Finals!

Finals week is near for College Students in New York City and students are cramming last minute studying for their finals. Many students really do study all day and night just to do excellent on the finals. I even know one kid that stood in Baruch College for 5 days without shower just to do well on the finals. I'm not going to do that but I am definitely going to study my a** off to pass my Calculus, Business Law and CIS Finals in 2 weeks. Really didn't come all this way just to fail them. I am shooting for a 90+ in each and I am pretty sure I can do it. I think going to the library and studying and getting enough sleep will be the key to doing well on them and not putting so much stress on myself. Hope everyone does well on Finals.

Ending of Semester

It's almost the ending of the college Fall Semester and I honestly can't wait until it's over. I definitely have improved from last Fall Semester as far as staying focus and hitting the books more. But the past 2 weeks I have been slacking a little bit and been not focusing as much as I was in the beginning of the semester. I'm really going to focus these next 2-3 weeks on studying and getting things done.. My sleeping pattern has been off and I have been missing class the past week. Really need to put the extra strength these couple of weeks in order to see those A's in every class hopefully!

CUNY Tuition Hike.

So recently the Board of Trustees had a meeting at my college CUNY Baruch to discuss whether or not CUNY should raise the tuition of CUNY by 300 each school year until 2015. Many students including myself were not happy about this decision because it may lead to future tuition hikes in the future and not many can afford it as of now.

Just like the protesters at Wall Street, many students from different CUNY colleges decided to protest at Baruch where this meeting was being held at. As a result, many students were arrested and being force to stay out of the college by the NYPD and Security .

CUNY is a great system where college can actually be affordable to many young individuals who have to reject going to private universities such as a NYU or Columbia because of the high tuition cost. Especially Baruch College, which is starting to earn a great reputation as one of the Best Business school in NYC and maybe the whole country, is such an affordable college with many graduates finding good jobs after graduation.

The Tuition Hike was passed as a result of the economic struggle in New York and in the United States. Many people wonder what is going to happen next and how will this effect many young individuals who only option is to attend CUNY because of the affordable Tuition. But now that tuition is increasing, one should question if the dropout rate will increase in the next couple of years.