Firs Year Experience (FYE) at John Jay College offers services and programs that help students adapt to the new social and academic challenges that come with the transition to the first year of college.
Information
- Location:
- New York, NY, 10019
- Phone:
- (212) 484-1130
- Mon - Fri:
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Events
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- Law School Admissions Workshop...
Columbia Law School, Jerome Green Hall
Saturday, September 19 at 9:00am - Pre Law Orientation
Multi Purpose Room, North Hall, Joh...
Thursday, September 17 at 3:30pm - First day of classes
John Jay College, CUNY
Friday, August 28 at 8:00am - Freshman Orientation (last nam...
North Hall
Wednesday, August 26 at 10:00am - Freshmen Orientation (last nam...
North Hall
Tuesday, August 25 at 10:00am - Last day to pay Fall 09 tuition
Thursday, August 20 at 5:00pm
Hey everyone! Its been a while since I posted! Ahh i've just been so caught up with school work and other drama going on in my life =/ But I'm back now hahaIn this post, I'm going to get a bit personal. These past two weeks, I have been going through a lot of stuff with my friends and outside stuff that wasn't pleasant to deal with, to say the least....
Source:My First Year at John Jay
Posted:2009-11-10 03:08:14 GMT
Wow! It's been a while since I have updated last. College has become so hectic with homework, assignments and keeping up with reading. Things have started to get tough, and extremely tiring! The workload sometimes is more than I can handle =/However, Spring Registration has started for those who have attended an advisement session (how time flies!)....
Source:My First Year at John Jay
Posted:2009-11-02 23:52:51 GMT
Wow! It's been a while since I have updated last. College has become so hectic with homework, assignments and keeping up with reading. Things have started to get tough, and extremely tiring! The workload sometimes is more than I can handle =/However, Spring Registration has started for those who have attended an advisement session (how time flies!)....
Source:My First Year at John Jay
Posted:2009-11-02 23:50:40 GMT
First Year Experience @ John Jay College First-semester students needed for Focus Group! Receive a $20 Gift Card! Last day to sign up is November 13.
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Hey everyone! I just wanted to post a quick blog telling you all about the Major/Minor fair next week! Credit to Mrs. Louise Freymann of the academic advisement department for reminding me =)Some of you might've seen the desk in the North Hall lobby with information on it. Basically, what it is, is a fair with differen...t departmental tables and representative for each one. You will have the opportunity to go to the tables and talk to the faculty representatives about certain majors or minors that you may be interested in or have questions about. It will be held in the North Hall cafeteria on Monday Oct 19th from 11-2:00 and on Tuesday Oct 20th from 2-5:00.Aside from the departmental tables, there will be a special panel for John Jay peer advisors also! They will be there to answer questions students may have on certain majors as well as their own experiences to "discuss how and why they chose their major, what they enjoy about their major, what advice they would give to younger students still unsure of their major, etc." This peer advisor panel however, will be held in the Multi Purpose Room im room 2200N which is just outside the cafeteria. The panels would be run on Monday Oct 19th from 12:30-1:45 and on Tuesday Oct 20th from 3:35-4:50. It'll be a good opportunity to check it out and hear some opinions from actual students as well =]I know this major/minor fair will really help me because as I've said... Ive been having some problems trying to figure out what my major should be. And Im sure it'll help a lot of you too! =) Hope to see you all there!Remember, its Monday October 19th from 11-2 and Tuesday October 20th from 2-5 in the North Hall cafeteria.Read More
Source:My First Year at John Jay
Posted:2009-10-17 04:48:04 GMT
Hey everyone! It's been a while! Sorry about that, all the work has just been piling up. But I'm back now! =)The post that I'm about to write is about getting involved. I'm going to share my experience from this past weekend when I really got involved... and I loved it!At the beginning of the school year, I joined the ...Debate Society. From the very beginning, when the coaches were going over the different speeches and the different parts to debate.... I was COMPLETELY lost. I had NOO idea what was going on and I was more confused than ever. However, a couple of weeks ago, I signed up to attend a tournament at the University of Richmond. I honestly did not know what I was thinking at the time, but I told myself, "ehh why not? could be fun" I was still confused about the speeches and the parts. The words, Kritique, Perm, Framework, Topicality, etc" all swermed in my head... "what does this even mean?!!" I thought to myself. The nervousness started building up as the tournament date got closer and closer. And