Hello, all! My name is Justin Roach. Up until this point, I have lived my entire life in a town called Wantagh, in Nassau County, on Long Island. I have one younger sister and a Shih Tzu named Harry. I currently reside in The Towers. From a young age, I have long been fascinated with New York City, and over the years I set out to become as familiar with the Long Island Rail Road and the NYC Subway as I could so I would know how to get places faster. When I visited City College for the first time, I felt that it was the perfect blend of campus and city for me.

My major is Political Science and my intention is to attend law school after receiving my bachelor’s degree. Everything about the law has always intrigued me and I feel it is the perfect profession for me. I put forward a great effort to keep up on politics, including national, state, and local affairs. I have passionate political views but I always do my best to listen to what people who disagree with me have to say. In high school, I focused that passion toward Model Congress, the best club I ever participated in.

Immediately after a Model Congress competition; the medal is my individual award, the big gavel is my school’s championship trophy.

Some of the largest impacts on my life came from my experiences through Boy Scouting. There are some moments that I will never forget and lessons learned that will stay with me forever. I have worked a few summers at my Scout camp, Onteora Scout Reservation, as a counselor. This past summer I was promoted to a supervisor position. In July, I attained the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor that a Boy Scout can achieve.

On my spare time, I enjoy getting together with friends and/or playing video games. However, I never seem to have that much spare time. My music taste is different from that of most people my age. I do enjoy some modern music, but my absolute favorite genre is classic rock. My two favorite bands are The Beatles and The Who. This is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs of all time:

My name is Adrian Horczak. My parents came to the United States of America from Poland. Then, fortunately, they gave birth to me! I can speak, read, and write in Polish, and I go to Poland during the summer sometimes to visit my extended family. This year, I also went to summer camp in Poland and it was great! I went to water parks, hiking trails, and dance parties, which were awesome. They played Polish music which was great for dancing. Here are some songs I like to listen to (the first one is my favorite):

I have always lived in New York City, and I like living here. There is so much to do in this city that I decided to stay in New York when I go to college, rather than going away. I also am comfortable riding the subways and buses everywhere because I can do work in a subway while I go to my destination. However, I suggest that no one writes in a bus because it will be very sloppy. I am majoring in civil engineering, so I feel happy by walking or riding the subway across a bridge in New York City. Where else do you see a boon of huge suspension bridges right next to each other? There are a lot of free activities I like to do in New York City. They include going to libraries, parades, sponsored events, and beaches. Also, if I go upstate, I can go hiking for free (in Europe you have to pay).

Although I enjoy spending time in the city, I enjoy country related sports, such as skiing, kayaking, and hiking. My favorite activity to do is alpine (downhill) skiing. I like to go on adventures and skiing helps me do just that. I like to go to different ski areas to enjoy the views from the mountains and get to know the unique terrain. I like to ski in glades (between trees) because there are nice views of nature and the terrain is often challenging. Although there are signs posted saying that I should not go alone, I go alone because no one in my family likes challenging terrain like me. I go on every trail, my brother and parents stick with the easy trails. In addition to challenging myself, I enjoy skiing down very quickly because I know that I am making myself move faster than the fastest man in the world. I feel so awesome. After skiing all day, I sleep well because my body exerted so much energy. Unfortunately, I am seldom able to explore every trail in a ski area because there is not enough snow, so I hope that there is a surfeit of snow this year. In addition to alpine skiing, soon I want to try Nordic (cross country) skiing, which is also free sometimes in upstate New York.

One of my less active hobbies is building a city out of Lego bricks. I have bought many Lego sets, and I have built a small city in my basement. I try to do what I can to make the most of my space, like building an underground (under the table, really) train station, and making my trains travel up to, and near the ceiling. However, I stopped expanding my city because I used up all of the space I could have in the basement.

I am attending college now to learn more about the world. Not only do I want to improve my math and science skills, but I also want to learn about other cultures by reading about them and studying abroad. I also want help to find a great job that I will be happy with. More than that, I want to gain more knowledge about New York City, and of course, make great friends.

My name is Lucius.
The name given to me at birth by my parents is Jin Won. However, I had to make a new name because my name often confused people with that of my brother (Jiwon). In order to prevent the confusion, I opened up the Bible to random page and picked out the first name that I saw, which was Lucius.

I like to doodle on my notes while my professor is not looking. I think I am very talented at doodling only if the class is extremely boring.

I used to enjoy acting in school plays, and almost all my middle school/high school career is embedded with musicals and plays.

Currently, I tell people that I plan to major in “undecided.” People do not understand this joke.

My family lives in 14th century and therefore is very unknowledgeable concerning technology.

I like to commute and I enjoy riding subway. I hope I have a pleasant, fun year.