Adrienne Baratz is an incredibly successful young woman who I had the pleasure of interviewing. Baratz and I met through our mutual major of Communications and minor of Marketing here at Drexel University. In June, Baratz will be graduating with her Bachelors as well as her master’s degree in Public Communication. It is extremely impressive and valuable to obtain both a bachelors and masters degree at the same time from Drexel. During Barartz’s time here she was able to co-op at notable companies which included Comcast twice and Cashman and Associates.  

Similar to other interviewees, Baratz would say the most valuable thing that she has learned in college thus far is to “prioritize time for yourself.” Prioritizing time for yourself can be as simple as stepping away from your work and cooking a meal or resting your eyes for a short period of time. Although Baratz is an individual who is excellent with managing her time, it does not mean that mindless breaks are not imperative. Time management is something that Baratz would say was especially familiar to her being that Drexel runs on the quarter system schedule. Baratz states, “the work is exceptionally fast-paced and can be overwhelming at times. Additionally, since Drexel is a year-round school, a student can often get burned out, which is why it is important to prioritize taking breaks.”  

Contrary to most of the people I interviewed, when I posed Baratz with the question whether she has learned more inside or outside of the classroom, she said that she has learned more inside of the classroom. Baratz says, “since I participated in the Accelerated Degree program at Drexel, I would say that I learned more inside the classroom just because I was attending more classes than the average undergrad student. I was able to enhance my skills in my graduate classes and see how concepts applied in assignments that could easily be used in my field.”  Baratz has an eye-opening perspective being that almost all of the interviewees have learned more from outside of the classroom experiences.  Knowing Baratz personally I was surprised to hear her thoughts on this topic.  

While we were concluding the interview, Baratz said, “your college experience is exactly what you make of it.” This advice is absolutely true, the more you put into anything the more you will get out of the experience. Barartz has an extremely successful future ahead and I am excited to see where it takes her.