered me helpful tools and resources to exercise for my benefit. Any time I’m feeling stressed or overwhelmed I will remind myself that someone in the admissions office felt that I was worthy of attending and I have what it takes to prove them right! Thank you to Jori and Summer for being great advisers and helping us understand the fundamentals of college!

Well I think this pretty much sums up how it was for me this semester.

I feel like I was just kinda all over the place, because I was adjusting to the college life; with all the homework, assignments, tests, etc. And it kinda drove me crazy for a while. So whenever I had a free day, I would always ask myself this question (I would actually make this face too). Luckily, I met some amazing people that helped me out and made this college experience so much better. Everything has its ups and downs, especially at this stage of a person’s life, but I’m glad to say that I wouldn’t change anything about it.

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I think my picture says it all with how my experience at Baruch saw far has been. OVERWHELMING ! I have never worked so hard on my work inside of school. When they say studying is mandatory and you will work harder than you have before, they were not playing any games. I had so much work this semester and have written over 80 pages of writing from all my classes combined and I am very tired. But i have to remember it is my first semester and as I go along from year to year, it will get harder and harder and I will just have to get used to it and work hard to achieve what I want: MONEY. At times this semester, I had a lot of work to do that I felt like quitting but momma ain’t raise no quitter. And now I am here and there is only 5 days left of my first semester of college then I can rest and reboot for the next semester.

But I wont make it seem like such a bad experience because I have enjoyed myself this semester. I have made new friends and had a lot of fun doing different activities. I wish there were more activities being held at Baruch but i guess the school is mostly about their business and not so much about having fun. But having fun is needed in college because stress can be subsided with fun and can help performance in school. Overall I cant wait till next semester is here so i can have more fun and move on in life #TEAMBARUCH

This basically can sum up some of my first few months in Baruch as I’m not exactly good with names and even good friends that I’ve been with for years I will sometimes on the spurge of urgency to tell them something forget their name and blurt out another person’s name while referring to them. I have to say, I sometimes even mistake Kevin’s name with someone else’s and it still is a bit troublesome for me to distinguish between Jake and Jacob but I’ve got that down. Sheyenne and Chanelle is a bit tougher though yet I can say that I will no longer make mistakes distinguishing their names apart from now on. I’m more of a visual person so once I text them and see their name and how it reads out in words I can put a name to them, I just have to imagine the words.

Major area of study

Decided upon major: no

Major: Finance or CIS

Concentration: none

Declaring a minor: Yes, but undecided

Minor: not yet decided

Areas of study you find interesting: everything at this point

Degrees

Decided upon Degree: BBA

Degree: BBA

Month: Janurary 2017

Advanced degrees: Not sure

Advisors

I know my advisor: no

Academic course plan: Not completed yet

Internships

I have had internships: No

Study Abroad: None

Volunteer and community service work: None

Decided upon Occupation: Yes but undecided

1. What I learned basically confirmed for me that I’m not really a ‘people’s person’. I can be in a job that I can socialize with people and be outgoing, but not in a job that requires you to be a people person.

2. There has been some change in my direction/expectations as I learn what I’m more fit for and that opens up new avenues of occupations available to me.

3. Focus 2 helps alot as now I am confirmed that I will not go seeking out people jobs such as PR or nurse type occupations.

Among the several workshops I have attended, I like the Sidney Mishkin Gallery the most. I like visiting galleries and museums. I like appreciating art. When  I am looking at the paintings, I feel quiet and calm. I feel connection to the artist. I will try to understand what the artist’s message by appreciating his/her work. Sometimes it doesn’t matter what really the artist’s view, but my own perspective matters. I can relate myself, my own experience to the work because art is always abstract. It’s a trip of self-exploration and a chance to clam myself down, throwing away pressure.

Among the several workshops I have attended, I like the Sidney Mishkin Gallery the most. I like visiting galleries and museums. I like appreciating art. When  I am looking at the paintings, I feel quiet and calm. I feel connection to the artist. I will try to understand what the artist’s message by appreciating his/her work. Sometimes it doesn’t matter what really the artist’s view, but my own perspective matters. I can relate myself, my own experience to the work because art is always abstract. It’s a trip of self-exploration and a chance to clam myself down, throwing away pressure.

I found the stress workshop to be the one I enjoyed the most. I wished the presenters of the group were a little more interactive but they covered a lot if stuff that was interesting. Managing a balance between school, work, and home was pretty hectic for my first semester. Sometimes I had to just sit back and take a breath to get things done. This workshop reiterated exercises that I had done before as well as a couple new ones.

I didn’t find myself too found of the art exhibit we went to a couple weeks back. I didn’t see it’s importance to the class or freshman year really. I enjoyed the art that was shown but I found it be very boring.

I found the stress workshop to be the one I enjoyed the most. I wished the presenters of the group were a little more interactive but they covered a lot if stuff that was interesting. Managing a balance between school, work, and home was pretty hectic for my first semester. Sometimes I had to just sit back and take a breath to get things done. This workshop reiterated exercises that I had done before as well as a couple new ones.

I didn’t find myself too found of the art exhibit we went to a couple weeks back. I didn’t see it’s importance to the class or freshman year really. I enjoyed the art that was shown but I found it be very boring.

Growing up Ive always been to myself. Until high school I’ve been in my house only really played games at my house and with my family. In high school I started to go out and have fun hanging out with my friends. As I grew up and went out I started to become ungrateful. I didn’t listen to my parents and others who genuinely were looking out for me. Until 6 months ago my life started to get a bit off track. October 8th last year 4 of my friends passed away in a car crash. They all were younger than me and I looked at them as younger brothers. The death of my friends led to me appreciating not only my family but being alive as well as being able to wake up another day and experience life. As of today I appreciate every blessing granted upon me.