Critical Failure: Success

As previously noted, I was rather concerned about my MTH175 final exam. Of course, in accordance with Murphy's Law, the timing of the grade posting did nothing to assuage my fears: the deadline for final grade posting was the Tuesday after Memorial Day at Noon. The MTH175 grade came in about 11:30am on said Tuesday. At that time, I found out the minimum final exam grade for passing the course with a C or better was 50%, and I knew I was well north of there. However, my actual final exam grade was 87%. Woah. That's pretty good, considering how much I had to quickly derive from scratch. Showing your work appears to be worth something. That kept the final course grade above the A threshold. Anyway, the spring term brought A grades across the board; GPA is maintained at 4.0. Whew. Only three more semesters. I find that the longer I go with a 4.0, the more I'm motivated to keep the 4.0. This is a bit of pressure, to say the least, but I think it's a good thing. My laurels are platforms upon which I cannot rest. 'course, when I get that first A-, I'll probably be able to relax a little more ;-)