So close I can taste it
Today I completed probably the longest assignment ever for my undergraduate career. If you include the title page, visuals, content (that itself was about 25 pages, 5 over the minimum requirement), and 2 appendixes, I wound up with a good 40 pages that the stapler enjoyed for lunch this afternoon. I've been attempting to decide if I want to complete 2 late assignments for the same class, as surely if I did, I would be guaranteed a B in the class unless for some reason my professor thinks my paper is not B or A work (which is extremely unlikely, imo). If I don't do those assignments, I could be bordering on a C, which is all I need to graduate anyway, but I'm wondering if I should just try ...
Then there is the final for my graduate ENG 518 course. Tried this class 4 years ago and failed. Final project + lack of attendance killed me and I gave up. This semester, how ever, I have been completely killing the class in the face and enjoying it immensely. Observe my current grades:
Data/register analysis assignments (2@5 points, 1@10 points) = 5 + 10 + 5 = 20 (full credit)
Midterm exam = 14.84 out of 15
Final project/paper in 3 parts (proposal 3 points, annotated bibliography 7 points, paper 20) = 2.5 + 6.5 + ? (thus far missing only 1 point)
Attendance and participation = ? out of 10 points
Final exam = ? out of 25 points
As can be seen here, the work I have done that has been graded is only missing about 1.2 points. 1.2 points!! Jeebus. Attendance worries me the most. Prof. did not specify how many points she takes off after the allotted 3 missed absences ... if she has been properly marking down my missed days, she should have 6 or 7 in total. I am hoping that the discussion leading presentation (full 75 minute class period of talking about assigned research article and leading class discussion), which I destroyed - in the best way possible - will make up for me not being there.
I talk to Prof. about the issue and as she is the kind of person that doesn't like to guarantee x-y-z grades, she was saying in the most vague way that if I do well (i.e. the same kind of work I've already put out) on the final paper and midterm, my chances for an A in the course are "plausible."
But just, for the sake of argument, let's say that Prof. is not going to be so lenient and takes off 3 points for missed attendance. Add that up with the minimal points I have lost on assignments and the midterm and that puts me at 4.2 points off. That means I can miss about 6 more points and still get an A in the class. I currently have 43.84 points out of 45 (which is a 97%), and I need to have between 45 and 46 out of the remaining 55 points in order to maintain an A. Can I do it? Gawd I'm hoping so because I don't expect to do as well on the final as on the midterm, simply because I haven't been able to spend 3 days straight in the library going over everything. Instead, I get 1 day. I am disappointed in my 13 classmates that no one responded to the emails I sent on dana and Vista about trying to do study groups. I am also amused because the majority of them complained a lot about the midterm being a) too difficult and b) too long (i.e. not enough time to complete). I am pretty sure everyone in my class turned in their midterm corrections so they could receive credit back. I am the only one who didn't. C'mon, I only missed 0.16 points! How ridiculous is that? ah ha ha. Needless to say, I am rather proud of my accomplishment, as I suppose is warranted considering I fucked up royally 4 years ago.
Alright ... so I just gotta rally myself and get through the exam, and hope that Prof. really likes my paper (I thought I did a good job on it and fulfilled all the grading requirements, but who knows what she'll think ... she has obviously liked my written work thus far). After that is finished, I can breathe and try to let sink in the reality of my undergraduate career finally being over.
And Chris! Gonna be seeing him in a day and a half! Excitement ^_^
Here goes nothin' ... /zoom/
Then there is the final for my graduate ENG 518 course. Tried this class 4 years ago and failed. Final project + lack of attendance killed me and I gave up. This semester, how ever, I have been completely killing the class in the face and enjoying it immensely. Observe my current grades:
Data/register analysis assignments (2@5 points, 1@10 points) = 5 + 10 + 5 = 20 (full credit)
Midterm exam = 14.84 out of 15
Final project/paper in 3 parts (proposal 3 points, annotated bibliography 7 points, paper 20) = 2.5 + 6.5 + ? (thus far missing only 1 point)
Attendance and participation = ? out of 10 points
Final exam = ? out of 25 points
As can be seen here, the work I have done that has been graded is only missing about 1.2 points. 1.2 points!! Jeebus. Attendance worries me the most. Prof. did not specify how many points she takes off after the allotted 3 missed absences ... if she has been properly marking down my missed days, she should have 6 or 7 in total. I am hoping that the discussion leading presentation (full 75 minute class period of talking about assigned research article and leading class discussion), which I destroyed - in the best way possible - will make up for me not being there.
I talk to Prof. about the issue and as she is the kind of person that doesn't like to guarantee x-y-z grades, she was saying in the most vague way that if I do well (i.e. the same kind of work I've already put out) on the final paper and midterm, my chances for an A in the course are "plausible."
But just, for the sake of argument, let's say that Prof. is not going to be so lenient and takes off 3 points for missed attendance. Add that up with the minimal points I have lost on assignments and the midterm and that puts me at 4.2 points off. That means I can miss about 6 more points and still get an A in the class. I currently have 43.84 points out of 45 (which is a 97%), and I need to have between 45 and 46 out of the remaining 55 points in order to maintain an A. Can I do it? Gawd I'm hoping so because I don't expect to do as well on the final as on the midterm, simply because I haven't been able to spend 3 days straight in the library going over everything. Instead, I get 1 day. I am disappointed in my 13 classmates that no one responded to the emails I sent on dana and Vista about trying to do study groups. I am also amused because the majority of them complained a lot about the midterm being a) too difficult and b) too long (i.e. not enough time to complete). I am pretty sure everyone in my class turned in their midterm corrections so they could receive credit back. I am the only one who didn't. C'mon, I only missed 0.16 points! How ridiculous is that? ah ha ha. Needless to say, I am rather proud of my accomplishment, as I suppose is warranted considering I fucked up royally 4 years ago.
Alright ... so I just gotta rally myself and get through the exam, and hope that Prof. really likes my paper (I thought I did a good job on it and fulfilled all the grading requirements, but who knows what she'll think ... she has obviously liked my written work thus far). After that is finished, I can breathe and try to let sink in the reality of my undergraduate career finally being over.
And Chris! Gonna be seeing him in a day and a half! Excitement ^_^
Here goes nothin' ... /zoom/