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Dear Professor Dalavagas,

I would like to sincerely apologize for missing our Philosophy midterm. The day before the exam I came down with a very bad case of strep throat. I visited the doctor and I have a doctors note for my absences the past two classes. If you would allow me to make up the midterm, I would greatly appreciate it. Any day or time would work for me. Again, I’d like to apologize for missing the test and these classes. Thank you for your understanding and I’ll be back in class Monday.

Best Regards,

Joseph Catarcio

“Mock” e-mail to professor:

Dear Professor Burleigh,

I just wanted to send a brief note expressing my sincerest apologies for missing the Art 1012 midterm exam today. I was stricken by the flu, and I was unable to make it to the exam because I wasn’t in optimal condition. I visited my doctor and obtained a signed doctor’s note regarding my illness. I hope you understand my reason for failing to attend the exam, and I would greatly appreciate it if you’d let me make it up at your convenience. Thanks for your time.

 Many apologies,

James Selig, Art 1012 MW 2:30-3:45

 Monologue: Ever since I was little, two main things have made me “tick”: my family and money. My family makes me tick because they are a source for unconditional love. No matter what happens, I know that my family will help me out, be there for me, and see me through the toughest of situations. Whenever I feel like everyone has turned their back on me, my family is always there to offer help and support. My family also gives me a place to live and food to eat, which is a definite plus. The thing that I enjoy most about my family is that we have lots of memories together. I have 3 siblings: my brother Nicholas is 12 years old, my brother Jack is 1 year old, and my little sister, Olivia, is 9 years old. I enjoy spending time with them and my parents more than anything else, and so my family has been a huge part of my life.

Money also makes me “tick” because money makes me feel safe and secure. I enjoy making money and saving it, I guess you could say that money is my passion. Money makes me tick because I worry when I don’t have money, and a lack of money keeps me up at night. That is why I always try to make and save as much money as possible.

My Family

Dear Professor McCaffrey,

     I am very sorry for being unable to attend the midterm exam. Due to a severe illness, I was unable to attend the midterm, and I am truly sorry for any inconvenience. I do have a signed doctors note, to show proof of illness. I can forward it to you by email, or simply hand it in the next class. I will be able to makeup the midterm at any time it is convenient for you. Thank you for your time and patience.

Best Regards,

Selin Celebi

Ever since I was a little girl, my parents always wished I would one day be an olympic athlete and so they tried to enroll me in every single sport possible, ranging from basketball all the way to soccer. I hated sports, and especially sweating. I never wanted to do anything with sports, and I had a fear of being injured. I always had a love for fashion, and dressing up made me so happy. I knew I always wanted to pursue fashion the minute I made a dress out of my soccer jersey during a soccer game. Fashion always interested me, I had several people in my family who made careers for themselves in the fashion industry. I wanted to be just like that. I wanted to create something in my mind, that would fascinate people, and would make them want to buy my items.

With lots of dreaming and high hopes, my mom one day enrolled me in ballroom dancing class. This was probably one of the only sports I absolutely loved, because I would wear outfits covered in rhinestones and would get to compete in grand ballrooms, like the roseland ballroom in New York City. Though dancing, I  grew an intrest for this sport, and supported my teacher through the time she was on Dancing with The Stars.

Recently, I was watching Dancing With the Stars, and ran into a segment were they announced there was a contest, where you would have to design a dance costume and if you were chosen you would get to fly to california and be featured on the show with the dress you created. I immediately thought this was absolutely the best idea Ive ever heard of. I didn’t have much time, so I grabbed my pen and paper and drew something off the top of my head. Six hours later, my masterpiece was complete.

I dont think these next few days could go by any slower, while waiting for the results. Im really excited and hopeful that I will win.  Eve if I dont win, I put in my best effort, and achieved a personal goal I put my mind too. I think having a mindset like this will give me a successful start on my future fashion career. However, if I do get picked as a finalist I hope you all vote for me !

My drawing !

My life has always been about sports from the beginning. My three favorite teams are the Rangers, Mets, and Jets. I don’t know exactly how I got into sports but I definitely have to attribute most of it to my dad. Growing up, it’s pretty much all he would watch so I started to follow suit. One of my earliest memories is sitting down at the kitchen table as a three year old reading the newspaper to see when my favorite teams would play next. Reading is a very loose word though, more like just looking at the pictures. My dad would always take me to his teams softball games on Sunday mornings. He would play with his friends and they would bring their kids too so I got to play baseball with them as our fathers played softball. Days like these are ones that I miss as they became fewer and fewer as the years went on but it stuck with me as I grew up.

