u/Alagius

First post.

How bad is it actually if my sGPA dipped because I overloaded myself with extracurriculars throughout college? Since freshman year, I’ve basically had an overcommitted schedule every semester trying to balance research, clinical work, leadership, volunteering, and coursework all at once.

I’ve completed all my premed prerequisite courses already. Overall, I’ve mostly been a B student with some A’s mixed in. I haven’t taken the MCAT yet, but I’ve started preparing seriously for it because I’m fully committed to medicine at this point, especially after realizing how much I genuinely value patient interaction and bedside manner through my clinical experiences.

I know I’m being vague without posting exact stats yet, but I’m honestly not comfortable sharing them publicly right now. I guess I’m mainly trying to understand how admissions committees tend to view applicants whose academics may have suffered somewhat from being overextended outside the classroom, especially if the MCAT ends up being strong.

https://newscenter.baruch.cuny.edu/news/baruch-college-announces-class-of-2026-valedictorian-and-salutatorian/

I've never heard of or seen either of these people in my years at Baruch (I don't have a 4.0 GPA, and I'm not a pre-law student, by the way). I can't believe that so many of my friends who had a near-perfect or perfect 4.0 GPA with good extracurriculars/internships, but didn't really get the title. I truly expected someone I KNEW to be the Valedictorian and Salutatorian of my class.

What do the rest of the 2026 graduates think?

Bear with me, I tried to write this as a poem.

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I’m too familiar with Baruch.

Six floors of library space,
and people do anything but study.

High school energy under a college label,
mainly when it comes to the syllabus.

“Rate my schedule” posts,
asking strangers to build your life.

Group projects every semester:
one person carries, the rest just watch.

Reddit threads for Google-able questions,
independence is a foreign concept.

Cheating is the new baseline,
AI making us dumber by the day,
myself included on the clock.

Bathrooms left unflushed,
tissue on every surface, zero accountability.

Tuesday and Thursday afternoons,
volleyball taking over the plaza
while we walk through in concern.

Food prices that don’t make sense,
and a ten percent discount that changes nothing.

Clubs with interviews for "General Member,"
ego before the mission.

IMG energy:
confidence or narcissism,
it’s hard to tell the difference.

Friends for a semester,
ghosts by the next,
priorities shifting with the credits.

RMP is a coin flip;
bad professors protected by bots,
good ones dragged by the lazy.

Advanced math professors,
the most underrated souls in the building.

USG chasing the "Visibility" tag
while the actual school stands still.

LinkedIn is a scoreboard,
comparison is the thief of joy.

The "Best CUNY" title:
subjective on paper,
sometimes it feels objective.

Broken elevators,
the cardio we never asked for.

Stand on the left of the escalator,
block the world from moving.

Elevators filled for the 5th floor
while the 11th floor waits in line.

The NVC's glass versus 17 Lex,
the ghost building that everyone fears.

Hacked once, twice,
now MFA is the daily tax for existing.

Highly ambitious Baruchies,
but a real relationship is rare
between two people chasing a career.

CUNY will never condemn a genocide,
but they’ll always condemn the other side.

And the graduates who won't even walk the stage...
the final, expensive heartbreak.

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I was rewatching Better Call Saul and also going back to some Owen Wilson interviews and older films, and there is something about both of them that just pulls focus in every scene they are in.

It's not even just the acting, but the way they talk. Bob Odenkirk has this fast shifting, slightly chaotic rhythm when he is in character, especially as Jimmy McGill, where it feels like he is always one step ahead of the conversation. Owen Wilson has that smooth, drawn-out, almost relaxed presence, but it still carries so much personality that you end up listening more closely than you expect.

Somehow, they both do this thing where the scene bends around their voice and timing. Even when they're not the loudest person in the room, they still feel like the center of it.

It would be kind of interesting to see them in the same project at some point, maybe as two different types of con artist characters or even just brothers with completely different ways of thinking, but the same kind of charm that gets them through situations.

Has anyone else ever felt like they sit in a similar category of actors, even though their styles are so different on the surface?

I went down a rabbit hole because I did not want to lose 8 semesters of emails, attachments, random memories, internship stuff, all of it. I wanted everything inside my new CUNY inbox so it works normally.

