It has been a rough week to be a student. As you may recall, I took my midterm exam a couple of weeks ago and I certainly did not feel well about my performance on the test. Since I took it from a remote location (had a proctor overview the process) I did not receive my grade as the rest of the students did.

The instrcutor broke down the grades in class and did mention there were a few students that were in the 50 or less range. Of course, my heart went into extra fast mode KNOWING I was one of them. I did not think I did that bad but somehow, my mind went to that part of the spectrum as soon as he announce the distribution…

I decided to not worry about it since there was little I could do in any case. Even though I told myself to not worry about it, I could not help but to think that I was not going to be happy with my test. Well, I finally got a copy of the test today and I got a ……… — let’s just say that I am not at the bottom of the pile (nor at the top but that is not the point!)

I was happy to see the score, specially since I had left a 10pt answer blank since I did not know the answer. I knew the topic in question but I could not regurgitate the programming examples we were given to get even partial credit.

On another sad-bad-disappointing-nothing I can do about it sort of note, I got a letter from ASU’s Graduate College (on behalf of the Computer Science department) letting me know that my application to the graduate program was denied. I am not sure how to feel about this to be honest, mostly due to my performance in the current class, but I do feel a bit disappointed that I was allowed in.

I knew it was not going to be easy — I am not at WT anymore — but part of me really wanted to get in and be able to start classes this coming January. I guess I can still take a class (which I was planning on doing in any case) and evaluate what I want to be doing. I can always call a favor through my boss, but somehow, I feel that would take away from the whole thing. We’ll see what happens regarding this little situation and I will keep you posted.