It's done!!

And with that the semester is officially over. Grades will be posted on Friday. 

That final went better than I expected it to. At the very least I know I didn't fail it. I answered all the questions completely, so it's a major improvement over the midterm. And I think I did well enough to pass the class. Phew. I guess that's what a week of absolutely nothing but studying does. 

Tomorrow will be spent cleaning and packing. And Wednesday will be spent on planes and in airports. And then I'll be home!!!

Finals and "Holiday" Parties...

So, had my final project presentation for my programming class last night. It went really well. We had to use the skills we learned this semester to retrieve and analyze data. Patrick and I did our project on weekly fantasy football: we gathered the weekly player stats and then tried to make a winning team. It was a lot of fun and turned out great. The presentation went well, and the class and the professor loved it. We were worried our presentation wouldn't be long enough, but we didn't take into account that some people (like the professor) didn't even know what fantasy football was. Now all that's left to do is sit through another week of presentations (we were unlucky? or is that lucky? and got assigned the first week of presentations). And then of course there's the waiting for our grade...

Now only statistics remains...

Today was the "holiday" party for the business school's graduate programs.

Well first there was the text mining workshop. It easily wins best Friday Lab event of the semester. :)

Afterwards a few of us, myself and those who didn't want to brave Friday rush hour traffic in Atlanta, all hung out together, killing time until the party. Amanda had brought a set of poker chips, because Mia wanted to learn how to play. So the three of us, along with Aida and Myanka, played a few rounds. We went up to the party, but it was lame and the promised food hadn't arrived yet. After waiting for a bit, we dragged the rest of our classmates who were there (Chris, Lisa, and Jennifer) back down to our floor and played more poker. It won't surprise any of you from home that I didn't play, choosing instead to be the dealer. After about an hour of Texas Hold Em, we went back up to the party. The food had arrived, but wasn't set out yet. We waited, but it took half an hour for them to get it together. @_@ 

So the official party was a bust, but the "real party" was pretty awesome. Awesome enough for a blog post anyway. ;) I had a great time hanging out with everyone. 

Also: last night's Packers game!!! OMG!!! Down by twenty, then pulling out a win at the very end! 😵 A touchdown run in by Rodgers himself! And that final 61-yard Hail Mary! From Rodgers to Rodgers. I love the poetry of that quarterback-receiver pairing. It's just so fun to say. :) I bet the Lions are ready to kill the guy who caused the penalty that gave the Packers that extra play after time ran out... 

Anyway... Atlanta weather is fabulous! It was 70 degrees here on Black Friday! It's cooled down a little since then, but I'm loving the warmth! And definitely not missing having to bundle up!

Down to three classes left: stats on Monday, programming on Thursday, and then the stats final exam on the 14th. Still managed to have a ton of homework and studying to do though. :/

And then I get to go home for break!

@>#%$@%€!!!!!

So... Got my midterm grades... It's not good...

I got a 92 on the programming midterm. Which is good. Except that the posting of the scores was accompanied by an email from the professor that pretty much implied that we did so well on the exam that he's going to grade our final projects much more strictly. @_@

And then there's stats... Which I'm sure you remember me complaining about last week. (Or at least I think I complained about it, I don't remember if I actually posted that or not.) Anyway here's how awful it was: 

Highest Grade: 89

Class Average: 37

And we're the "elite" program, the top students in the business school. -_-

I got a 55. 

What the fuck. <- There, that's how pissed I am. I'm actually swearing without censoring it. 

We spent the entire class today going over the answers to the exam. Every section of every problem had someone arguing with the professor about it.

I'd go into more detail about how awful it was, but I just want to put it behind me and forget about it. But before I do I will say this, probably redundantly as it's my biggest complaint: I have a math degree with a concentration in statistics, I should not be failing an introductory class because it's too hard. 

😡😰😱😡😤😖😡😨😱😰😱😤😤😤

I'm done now. Good night. 

Here's some more school news!

Programming midterm. Yay. @_@

More specifically: a handwritten exam for a class that's entirely computer based. Wth? 

Also: the start of a major exam is the perfect time to notice that you've let your fingernails get too long to hold a pencil properly. >.< As if I needed something else to make my hand hurt. @_@

Anyway... The exam was easier than I was expecting, but there were a couple "wait I was supposed to be able to write an essay on that concept?" questions.

>:(

Overall I think I did well. But now comes the waiting...

Speaking of waiting: I got an A- in my database class. 

Overall we're a little frustrated with that prof. He hit the grade deadline or something, and gave everyone the exact same grade on the research papers we did. @_@

Got my class schedule for next semester. It's going to be interesting. But right now the priority is passing this semester. Stats midterm on Monday. Yay. @_@

October 13th

Long time no see! Lol. In case you couldn't tell, I got tired of writing "I went to class and did homework". I also haven't eaten anywhere interesting lately. :/ And the Packers are still winning, even if Rodgers lost his no interception streak. ;)

But today is different. Kinda. 

Today was the final exam of my database management class. I finished about forty five minutes before time was up, then hung out in the lounge till everyone else finished. Con to finishing that much ahead of everyone: the professor already had my exam graded. Gah. 😨 I have to wait till Friday for my score like everyone else, but he said that I did good, so at least it's not going to be an awful wait. :/ Except that we also turned in our group research papers today. And McDonald has the rep of being the hardest professor on plagiarism. Not that I would plagiarize, but it's still stressful to think about. 

Signing off now. You'll next hear from me when I get my exam and paper grades. Probably. 

It's been a while... (9/25-29)

...but I'm too tired to even try to remember what's happened the past few days. 😴

Got a B on my midterm. Better than I thought I did, though I did make a couple rather stupid mistakes. @_@

And the Packers won yesterday!

Other than that it's pretty much been nothing but homework and class and the occasional tv show when I just can't focus anymore. Maybe the mayhem will die down in two weeks once my database class ends. But probably not. >.< Plus it's just going to be chaos until then, so there's really no point in thinking that far ahead. 😔

Good night. Maybe I'll be in a better mood for writing tomorrow. 

September 23-24

Again. @_@ The app just crashed and erased my almost finished draft. @_@ It's especially annoying since today's barely worth writing about to begin with. @_@

Yesterday I did homework. Today I did homework and went to class. I had fun hanging out with my classmates. 

My right hand and wrist have been bothering me for the last two days. I'm hoping it's just strained from the midterm on Tuesday, since I haven't done much writing like that since I broke it. But still when it hurts to use the mouse and all the homework is on the computer, I have to wonder if I might just be making it worse...

That's it. End of chapter. Goodnight.