Author Archives: Stefanie Cantero

Well now that this first semester is  coming to an end, I can honestly say that Baruch is living up to my expectations, which weren’t very high to begin with. I did not go away for college because I knew I wouldn’t be able to get through a semester with a decent gpa if I was away at a party school with no parents getting on my nerves. I came to Baruch to get my degree & thats all I intend on doing.

Besides the one class that I had to drop, the classes this semester were pretty good & i’m sure i’ll have a decent gpa, but next semester seeing as how I got to choose my classes and professors this time, i’m expecting to do a lot better.

If I could restart my first semester I would definitely change a few things. I would not have missed so many classes in the beginning of the semester & I also would have actually kept up with the readings for each of my classes. Even though I have been doing alright without reading or doing most of my homework, I know my grades would be much better if I worked harder.

I honestly do not think I changed thatt much over these past few months. The one thing that I have seen a change in is my attendance. During the beginning of the semester I missed a lot of classes and I was always late to class, but towards the end my attendance got a lot better.

Ok soo my name’s Stefanie, i’m 18, and I don’t usually share my feelings with many people so I hatee that we have to write these blogs.

Well so far life at Baruch is pretty much the same as high school except with more people and somewhat worse grades. In high school I could miss as many classes as I wanted and it wouldn’t affect my grades at all, but now I’m seeing the consequences of bad attendance. After almost failing my music midterm I’ve tried to make it on time to every class but the mta doesn’t help me out very much.

I love going to school in the city but I wish I would have dormed or got an apartment closer to the school.

I also wish that i would have been able to choose my own schedule this semester. I’m not trying to blame anyone else for me doing bad in some classes but I think if I would have been able to choose the classes & especially the times,  I would be doing alot better.

My  motto that i pretty much live by is “it is what it is”; meaning it happened, there’s nothing you can do about it, move on.

So far college hasn’t really changed me but i’m hoping by the end of this semester i will become more responsible and stop being such a procrastinator.

^ the pic we were supposed to upload; not really a self-portrait ..but i’m in it ( Me & my best friend )

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.