# College dopers, how'd you do this semester? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668 "2006-12-18T18:51:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/21 "2006-12-19T14:51:19Z")
I haven’t got any results back. The profs haven’t had time to mark the exams and papers yet. Anyway, I’m not even going to try to estimate them; between the paper that was due last Tuesday, two final exams on Thursday and one on Saturday, and then one more today (last one–hooray!), I’m sure I could have done better if things had been scheduled more realistically. But all within one week? Argh! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/22 "2006-12-19T16:31:50Z")
I got an A in Spanish translation, and I’m still waiting on my grade in Computer Assisted Translation, otherwise known as The Incredibly Crappy Class with the Teacher With No Idea How to Teach This Subject and who Set Ridiculous Assignments that were Incredibly Complex and had Nothing to Do with the Goals of the Course and which I Can’t Believe I Missed the Evaluations For because I Had some Choice Words for Him, Let Me Tell You. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/23 "2006-12-19T17:26:38Z")
I’m in graduate school, working on a master’s in English. Got an A in Victorian lit; still waiting to hear about post-modern colonialism. One semester down, three to go. Oh, and a summer seminar. ---
**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/24 "2006-12-19T17:30:42Z")
Still taking the finals. Argh. I’m about halfway done, but I think it’s telling that I’m really looking forward to when I can go home and get all my wisdom teeth pulled. My guess is that I’m gonna end up with a mix of A’s and B’s. I let things slip towards the end of the semester… I pretty much had straight A’s at midterms. Still, I have to survive these next few finals. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/25 "2006-12-19T17:53:36Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] I’m in graduate school, working on a master’s in English. [/QUOTE] Me, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/26 "2006-12-19T18:22:52Z")
I started going back to school this semester. It’s been a while so I took a math class and nothing else. I got a B which isn’t great but not bad either. The cool thing is that A) I figured out how much I need to study and B) I learned early morning classes _DO NOT_ work for me. Another cool thing is that my grades on tests trended up, the early tests were Cs and the later tests were Bs, then As. I am taking another math class next semster, pre-calc\* something or other, I should do better. Slee \*The last time I was in school I was still drinking. I mamnaged to get through calc but I am retaking the earlier classes because a) I didn’t retain much, it is hard to retain info when you are either drunk or hungover all the time and b) I decided that I want a really good grounding in math since I will be taking tons of it. I’ll be in calculus again in the summer. Being clean and sober is making this \*way \* easier. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/27 "2006-12-19T20:23:30Z")
I just had two of my grades posted: Intro to explosives: B Shockwave theory: B+ Still waiting on the results of vibrations… Grad school is fun! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/28 "2006-12-19T22:59:19Z")
Let’s see… Senior design: A- (though my team placed 1st in the competition) Mechanical design: awaiting final grade Internal combustion engines: C (judging by what I’ve heard, this is above class average) Automatic controls: awaiting final grade I’m graduating tomorrow, with no honors at all. (Saved me $20 on the sash, anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![TristramAiblins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@TristramAiblins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TristramAiblins)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/29 "2006-12-19T23:48:20Z")
1st semester freshman here 🙂 Business 101: A Econ 101: B- Computer Literacy: A- Elementary Japanese I: C- Philosophy of Good & Evil: A Combining for a total of 3.125. Bloody 4 credit Japanese class. ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/30 "2006-12-20T00:24:51Z")
I’m only taking one class while I work: U.S. History to 1865. I should get an A but haven’t found out yet. ---
**Author:** ![Yourcompaniescomputerguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecc23a/32.png) [@Yourcompaniescomputerguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yourcompaniescomputerguy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/31 "2006-12-20T00:27:10Z")
Cisco Networking Technology: Router Configuration - A, 93 Fundamentals and Principles of UNIX - A, 91 MS-DOS Fundamentals - A, 97 Fundamentals of Microeconomics - B, 88 Overall my best cumulative semester GPA yet (3.75). My classes weren’t excatly brain-busters though!! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/32 "2006-12-20T04:37:33Z")