I decided to get involved in sports on my own when I was six. I joined Our Lady of Grace baseball here in Brooklyn and started off playing t-ball. One of the few highlights of my little league career was hitting a home run on one of the hottest days of the year. After this it started to go downhill for me as I never really had the skill set to play as well as some other kids. I was able to get away with it when I was younger as I had natural baseball instincts but eventually it caught up to me. Nowadays I’ll still play both baseball and football at the park with friends but I’m not in any organized leagues.

Professional sports has a huge impact on my life. I consider myself an extremely devoted fan and I don’t think anyone that knows me will debate that. I’ll get things done weekends in advance when I know I’m going to games so I don’t have the hassle of doing it at the last second. I base my schedule around my teams’ schedule. I’ve been going to sports games since I was four which I think got me hooked. Ever since then, I’ve been going to more and more games every year. Last year alone I went to 27 Ranger games, 10 Met games, and two Jet games. It’s something I can’t get enough of.

One of my fondest memories as a child is seeing the grass of the baseball field and the ice of the hockey rink when walking out from the concourse. It’s still something that amazes me even as an adult when I go to games. Everyone has a hobby or something they like and for me it’s sports. It’s always played a huge role in my life, still is, and always will.

Hi, I’m Nick Bowden im a commuter student here at Baruch. I am a shy, loyal and honest person. These personality traits all have had many positive and negatives affects on my life. The one that has had the most negative affect on my life is my shyness. I haven’t always been as anti social as i am now but as i got older through the years i have isolated myself from others more. In high school i had the same group of friends all four years, my friends were very different from most people and so am i, so i find it harder to connect with others that don’t have the same interests, beliefs or personalities as me. I hope that during my time in Baruch i can learn to be more social and meet new people. Some of my more positive personality traits are my loyalty and honesty. The number one thing i can’t stand is lying so i try to be as honest as i can be at all times. I also am a very loyal person, i will never betray a person that trust me because that’s the way i was raised.

My goal over the next four years is too meet new people and try new things.  I came to Baruch because it is the complete opposite of where i grew up on long island and i hated it there. The town was boring and had nothing to ever do, it was a very depressing place to be and although i cant yet afford to live in the city, just being in NYC makes me happy because of the endless possibilities here. My biggest concern about Baruch is procrastination. In high school i always procrastinated and got my work done, but in college there is too much work to do so. I need to learn to do work over time and not save it for the night before. I hope i can work on making a smooth transition into the college life.

Who am I? I don’t know, who am I. Am I a figment of your imagination? Probably not. Anyways, my name is Fahad Ghuman.

“who do you think YOU are!” is the first question for this blog post. Let me just say it that there should be a “?” instead of a “!”. But to answer the question, I think I’m and outgoing individual and very competitive in anything I do. I think I’m a fun guy that people like to be around.

What are my top 3 concerns about my freshman year at Baruch? Well, probably the biggest concern is going to be my time management. I was known to be a huge procrastinator in high school, i would then never be able to actually finish the work because it would be too late. I know what i have to do in college and I intend on changing my habits. My second concern is getting these blog entries in before midnight because its 11:45 right now. Just kidding, but I seriously need to hurry up. My real second concern is getting too caught up in social life. I need to put school before anything because that’s what matters most right now. It kind of plays in with time management, I need to focus on school but also need to set time aside to be more social and have a good time at school. My third concern is finding an internship by the end of this year. I went to a club meeting where they talked about getting internships and they talked about resume’s and what not. They made it seem that u needed a bunch of things before you could make a good resume. All I have now is working a year at Baskin Robbins. I need to start working hard to be successful.

What will make my Baruch experience different than my high school experience? I know the biggest change will be the amount of studying and doing work I will be doing here is going to be probably 99% more than i did in all of highschool. Another change will probably be not being able to have more time for friends as i did in highschool.

I think my first year in college will make me more mature and less outgoing because of all the studying and working I will do. BUT IT WILL NEVER CHANGE WHO I AM AS A PERSON! Anyways, that’s pretty much all i can say about what this year will do for me, other than have me stressing a lot more than in high school.

My computer time says 11:52, my watch says 11:56 and my phone says 11:50. I think I did this on time. Thanks for spending your precious time reading my blog, i know it made you’re day 10x better, just kidding. Bye.

