A) My name is Stefanie Cantero. Obviously i’m a freshman at Baruch, & i’m just trying to figure out what I really want to do with my life. I’m a daughter/older sister/bestfriend/pretty good advice giver. I like to eat, listen to music, hang out with my friends and sleep .. & thats about it.
B) My top 3 concerns about my freshman year are:
1. Keeping my grades high enough to pass all 5 of my classes because unlike highschool, i can’t just go to class listen a little and then be able to pass all the tests.
2. Keeping up with all the reading for each class. As of now i’m about 3 chapters behind on my reading for my history class, because in highschool when teachers told us to read for hw noone actually read, we came into class the next day and the teacher went over what we were Supposed to read. Now i actually have to do the work on my own.
3. Actually going to class everyday. I went to a small catholic highschool and if we were ever absent our parents had to call the school with an explanation andd we’d have to bring in a note the next day, which kinda forced me to go to school. Now that noone cares whether or not i go to class, I think its gonna be a little harder for me to actually go to every single class.
C) Right now everything about my Baruch College experience is different from my highschool experience. I somewhat like the independence that comes along with college but like I said earlier, that independence is going to make things a little more difficult.
D) I think my first year in college has already begun to change me. I have become a little bit more responsible and i actually attempt to read (since theres nothing else to do on my 45 min train ride) I’m hoping by the end of this first semester i’ll be alot more responsible than i am right now. I also hope it teaches me to be more independent & to not count on others so much when i have to make decisions or do things for myself.
