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My Swedish grade is in: 90%, an A+! An A+ is 90%+, and last term I was very disappointed with my 88%. A good grade, but not an A+. So this term my goal was to get an A+, but I was worried that I would miss the mark again, especially since I failed a quiz because of stupid microbiology. The class average for this term was 80%, and it was 83% ( Read more... )

Here are some photos that I took yesterday in the lab.


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TODAY IS THE LAST DAY IN THE LAB!!!!

( First semester of microbiology. )

I spent 8 hours in the lab today, only to inadvertently find out that the protocol I had been doing was incorrect, rendering today's data completely useless, and that I must now do a lot of calculations for tomorrow, and now do four times more work on an already lengthy protocol.

( I was not happy. )

I HATE MICROBIOLOGY!

My MICB 418 class (Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology) had an optional midterm. In addition to the mandatory midterm in February and the final exam, there is an option to write a second midterm. If you only write the first midterm and the final, the midterm is worth 30% of your grade, and the final worth 70%. If you write the second ( Read more... )

Today I had one last lab report due, worth half of our lab grade. It was done with a partner, and due to circumstances that were not entirely my fault, I had to stay up all night, frantically working on it. (I don't understand how the young kids can pull 'all-nighters'--I guess it's because they're young and full of energy, while I'm just old and ( Read more... )

This week has been brutal! (I am so looking forward to being in Hawaii for the next two weeks!) This week I will have had two midterms (one was on Monday, the other one is tomorrow) and a lab report due. The lab report is due tomorrow (so unfortunately I haven't been able to study as much as I would have liked for my second midterm), and about ( Read more... )