Booyah! I pulled out an A- in cardiovascular physiology. My last two exams were a 95, and a 78 (alas, that 78 was the one that counted more.) Though I really shouldn’t be complaing about an A- in that course, since it was bitch-ass hard. It’s a shame my school uses grade modifiers, cause otherwise I’d have a perfect 4.0, but since it does, and an A- is only a 3.67, I only wound up with 3.86. Still in the ‘A’ range, and nothing to sneeze at, but it looks like I’ll never have that elusive 4.0 (well, I suppose I could have a different semester with a 4.0, but my cumalative GPA will never be a 4.0.) ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/33 "2006-12-20T04:54:55Z")
Woops! I guessed all of my classes correctly, except for my CS one. Instead of a B, I had a D. Hooray for the shittiest class I ever hope to take! ---
**Author:** ![Li\_l\_Pluck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee59a6/32.png) [@Li\_l\_Pluck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Li_l_Pluck)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/34 "2006-12-20T11:18:00Z")
[QUOTE=Jayn\_Newell] I dropped out the middle of October. In other words, badly. But I think I really needed a break, so I’m not looking at it as much of a bad thing. [/QUOTE] Yeah, me too, except I failed to realize just how crazy and unsalvagable things were for me until the first week of **December**. This whole working the graveyard shift all week, then going to school for half the day thing is much more difficult on my nearly-37-year-old body than it was on my 29-year-old body. For this–and for other reasons–I’ll be taking a medical leave of absence next semester, and big changes will be made before I return in Fall '07. And yay for you for realizing that you needed a break. Better that than to risk getting F’s, y’know? ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/35 "2006-12-20T13:13:36Z")
I went back to school this semester to get teacher certification in k-12 vocal music. Classes: Elementary Music Methods, Choral Arranging, Choral Conducting, Intro to Learners, Intro to Teaching, Intro to Schools. Straight As. Hopefully I can keep that up. I didn’t realize how hard it would be to go to school while maintaining five jobs and a house. Not to mention having a wife who occasionally enjoys spending time with me. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/36 "2006-12-20T16:31:16Z")
The rest of my grades finally came in today. This was my hardest semester so far, but I managed. 😉 Form: A Orchestration: A 20th Century Music to 1945: A Improvisation: A Performance: A Composition Practicum: A French Grammar and Composition: A (I’m a junior majoring in music composition and minoring in Spanish and French.) ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/37 "2006-12-20T19:41:35Z")
[QUOTE=Misnomer] Me, too. 🙂 [/QUOTE] If I never hear talk of the Carlylean hero or pattern of conversion again, it’ll be too soon. BTW, second grade just came in. It’s an A. I’m like a supercharged Chevy muscle car because _IROC_! ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/38 "2006-12-20T19:43:50Z")
[QUOTE=Pygmy Rugger] I just had two of my grades posted: Intro to explosives: B Shockwave theory: B+ Still waiting on the results of vibrations… Grad school is fun! [/QUOTE] I think I speak for everyone when I say we are very happy to see you doing well in school. I have no idea what you’re going to do with the degree, but if you’re taking classes like “Intro to explosives” and “Shockwave theory,” we hope you do very well, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/39 "2006-12-20T20:29:25Z")
Don’t know. We have a weird schedule where after break we have another week to study, and the finals starting Janurary 14. Writing up final paper for English right now, which is being rather obstinate. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668/40 "2006-12-20T20:52:00Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] If I never hear talk of the Carlylean hero or pattern of conversion again, it’ll be too soon. [/QUOTE] Oh, I’m not a lit major. Sorry, I probably should have specified that. 😃 I do have to take some lit classes, but my program is Professional Writing & Editing. > [@](#): > > I’m like a supercharged Chevy muscle car because _IROC_! That made me laugh out loud. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-dopers-howd-you-do-this-semester/384668.md?page=3)