Fall break

The first quarter here at RIT when by pretty fast, a lot of things got done in such a short period of time though. The last couple of weeks were pretty intense followed by a busy final week. At this point all what it matters is the fact that I got very good grades in my classes and the learning experience was great. After finishing all my exams I started to get prepared to go to NYC for the fall break. I decided to drive all away down to NYC, which was a great trip with a lot of beautiful landscapes and small town near the highway. I stayed there for a week and the headed back to Rochester after. As always, the time in NYC was great with a lot of places to visit and things to do. After coming back to Rochester, Thanks to Lyndsey, I had a chance for the first time in my life to have an American Thanksgiving dinner with her family. Her family was very welcoming to me and the food was great.
On Dec the 1st, the winter quarter started. For this quarter I am taking four classes as well and I am supporting Macroeconomics as a supplemental instruction Leader. The first week was relaxed with not many things going on. I am looking forward to explore more about the classes that I am taking and do my best to earn good grades in all of them.

Approaching the end of the 1st quarter

There have been many interesting things going on for me during the last couple of weeks. There were a lot of assignments to be done for most of my classes, they all went pretty well and I am satisfied with the grades that I got. One of the most exciting projects for last week was a 30 min presentation with my group for the benefits of working at FedEx. I also have another very interesting assignment due the end of the quarter about the last US government bail out plan. I have already started to do some research and I am finding it very interesting due to the fact that I like politics and public policy making. We will have to see, I might come up with a better plan that will save the American economy in my 7 page assignment☺.
Another very exciting thing that I wanted to mention is that I have recently bought a car, which is a great thing when you live in America I guess. I paid very reasonable price for it and the benefits that I am getting from it are way higher then costs of buying and keeping it. The car allowed me to visit my Kosova friends in Corning NY, it was a great weekend being with them, we shared a lot of memories from the time at AUK while we were making plans how to make ourselves and Kosova better off.
The following 2 weeks will be very packed with assignments and exams, so I have already started to prepare in order to get the best out of them. With the winter knocking on the door and the cold weather out there, it seems there is not much to do out there other then sitting in my warm apartment at part point and do my homework. Excluding tomorrow though, when I will go out and celebrate Halloween for the 2nd time in the US.

Moving on....

Week four, usually known as the week of the first exams. When you talk about the exams, it always makes you wonder how hard it is going to be, what will be covered and so on. But, all of those dilemmas become clear when you have the exam in front of you. This week I had an exam on Global Standards, which is a great and not that difficult class, it went pretty good. I got a highly satisfying grade that gave me motivation to keep up with the hard word knowing the result will come itself. In the other hand this week was free of big assignments, which made it little bit easier then previous ones.
With not many things to do around here, during this weekend, we had something that made some change to the ordinary. The grand opening of the Park Point Complex. This event took place in the yard of my apartment, which means there was no need to take any transportation to get there. The most entertaining part of the even was the Jazz concert, where two different groups performed for two hours or so. It was good even to break the monotony of the weekends at Park Point.
One of the most important events of this week was the Thursday dinner organized by the CMS for the new international students. Special thanks for Jim Myers for the hospitality showed to us and making us feel valued as students. Also, big thanks to Lyndsey and Donika for coming to the dinner and always making our life at RIT easier. Also to mentioned, with us for dinner was the other student from Kosovo, Dita, who started an MBA program at RIT this year. It was a great chance to meet with some staff of CMS and other new international students. This is a quick warp up of the events of this week, more coming up following weeks.

Week 2 & 3

Time at RIT seems to go by pretty fast. This is the third week and so many things have happened without even noticing them. Many papers assigned to us for a short period of time, readings and homework almost every day. But that is completely fine because it is making my life at RIT more interesting and is keeping me busy. Now I am familiar with all my surroundings and I know a lot more about RIT. From the interactions with other students, I am learning more about RIT and what makes it stronger then other universities. All of the professors pay a lot of attention to details, which makes things more challenging but also more fun.
Also my Supplemental Instruction Sessions (which is my job) are going pretty well, I am enjoying doing that. As I have mentioned before, during this semester I am supporting Microeconomics. I am having two one hour session every week, where students come to the session and share their knowledge with each other, while I make sure that they understand everything. It is a great experience for me and it gives me the chance to review the material I have learned before while helping other students understand it better.
Starting from next week we will have exams in most of the classes, now is the time to prepare for them, so I can pass them successfully. Well, this is school, you can’t say I have understood everything without passing the exam. I haven’t had any problem with exams before, will see how it goes this time around. I should be fine.

Introduction

HI everyone!!! I am Rafet Bojaj, 4th year student at RIT. My major is business management and entrepreneurship.. I transferred to RIT this year from the American University in Kosovo, I did so because I think here at RIT I will have better chances to learn more about business in general and American business in particular. I arrived at RIT on Aug 22nd, in the beginning I was temporarily assigned at RIT Inn, but I figured it is hard to live in a hotel for a long time so I decided to move to Park Point apartments at RIT. Currently I am taking four classes and they are: Global Standards, Organizational Behavior, Arts of Expression and Foundations of Public Policy. I am enjoying all of them so far, even though all of them require a lot of work and time( well that's why I am here for). Also I am currently working as a Supplemental Instruction Leader for Microeconomics class.
When I came to visit RIT for the first time during spring break 2008 I was amazed by many things that I saw here at RIT, so I thought I should come here to finish my last year of studies. I share my thoughts with our host Lyndsey McGrath and she was very willing to help me make my dream come true. Ever since she helped me in many ways, making things way easier starting from preparing papers for the embassy interview, housing issues, picked me up on arrival day, and a lot of help in the academic sphere. Also I wanted to mention Jeff Cox and Lilli Jensen from International Student Services, who helped me with the paper work for the visa extension and other things as well.
This is a short and overall review of my life here at RIT so far.
Thank you!
Rafet