1. You need the Outlook desktop app on Mac. The regular version you open from Applications, not the browser.
2. When you open it, it will probably be on the “New Outlook” version. That version is useless for this. Go to the top menu bar, click Help, and hit “Revert to Legacy Outlook.” The app will restart.
3. Once you are in the old version, do not rush. At the bottom, it might say “Sync pending.” That means your emails are not fully loaded yet. Right click your Inbox, go to Properties, and hit “Empty Cache.” It will drop your email count and start re-downloading everything. Wait until the bottom says “All folders up to date.” This part matters the most, or you will miss emails.
4. After that, go to File and click Export. Select everything and save the file. This creates a full backup of your entire mailbox.
5. Now add your new (@login.cuny.edu) account. Go to Tools, Accounts, hit the plus sign, and add your CUNY login email. You have to use the login version, no longer the Baruch email format. Sign in and complete MFA if it asks.
6. At this point, you will see two inboxes in the sidebar. The next step is what perfectly “transfers” everything.
7. Go to File and click Import, then choose the file you just exported. Once it finishes, scroll all the way down on the left, and you will see a folder, "Outlook for Mac Archive OLM" with your capitalized name under a section called “On My Computer.” That is your entire old inbox sitting locally.
8. Now drag those folders into your new CUNY inbox. Simply click and drag.
9. At the bottom, it should say something like “Uploading.” Do not close your laptop, do not let it sleep. Let it finish until it says “All folders up to date.”
10. After that, go to the browser and log into Outlook with your CUNY account. If you see your old emails there, you are DONE.

That means your emails are now in the cloud and will show up on your phone too. If you skip the dragging step, your emails stay stuck on your computer and disappear from your life once you delete the app.

This took me a while to figure out so hopefully this saves someone else from losing everything last minute.

Your new CUNY email is live, and if you don’t set it up with MFA soon, you’re probably going to miss stuff from Navigate, Brightspace, and other school updates once Baruchmail gets shut off.

This isn’t something to push off. Do it before finals and save yourself the headache.

A few quick things to know:

• Your main email is now your CUNY login
• You’ll also get emails through firstname.lastname## formats for both Baruch and CUNY
• If you’re at multiple CUNY schools, everything still goes to the same mailbox

What you should do right now:

• Set up MFA if you haven’t already
• Start checking your new inbox
• Make sure any important accounts using your old email get updated
• Save anything important from your old inbox

If you need help, BCTC is actually pretty available:

• In person: Room H 656
• Phone: 646 312 1010
• They also have Zoom support if you’re off campus

Hours are basically all week, including weekends, so there’s no real excuse to wait until the very last minute.

People always ignore emails like this and then scramble when something stops working. Don’t be that person.

If you already set it up, you’re good. If not, just knock it out now.

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P.S. Your old emails don’t automatically transfer to the new CUNY inbox.

That said, they’re not instantly gone either, but once Baruchmail gets shut off, you won’t be able to access them anymore.

If you care about your old emails (important threads, attachments, memories, etc.), you should back them up now. The easiest way is to export your mailbox or forward/save the ones you need.

Just don’t wait until the last day because there’s no recovery option after access is gone.

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Folks:

Your new CUNY email is live, and if you don’t set it up with MFA soon, you’re probably going to miss stuff from Navigate, Brightspace, and other school updates once Baruchmail gets shut off.

This isn’t something to push off. Do it before finals and save yourself the headache.

A few quick things to know:

• Your main email is now your CUNY login
• You’ll also get emails through firstname.lastname## formats for both Baruch and CUNY
• If you’re at multiple CUNY schools, everything still goes to the same mailbox

What you should do right now:

• Set up MFA if you haven’t already
• Start checking your new inbox
• Make sure any important accounts using your old email get updated
• Save anything important from your old inbox

If you need help, BCTC is actually pretty available:

• In person: Room H 656
• Phone: 646 312 1010
• They also have Zoom support if you’re off campus

Hours are basically all week, including weekends, so there’s no real excuse to wait until the very last minute.

People always ignore emails like this and then scramble when something stops working. Don’t be that person.

If you already set it up, you’re good. If not, just knock it out now.