Maria Lorenzo

Where do you see yourself in three years? Wow, it isn’t “four” anymore… first semester of college is basically over.

Well, after completing the community service project with my group, Meir and Sharon, I’ve realized (even more so than before) that it is our responsibility to help less fortunate people, especially being that we are so lucky to be living in good homes and going to a great school with amazing perks and opportunities. As a whole, we learned that community service projects generally stem from very large issues, and people attempt to fix them in some way. We look forward to reading to young children at “The Pajama Program” in order to fuel their curiosity and encourage them to work hard, and have fun, in school. We want to be role models, and hopefully we succeed in doing so.

Now that I have a good idea of what college is like and how terrible I was with time managing school, work, and a social life – I think next semester is a great time to get involved in a club or two, as well as focusing on choosing a major. I really want to start interning soon and networking in order to have a successful career search, so the STARR Career Development Center will be my go-to this Spring. The last three months I spent doing a lot of work and meeting some incredible people, so with this I know I can move forward in building my future, as well as improving on my study habits. Having an adviser like Mr. Medina is very comforting in that he is a very understanding person, and works hard to encourage us to time-manage and really focus on why we are Scholars and how we will maintain that title.

So back to that question that is lingering on the top of the post. Right now, my hopes are to still be a Scholar here at Baruch, and narrow down my possible paths to a career. I feel there are too many uncertainties to predict anything too soon, but I have confidence that my hard work will pay off.

I cannot wait to see what the future holds for me and my fellow Scholars, and I am so grateful that my first semester of college was spent with them.