Back home, I didn’t have a clue what Baruch was, I even pronounced it wrong. Of course, because studying here wasn’t my plan. My plan was to study medicine in Morocco, struggle all those years, fight for my position and if , just if I survive, I’ll probably graduate holding a cane.
Becoming a doctor was my dream job but seriously 12 years is just too much !!! and lucky me, everyone suddenly wanted to study medicine so bad that year. I still can’t figure out why ?! why at that particular time ?! Almost everyone i knew chose that field and the chances were so little. Unfortunately, I wasn’t accepted to the ONE medical school that I was allowed to apply for and so as many of my smart friends. The system was unfair, only a small amount of students get into medical school and of course the wealthy ones .
Later on, I’ve decided to switch into a business major. I though of it because it seemed easier and shorter, my biggest fear so far is finding out that I’m not really into it, but let’s hope not. So, I had to take my SAT exam and prepare from scratch and all alone. I’ve listed about five different colleges and Baruch was my first choice, and luckily I’m here now. Everything is so different here ( the school system with all those personal accounts and computers everywhere, it made me feel like a cave women for the fist couple of weeks, also the use of a different language and people’s personalities…) but I’m getting used to it now. Ups and downs are necessary in our lives, if not we’re certainly dead, right ??
