DTF http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf A Blogs@Baruch site Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:17:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Right and so this is the last post. http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/19/right-and-so-this-is-the-last-post/ http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/19/right-and-so-this-is-the-last-post/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:17:45 +0000 alisha.smith http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/?p=263 My experience so far at Baruch college. In typical me fashion has had several embarrassing moments that I will either think on later and laugh about or bury in the deep recesses of my mind never to be seen again. Because I’m just talented at self-deception like that. Baruch has totally lived up to my expectations about college down to the distracted einsteinesque professor. (I just wish he weren’t quite so smelly… that was a surprise.) I’m not in the least disappointed because the college experiance is different enough from highschool so that i don’t feel cheated out of a googolplex of money. (I decided to steal that word from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which is becoming a movie CAN YOU BELEIVE THAT?? THE BOOOK WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH TO MOTION PICTUREIZE.. but I digress…)

My first semester at Baruch went as expected. I didn’t fail anything, people like me, I’m still an extremely weird person… which of course will put some people off of my idiosyncratic character but who needs those plebs anyway? My professors, the ones I bothered to speak with, all think I’m charming and intelligent but a lot too talkative which has been a problem with me since I started school.  I’m just a friendly person what can I say? I can’t wait for the new semester so that I can meet new people and expand my social circle because that’s always fun. If i could re-do this first semester over I think I would… unsay some embarrassing things that I have said but I’m Kind of glad I can’t because embarrassment is like … the salt in life.. it just brings all the other great flavors together.  You need it.. its necessary.

I can’t tell you if I have changed or not because I live a little too closely to myself to know all the minute changes that happen inside myself. It would be like looking under a microscope at a skin cell for several hours and then having someone ask you if the facial expression on the person whose skin cell this is has changed. It’s a pointless and self-defeating sort of thing. So that is all about me and that sort of thing… I’m almost sure this is the last time I will be blogging so lets end it dramatically shall we?

I am leaving.. never to return again.. don’t come after me, you must find it in your heart to let me go…

-Sincerely Ms A. Smith

]]> http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/19/right-and-so-this-is-the-last-post/feed/ 2 First semester http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/19/first-semester-3/ http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/19/first-semester-3/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:00:36 +0000 cs130703 http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/?p=261 My first semester at Baruch went by quickly. It wasn’t so bad. I even kind of made some friends. Haha. I thought it was going to be hard to adjust but it wasn’t. The work load wasn’t that bad either. What I really liked was that most of my professors didn’t give exams. It was mostly papers.  I really thought it was going to be more work but it felt like it was less work than high school. I feel the same. I don’t think I have changed much but maybe I will next semester. So far, I like Baruch.

]]> http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/19/first-semester-3/feed/ 0 My First Semester @ Baruch http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/19/my-first-semester-baruch/ http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/19/my-first-semester-baruch/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:59:43 +0000 candy.ha http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/?p=259 It’s so strange trying to transition from having the same classes all year to having classes for one semester; everything seems to be going by so fast.

My first semester at Baruch definitely did not live up to my expectations. I thought the environment would be different but I realized, it’s just like high school! The only difference is people are always on the go and are busy studying for something. I should have  been  more realistic since this is a commuter school of course.

The studying and workload is what I expected though; I have to work on my studying technique because I don’t want to mess up in any class just because I procrastinated or was lazy, luckily this did not happen to me this semester. The one thing I would do over again is to study a lot more! Although I don’t know the grades I received, I always expect the worst and I think I did really bad! I would try a lot harder and aim for like a 4.0!

After the first semester, I feel like a new person. Maybe it’s because reality hit me in the face and I realized that there’s a whole life out there after school ends, and maybe it’s because I’m 18 now and it’s natural to become worried and anxious about the future. Whatever the case, this semester help become more responsible, serious, and mature, but I still enjoy joking around every now and then.

