Proof that Scripps IT = wankers; also, grades
Last year, Scripps students could figure out their grades early. The GPA calculator on the portal would update as grades were uploaded, even before they were formally published.
This year, the GPA calculator was gone. I had my suspicions about why this might be so, but there was no proof. Perhaps the calculator broke. Perhaps they moved to a different portal version that didn't have it. I couldn't know.
However, today my inner cynic proved correct. Grades went up and--surprise--the GPA calculator was back, too! The Scripps IT folks actually went to the trouble of taking the calculator down during the few weeks before grades, then putting it back up today. And for what? To make sure Scrippsies stressed about grades for as long as humanly possible! Best use of time I'd ever heard of!...
...Espèces des sales cafards...
I'm quite pleased with the grades themselves, though.
Core III: Jazzlines: A-
CS 5: A
Intro to Comparative Politics: A-
Intro to Media Studies: A-
I was expecting a thorough smattering of Bs, considering my Media Studies midterm grade... Further proof that writing a paper is like going on a mystical spirit journey: extreme sleep deprivation, hunger, and/or consumption of certain substances* are the keys to success!
By the way, the below song is pretty darn cool. They were playing it on the Current the other day, and I was like, "That sounds awesome." Then I found out Mr. Lekman makes it available for free on his website. Go download. Yay for semi-emo Swedish people!
*Don't worry, just caffeine. None of my papers this semester were BS to the extent that I'd be tempted to consume anything worse than that...
This year, the GPA calculator was gone. I had my suspicions about why this might be so, but there was no proof. Perhaps the calculator broke. Perhaps they moved to a different portal version that didn't have it. I couldn't know.
However, today my inner cynic proved correct. Grades went up and--surprise--the GPA calculator was back, too! The Scripps IT folks actually went to the trouble of taking the calculator down during the few weeks before grades, then putting it back up today. And for what? To make sure Scrippsies stressed about grades for as long as humanly possible! Best use of time I'd ever heard of!...
...Espèces des sales cafards...
I'm quite pleased with the grades themselves, though.
Core III: Jazzlines: A-
CS 5: A
Intro to Comparative Politics: A-
Intro to Media Studies: A-
I was expecting a thorough smattering of Bs, considering my Media Studies midterm grade... Further proof that writing a paper is like going on a mystical spirit journey: extreme sleep deprivation, hunger, and/or consumption of certain substances* are the keys to success!
By the way, the below song is pretty darn cool. They were playing it on the Current the other day, and I was like, "That sounds awesome." Then I found out Mr. Lekman makes it available for free on his website. Go download. Yay for semi-emo Swedish people!
*Don't worry, just caffeine. None of my papers this semester were BS to the extent that I'd be tempted to consume anything worse than that...