It sucks when your name is so common in this world, you get jumbled up with other people in systems.
First off, my name is Ruben Abimael Flores. Not Ruben Flores Jr. Secondly, I go to Baruch College, not Lehman College.
I came in for freshman orientation the happiest I could be. After taking a 6 month break from school, and working for a bit of that time, I figured I need find something to do before I become a couch potato. Several hours into the orientation itself, one of the peers pulls me out and tells me the one thing I didn’t expect.
“The last four digits of the social security you showed isn’t in the system.”
What? Are you kidding me? How is it that my information is wrong? I put all the information in myself! Lucky for me, the lady working in the ID center was a sweetheart, and had patience for my problems. It took me 3 weeks to fix all that was wrong. Tons of visits to the offices just to prove that I am NOT Ruben Flores Jr.
I’ve come to realize that no one will help you unless you seek the help itself. During that time, I met some of the dimmest people, some people who just don’t want to deal with student issues, and some people who understand the situations we’re put in.
Perhaps I’ll have experiences that you can’t find anywhere else. I hope the rest of my time here at Baruch will be just as eventful but less stressing.
