College Life

A yeshiva is a school in which one learns the Jewish laws and customs as well as the Hebrew language. Attending a yeshiva from Pre-K till eighth grade was a pivotal aspect of my life. It meant a lot to me to learn so much about my religion; it is a huge part of my culture. It imbued me with distinct morals and ideals. I was a superb student throughout my yeshiva career, and it inspired me to remain one throughout high school. My good study habits got me into Baruch’s honor society.  This has perpetuated very high expectations in me for myself.

I am slightly concerned, thought, about acclimating myself to the workload of college. In high school, I never had to work too hard to get my grades. In college, however, this is a lot of reading and you are responsible to remember all due dates yourself. In high school, we were coddled and the teachers were on top of us. I hope to do my best to pull off a 3.3 GPA. I expect it to be much easier once we are able to choose out own classes and schedule.

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One Response to College Life

  1. Justin says:

    Sebastian,

    Cool man, I didn’t know you went to a yeshiva. I know that many of those types of private schools including mine, which was private Catholic school, really prepare students well for college. Coming into college, then, you can be assured that you have what it takes to achieve. It’s always nerve racking in the beginning because the nature of the work is different, but after this semester things will really start to settle in.
    It seems you are very concerned about maintaining the GPA requirement, which is good because it shows you’ve got the right mindset. The benefits of being in the Honors College are really nice, and it’s good to see you’re focused on maintaining the high standards of academic excellence you already came in with. My advice to those (including myself) who get really nervous about grades and doing well is to study your notes on as regular a basis as you can. For some classes, that might mean once a day; for others, maybe once every few days. But constantly reviewing the material learned thus far in the course really does make things somewhat less nerve racking and makes studying for exams much easier. Keep up the good work man!

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