]]> http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/19/my-first-semester-baruch/feed/ 0 First semester in college http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/19/first-semester-in-college/ http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/19/first-semester-in-college/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:52:59 +0000 christina.khanna http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/?p=256 I have to say, my first semester here at Baruch has gone by a lot faster than I thought it would, minus the fact that finals are dragging. Overall, I really enjoy it here. At first I hated the commute, but now that I like school and I look forward to seeing the friends I made, I don’t mind travelling here in the morning all that much. I was a little hesitant about having the same people in all of my classes because it reminded me of high school, but I only have about 7 of the same people in all of my classes, and I actually love it because I always has someone to talk to. A lot of people say the first semester in college is stressful and really hard, but I found it enjoyable. I liked most of my classes and professors so the work didn’t bother me too much. But I did have a lot of work all due at the same time, which I guess I kinda liked because it helped me learn how to organize my time better and I don’t procrastinate as much as I used to. Overall, Baruch really exceeded my expectations and I’m looking forward to the semesters to come!

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]]> http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/18/my-first-semester/feed/ 71 Post Three http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/18/post-three-6/ http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/18/post-three-6/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:29:05 +0000 joel.gorjian1 http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/?p=249 Overall, Im not so excited about my first semester at Baruch. Maybe it was my high expectations, but i dont feel satisfied. Commuting daily is a shadily very aggravating and i feel like its a huge waste of time as a whole. I spent more time commuting than i did in some of my classes. The classes were much different than i thought they would be. I felt like I could have done much better. My first semester 100% made me grow as a person. Ive realized that college is no joke and that it dictates my future and that i need to take it seriously.

]]> http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/18/post-three-6/feed/ 0 Joshua Banilivy http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/17/joshua-banilivy/ http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/17/joshua-banilivy/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:07:18 +0000 joshua.banilivy http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/?p=245 My experience at Baruch College was great. It didn’t live up to my expectations, but it wasn’t as bad as i thought it would be. I always wanted to go to Syracuse University, and i feel that that school would have been a better fit for me but its alright. Everyone I new who attended Baruch told me it was going to be bad, and i was going to hate all my professors, but luckily i didn’t. I met a lot of new intelligent people and made a lot of new friends that i enjoy being around. I honestly don’t know how well i did my first semester at Baruch. I guess i did OK but i could have done much better if i just tried a little harder. My first semester made me realize that college is no joke, and that i have to get my act together if i want to succeed in life. If i were able to do the whole semester over again, I probably would have took school much more seriously and tried much harder. I don’t think I’ve changed much from Baruch, but i definitely have matured living all on my own in the city. Living on my own made me realize i need to get my act together and start taking school very seriously if i want to succeed in life.

]]> http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/17/joshua-banilivy/feed/ 1 Post Three http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/17/post-three-5/ http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/17/post-three-5/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:59:51 +0000 ely.solodar http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/?p=243 My experience at Baruch was great, I love everything about it. From the kids to the classes to my professors. It was it was just an overall a great experience. I feel like it did live up to my expectations, but I still have to finish my finals so it’s not over yet. I believe I did fairly well in my first semester even though it’s too early to tell. I did my homeworks and studied for my exams. Honestly if I had to do this first semester all over again I would sit in the front row of my classes and I’d probably participate a little bit more. Other than that I feel like I had a pretty successful first semester. It hasn’t been that long since I started at Baruch but I do feel like I’ve changed since the end of summer vacation coming into Baruch. Now im more alert more focused on college , and really I understand what it’s about and overall I feel like a more concentrated and well-rounded student.

]]> http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/17/post-three-5/feed/ 1 Post Three. http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/17/post-three-4/ http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/17/post-three-4/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:33:00 +0000 jillian.borgen http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/?p=235 a. My experience at Baruch College has lived up to my expectations. It is exactly what I had imagined it to be. The workload and studying is just as i predicted it to be, not too much. My experience at Baruch College did not exceed my expectations because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

b. I think my first semester at Baruch College went well. My grades in my classes are more or less good and my attendance as well.

c. If I could do my first semester all over again there is not one thing I would do differently. I am happy with the way it went and honestly, there is not one thing I would change.

d. Since I started Baruch College, I definetly have changed. I got more smarter.

]]> http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/17/post-three-4/feed/ 0 First semester http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/16/first-semester-2/ http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/2011/12/16/first-semester-2/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:11:49 +0000 jessica.chong http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/fro11dtf/?p=231 My first semester at Baruch was great. I met great people, had somewhat interesting classes but overall it was a good experience for a first semester.  I had interesting classes and interesting professors.  There are so many events and clubs that I can go to and join.  i had gone to many events and had a lot of fun.  Baruch wasn’t what I expected, I was surprised by how many enthusiastic people there are and how many fun events as well as the large amount of clubs.

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