Sunday 4 November 2012

Halfway Point

It's about halfway through the term. And I have a general feeling about how well I've done this term:

Aging: ~B
Cognitive: ~B
Conservation: ~A
Social Influence: ~B

This is roughly a B+  or 3.3. That's generally how well I've done in my previous terms. But at the moment there's only one word that rings in my mind.


As I've mentioned before, I'm trying to get into Speech and Langauge Pathology. However, it appears the program has gotten a lot more competitive over the years. If you want to stand a chance, you should have a GPA of 3.7 or an A-.

So as you can see, a 3.3 isn't going to be good enough to get me in. I don't expect myself to get A's in all my courses, but at least an A- so I have a fighting chance.

I have to kick things up a notch.

Bam!

All hope is not lost yet. I still need to write the GRE at the end of the month and I really should start studying for it soon. I also should start looking to work or volunteer with something SLP related. Not only will it give me vital experience, but I could use a second job. Especially next term when my schedule will be even more light.

My only saving grace for my GPA at the moment is apparently they only care about your grades for the last 2 years that you were in school. In other words, with a bit more work my disastrous 3 year grades will suddenly become invalid, like they never existed at all.

Seriously though, if that year even touches the rest of my GPA I'll drop to a B-.

Replace Homer with some bad grades and you get the idea.

My last hope is that a lot of my remaining marks for my courses are in the form of papers and projects. Wish me luck on them, I need all I can get.

21 comments:

  1. Sending lucky, positive thoughts your way. I wish you the very best as I have had those Homer-esque moments all too often myself.

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  2. Good work DWei, the GPA system is alien to me!

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  3. I think that you're doing great in all honesty Damien, I'd be very proud of those grades although I can understand why you'd want to do better. I also think that you're being over critical of yourself too in all honesty, I'm sure that you're doing better than you think buddy, just keep up the faith and the hard work and you'll be rewarded accordingly I'm sure of it.

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  4. Yes, good luck with that. You are going to have your work cut out for you but if you want it bad enough you can do it.

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  5. Good luck, I hope you get the grades you want!

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  6. Good luck, school is away better than working!

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  7. Oh, the Simpsons back when it was good. That picture made me laugh out loud.

    Look at the bright side, you're trying to work up from a B to an A. At least you're not trying to work up from a C or even worse a D. You're almost there, just step it up a bit. Good luck!

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  8. Good luck, you can get that .4 of a point, if all else fails, rhyme, you'll confuse them and they'll just give an A lol or maybe not.

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  9. yep, Demian, son, you need to work harder if you want to earn some benefits in the future, especially in the field of psychology which demands dedication, passion and hard work.

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  10. Buckle in and study hard and thing positive. Good luck!

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  11. Do you need me to work in a bribe or two for you? I can slip a twenty to your professors, all smooth-like... ;P

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  12. Good luck!!! You're a determined guy, I know you can do it!

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  13. Good luck! I think you are being too hard on yourself. If you have to have that high of a GPA, that is an amazingly competitive program.

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  14. keep trying hard who knows you may get a+

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  15. I was just thinking how great those grades were.. and then Bam!

    Good luck. It's not too difficult, you can achieve it!

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  16. Good luck, it's sounds like you need almost perfect grades to do what you want to do, and that's tough.

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  17. last time I felt like that I made presidents list.

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  18. I am wishing you all the luck! I am sure you will do fine though!!

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  19. Good luck with everything! xxx

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