The final final grade

Finally got around to checking and I officially scored an A- on Art and History. Huzzah.

C's get Degrees

But sadly I did not get a single C grade in my entire university career. I wonder if I still qualify for graduation? ;)

What I did get was one final B grade for Probability Theory. I'd say that's pretty good, all things considered, and was about the best I was hoping for after my poor showing on the midterm exam.

I don't technically have the grade yet for Art and History, but I'm expecting an A in that course.

I'm just glad it's done.

More Marks

Got an A in Human-Env. I don't have the full mark back from Art and History yet, but on the final test I scored 94% so I'm not too worried about it. Should get an A there at least.

That just leaves Probability Theory. Ugh.

Oh right, those exams

Forgot to blog about my last two exams last week. They went well enough, plenty well enough to pass at least, and at this point that's all I really care about.

I also got my course mark back from Intro Japanese, and scored myself a nice healthy A (pending approval of grades by the senate and blah blah blah).

Half-way mark

Art and History final is done, and done splendidly.

One exam down, three to go.

大成功ですよ！

Exam Schedule

Intro Japanese: April 11th, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Art and History: April 13th, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Human-Env Interactions: April 18th, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Probability Theory: April 20th, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Not a bad schedule. The 6pm exam for Intro Japanese is a bit odd and/or annoying, but I'll live. I might have wanted an extra day between the two pairs but at least nothing is stacked back to back.

Of course, all of this will probably turn into a complete mess if the faculty strikes.

It's a good thing I check these things

While I was waiting for my Prob Theory class to start this afternoon, a classmate of mine brought up the subject of the academic proficiency scholarship, noting that he'd finally been credited with his. I checked the website to see if I'd got one myself, but it came up blank.

After the class I headed down to the awards office to see if I hadn't qualified, or if they were still churning through the list or whatever. It turned out that I hadn't got it because my program was still listed as "general studies" rather than indicating that I was in the 4 year honours program. After a quick trip to the records office to correct that oversight, I was awarded the scholarship.

Yay, free money.

Also, the full-time faculty is threatening to go on strike, which might throw a monkey wrench into things. I contacted the convocation office about making a contingency plan in case a regular graduation would be delayed, but it seems that they don't yet know what might happen in that regard, so while I'll be keeping on top of the situation, there isn't much to do at the moment except wait.

Midterm madness

Got a 90% on my Japanese midterm, with an overall score for the first term of 92%.

A little good news, a little bad news

I woke up this morning and dragged myself through the cold and snow to reach school, only to find that my first class (Japanese) has been canceled. I could be laying in bed nice and warm right now, but nooooo. So, now I get to waste an hour sitting around waiting for my other class to start. Zzzzz.

On the bright side, I got my marks back from Kinesiology, and I scored myself an A. Go me! Almost a quarter of the class (19/81) got an F, and I must say that's pretty sad.

It's good that I check these things

First day of class is the 5th, not the 6th.

Unfortunately, the U doesn't open until the 4th too, which means I couldn't go in and sell a textbook I want to get rid of and buy a bus pass while I was out today. At least I figured this out beforehand rather than wasting a trip going out there.

Sadly there wasn't the option of postponing my shopping until tomorrow, as I was fresh out of milk after breakfast this morning.

And done

Last exam written and done earlier today, I'm now free and clear until January.

I also got some marks back (provisional pending approval by blah blah blah) of A+ in Numerical Methods and A in Math Prior to 1640. All in all a decent showing.

One down

Three more to go. Did well on my Numerical Methods final today.

To pad out this post, enjoy a quick video:

Meet Buck from TeamCerf on Vimeo.

おはようございます

Technically that should be こんばんは since it's late at night as I'm writing this, but seeing as nobody will read this until morning...

Just a quick blog entry to remark upon the wonders of learning 日本語, so that many years from now I can reference back and remember when I started.

じゃあね。

Another year down

Last exam over and done with, and hopefully done well. Nothing left to do now but hopefully find my way to California for the summer.

I checked my mark, and I not only got an A for Russian History, I actually tied for the highest mark in the entire class. Not too shabby.

Aye?

So it seems I managed to sweep the fall term's classes with all As, plus a plus in there for Stats.

Things are looking good to repeat the performance this term.

Japan

Classes are over for the year, and thus with the exception of an assignment and 3 exams I'm completely free to waste away the days doing nothing at all.

Like, for example, watching this video:

Free Money!

I just got myself a $500 academic proficiency scholarship. Woot.

Well that's not good

So it turns out that the Math Modelling course I wanted to take has been cancelled, so now I get to scramble to find something to replace it.

Two more marks

I (unofficially) scored an A+ in Advanced Calculus, and an A in Applied Algebra. Add this to the A in Rings and Fields, and the only unknowns are Nonparametric Stats and Number Theory.

I am pleased.