on top of that... I lost 3 partners! My original partner dropped out because she was just as confused as I am and was too afraid to go because she didnt understand it. My second partner wasnt able to go because someone in his family had passed away. And my third partner cancelled on the day before because she was behind on her school work, and needed to spend the weekend catching up.I met my partner right before we got onto the bus the next day... We arrived at Richmond around 11:00 at night and went straight to our rooms to sleep...The next day, I was nervous as ever. I never got the opportunity to have a practice round, so I was pretty much going in blind. The round started, my partner and I was against Cornell. Two hours later, the round finally ended and I took a deep breath. We lost, however... it wasnt as bad as I thought it would be. In the next few rounds, we had the weirdest evidence that was run against us! We had some schools that used intergalactics and another school that used depleted uranium. I was thinking to myself... "what the hell evidence do we use against this argument?!" But we were able to manage through the round. The next two days, the teams were debating 8 rounds (my partner and I only debated 7 because we got a BYE for a round). Even though my partner and I didnt win any rounds, (not to sound corny) but I do feel like I won also in a way. I now have a better understanding of what some of the terms mean. There are still some concepts that are fuzzy to me, but I know MUCH more than I did before I even came here!Overall, It was an amazingg experience. I became good friends with my roommates and I got close with all the other John Jay debaters! On top of that, I learned much more about debating and what I can do to succeed. The idea of getting involved is really essential. I made some great friends after joining the debate team AND I gained much more knowledge about debating and some experiencing IN debating that'll help make me a better lawyer later on because I now (somewhat) know how to argue! =)I signed up for the Westconn tournament next month, so I'll keep you all updated on that!Till the next post, have a good weekend everyone!Read More
Source:My First Year at John Jay
Posted:2009-10-16 19:15:51 GMT
Hey everyone! Happy Tuesday! :)Sorry that I have not been able to write in the past couple of weeks. School work has taken over my life, litterally speaking! The past few weeks have been extremely tiring and I have not even had time for myself.Midterms have started this week and I really should be studying for some of my classes, but I know I'm up to par with what I need [...]
Source:My First Year at John Jay
Posted:2009-10-07 02:09:57 GMT
Hey everyone! I hope youre having a good weekend =)In this post, I'm going to talk about midterms. Tomorrow, I have my very first midterm for my government class and to say the least, I'm freaking out! This isnt like high school where we have a bunch of tests and quizzes to make up our grade.... [...]
Source:My First Year at John Jay
Posted:2009-10-04 21:50:09 GMT
Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good weekend =)I just wanted to start off by saying we have officially been in college for a MONTH! How exciting is that?!The purpose of this blog post is to talk about the workload which I'm sure all of you know about very well. [...]
Source:My First Year at John Jay
Posted:28 September 2009, 8:54 pm GMT
Hey everyone! Hope all is well with everyone :]Lately, I have been facing a mental challenge when it comes to what I want to pursue in my career. The past few years I wanted to graduate John Jay and make my way into law school to become a prosecutor in New York City. [...]
Source:My First Year at John Jay
Posted:28 September 2009, 2:57 am GMT
First Year Experience @ John Jay College Read Michelle on "Law School after John Jay".
Source: www.myfirstyearatjohnjay.blogspot.com
It was the night before school started. Im sitting by my computer at 1:30 in the morning, restless to sit still, too excited to go to bed, yet too nervous to just watch tv. I kept thinking to myself, "Ahh! ...
First Year Experience @ John Jay College Follow Michelle and Farah on blogspot - they are blogging about their first year at John Jay. Follow them, join them and comment on their posts.
Source: myfirstyearatjohnjay.blogspot.com
It was the night before school started. Im sitting by my computer at 1:30 in the morning, restless to sit still, too excited to go to bed, yet too nervous to just watch tv. I kept thinking to myself, "Ahh! ...
First Year Experience @ John Jay College Special Assignment: Get to know your library.
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The Lloyd Sealy Library holds more than 300,000 books, periodicals, and microforms representing a continuous effort to support the full range of John Jay Colleges curriculum and educational mission. While ...
First Year Experience @ John Jay College Advice for college freshmen in the New York Times.
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Educators give some helpful advice to young adults entering school this fall.