Hi my name is Jeremy Durbin. I am a very nice and humorous person that enjoys the laughs in life. I seem to always know how to make someone laugh or make a dull moment a little lighter. I am a sports fanatic. My favorite teams are the Mets, Devils, Giants, and Nets. I follow these teams all year around. I am always looking to go to a Devils or Mets game and can not wait for the Barclays Arena to open up in Brooklyn so I can go watch my Nets. I also am a sneaker head who collects and sells sneakers.
My very first concerns about college were grades and making close friends. Being at a commuter school and hearing about how they work it seemed like Baruch would be like high school all over again. Pertaining to the grades, I was a little scared when I read how rigorous some people said the work load was in Baruch.
So far here at Baruch, I have no complaints whatsoever. The classes have not been impossible as many people made them out to be and I enjoy the people here better than I did at high school. I have already made a group of good friends and I think that will benefit all of us with our grades. I love my schedule since I am a person who doesn’t wake up very well. One thing that surprises me about Baruch is I have always dreaded getting up for school and for Baruch I really don’t dread coming here. The opportunities Baruch offers keeps me intrigued to learn more.
I think over my 4 years at Baruch I will become more of an all around person. I feel Baruch stresses not only knowledge but people skills to be able to network and open up opportunities for yourself. I have always believed that being a people person and being able to communicate well would help more in life than necessarily being extremely smart. I feel like when I look back, I will be able to say WOW, I have learned a lot here!

Hi, my name is Ernest Esoarza. I am a kid born and raised in the Bronx. I went to a catholic high school, Fordham Prep. I played football for four years, ran track for a year and threw shot-put and discus for three years. I loved high school, senior year was great. I did no work and got good grades. I chilled on the football field cause i used to have so many free periods. Life was easy until May hit. I did not know what college i was going to end up going too. I got into a lot of schools like Syracuse, Rutgers, UMass, and others but i didn’t get enough money. I sent my deposit to UAlbany but i thought it was the ugliest school i have ever seen in my life. I applied to Baruch last minute and found out i got accepted mid-June. The school sucks at listening to voicemails and replying. I had to come in so many times to find out what was happening.

My top three concerns in college are grades first and for most. College is the first step to the rest of my life. If i get bad grades now, that’s messing with my future. Second, enjoying the school. I don’t want to be a kid that runs home after school everyday. I want to get involved in the school. Lastly, it might be transferring. I came into the school with the mentality that i wanted to leave as soon as possible. The school is better than what i thought it would be. I like it i’ll probably stay here all four years.

I think from my first year, ill get accustomed to managing my time. I will get used to being more independent and getting my work done on time. I also eventually want to use the pool in the school.

So do you actually want to know more about me? Probably not, but I still have to give you the low-down on me, since it’s required/sadface.  So my name is Brandon Man and I’m just an ordinary student attending Baruch College. However, what people don’t know is that, at night I’m a superhero getting rid of crime in the city. Okay, now that you know my biggest secret it’s time to tell you my less fun and more ordinary information (blurgh).

I am kind of shy (kind of obvious because I’m too quiet sometimes), but now I want to be more of a social butterfly. Not that I didn’t try to be one in high school, I tried, but I’m in a new school and most of my high school friends are not in this school.  So I have to gather allies to fight evi-, err, I meant my shy demeanor.

My top 3 concerns about my freshman year in Baruch are evil professors, being trapped in the elevator and forgetting to wear pants.

Okay fine, on a more serious note, I do not want to be overwhelm by homework, to embarrass myself if I were to present my work, and to be forever alone (in this college).

We all I dislike homework..right? Well, I take it up a notch and feed my dog homework when I experience a homework overload. Joking aside, homework is something I usually push away till the last minute..or forget about (I’m not alone in this, right?). Hopefully I won’t procrastinate till the last minute anymore (oh never mind, late blog).

Going up stage seems to be a scary prospect. Speaking in front of a large audience seems to be much scarier. However, embarrassing myself in front of a large audience? Yeah, time to get the rope. I definitely want to be able to do public speaking, however, if I only to overcome a fear.

It would really suck to graduate college with no social connections. I mean I’m going to need to know people so I can know people who knows important people (so that involves knowing a lot of people!).

If there’s one thing that I can get out of Baruch that I couldn’t get out of my high school, it would be buying one dollar pizza and two dollar hotdogs near the college…everyday. Other than that, I think I would have to see what more I can get out of Baruch. Commuting to Baruch everyday feels like high school all over again. Maybe something that piques my interest in Baruch.

I think my first year in college might be a little uneventful, it’s like an appetizer and you haven’t got to the main course yet. Hopefully, the main course will taste good.