Candy Carnival!!!!

I attended the Candy Carnival a couple of weeks ago at Baruch. It was a great opportunity to immediately get a feel for the school spirit and community that Baruch has to offer. It was pretty “sweet” because I got free candy and fruit smoothies, and having the sweet tooth that I do….. I took full advantage of the free candy stuffing a bag full of starburst, pixy sticks and jolly ranchers. I have lived in a couple other places before I arrived at Baruch for my first semester of college, and while living in these locations I have had an easy time meeting new people and making friends. Upon my return to New York I noticed an unsettling monotonous trend which consisted of work and no school whatsoever, I longed for a higher purpose and a more elevated existence. My next move was to apply to school despite my apprehension and fear of the academic world and how to meet people in this new social setting. I applied to most of the CUNY schools, Baruch being one of them. During the time I was waiting to hear back from schools I thought to myself “What if you got into Baruch?”… “That would be pretty cool!” given that I was expecting only to get accepted to community colleges which is not what I wanted. Then I got the acceptance e-mail, I couldn’t believe it! I was actually going to college! Fast forward now to the first day of the spring 2016 semester, I was so overwhelmed with the whole college environment that I didn’t even know what to do with myself that first day, it was so surreal. I was so relived to feel the focused energy inside the Newman Vertical Campus, everyone here seems so professional and that is the exact kind of surrounding I need in order to stay motivated.