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Summer school update, yo!

Well, I did my study abroad in Italy which was all kinds of amazing even if I didn’t get any A’s out of it… I got a B in art history, which I am just going to take and run because my professor was evil evil evil. But I knew this about him already since I had him before and got a D. So hopefully, HOPEFULLY this B can replace that D. I hope so. And I’m pretty sure I got a B in drawing… I didn’t put in enough time or effort to get an A. If I do get an A I will be very surprised.

Anyway, second summer session and I did really surprisingly well! I got an A in ComDes I (yeah, I had to retake it since I got a C and that’s not allowed to graduate). So that’s replacing my C which has done wonders to my GPA! And by some miracle I got a B in astronomy! I really do not know how I managed to pull that off since my grades were so unbelievably scattered. On the tests I had 2 C’s, 1 F, and 1 A. So I really have no clue how I managed a B. But again, I’m going to take it and run because I didn’t like that professor much either. I loved my ComDes professor though, she was freaking awesome. Seriously one of the best professors I’ve ever had.

Anyway… next semester will be interesting! Ceramics I, Advanced Typography, Book Design, and Health Psychology. I signed up for Industrial Psych also but it doesn’t seem to be showing up on my schedule but whatever. I won’t be too torn up if I’m not actually in it.

Semester in a nutshell:

Art History – Did really well at the beginning and kind of lost it towards the end. Got a B.

Multimedia – My professor was a total douche. I got an 89 and he wouldn’t give me the point I needed to get an A. I redid my last project twice and then he finally gave me the point because I bugged him so much. So I got an A. He’s still a douche though.

Editorial Illustration – B. I could have possibly gotten an A but I was so frazzled at the end of the semester that I couldn’t bring myself to spend all the time redoing all my projects.

Adolescent Psychology – A!! I worked super hard for this grade. I did a bunch of extra credit and when that didn’t bring it up to an A, I studied my ass off to get the grades I needed on the last test and the final to get the A. It was kind of an amazing feeling.

Geology – C. It all went downhill after the first test. Just everything, even the lab which I had been doing so well in it. Turns out rock/mineral identification, though boring, is the easiest effing thing in the subject.

But overall a good semester. Best semester I’ve had since I transferred. So that’s something!

My extra credit wasn’t enough to bump up my C, which was very disappointing.

Semester so far has been pretty decent! I didn’t do so well on my first adolescent psych test but there is a TON of extra credit opportunities that I am going to take advantage of. And I totally did AWESOME on my first geology test! I got an 88 and the class average was around a 71! I feel super smart. The only test I don’t know how I did on was art history and I should find out some time next week. I feel really great about the multiple choice part of the test but not the essay. And I’m not sure how I’ve done on my current art projects, I’m supposed to find out about one of them next week.

Hopefully this will be a good semester and I’ll get mostly A’s! I’m shooting for A’s but B’s would be okay.

End of the semester and I did pretty good!

I got B’s in all of my classes except one. I totally bombed my abnormal psychology class. I just emailed her though to see if she added the extra credit I did, because I don’t think she did. And so hopefully if she adds my extra credit then I’ll get a B in the class, cause it is a high C.

Next semester should be good/hopefully easy. I’m taking: geology, history of modern art, multimedia I, editorial illustration, and adolescent psychology.

I’m off to a fantastic start this semester. Well, not fantastic. But it is considerably better than I have been doing. I just got an 89 on my first abnormal psych test. An 84 on my personality psych test and a 78 (boo) on my first communications test. And I think I’m doing relatively well in my art classes. So this is going great!

So we’re about a month into the new semester. My classes require a LOT of work. I’m struggling some to keep up with all of my reading.

ComesDes III – My typography class is freaking awesome. It is really interesting and the projects are fun and I think I’ll do okay in this class!
ComDes IV – My poster design class is okay. I’m not exactly thrilled about designing posters. But I think I should do okay.
Communications – Stupid freaking required speech class. I have to give two speeches. Not looking forward to it. But my professor is super funny. So class is at least interesting.
Personality Psych – It is really boring thus far. We’ve gone over research methods and different types of data. It is basically a summary of the book… which is dullllll. But I think I’ll do pretty well because the information isn’t that hard to remember.
Abnormal Psych – It is slowly getting more interesting. We’re going to start learning about all of the disorders soon. It will be pretty easy I think because this topic really interests me and I’ve done a lot of outside reading so I already know most of what we’re covering.

I got Bs in my philosophy and government classes for summer I! So that’s good! Even though it doesn’t really bring up my GPA all that much. Hopefully will be doing loads better next semester and I can get my GPA above a 3.0 again.

So I am doing pretty well in my Government and Philosophy classes. I’ve got a really good shot at getting an A in government. I just have to get a 94 on the final, which I think is doable! And then I will most likely get a B in Philosophy because I messed up and got a C on the last test. Though it is possible for me to get an A, I think. I don’t know what my quiz/participation grades are so I can’t really figure it out. But yeah. YAY!

Grades were posted today. No real surprises.

Intro to Psych – I got a freaking 60 on the final so I got a B in the class. I would have done better on the final if it hadn’t only been 15 questions long. I mean seriously… stupidest thing ever.
Art History – D. No surprises since I pretty much only made Ds on the tests.
Algebra – Well… despite retaking 2 tests (he wouldn’t let me retake all 3) and doing all the homework and going to class and going to extra lessons and doing lots of practice problems I got a flipping D. Thank god it is my only math class I have to take.
3-D Design – I was really off on this one. I thought I was going to get a B but got a C instead. Cause my last couple of projects didn’t go so well. Oh well.
ComDes II – B. No surprise there. Because I didn’t put much effort into my projects. And he said that since it was his last semester teaching no one was going to get lower than a B. I really needed an A… but I guess I will just have to work my ass off to get As in my next two ComDes classes next semester.

Going to summer school. Am determined to get As to make up for such a crappy semester. Am taking Functions of American Government and Philosophy.

So. The semester is at an end. Or close to one. And I haven’t written much about my classes.

Intro to Psych – My grade can go any which way at this point. We’ve only had one test. Which I got a B on. So depending on how I do on the next test and the final I could either get an A or fail. Who knows. But I’m really shooting for an A.
Art History – This class is killing me and my GPA. I’ve got a D in it. And since we are running so far behind we aren’t going to have 6 tests like planned. So I only have 2 more tests to bring up my grade.
Algebra – I’m doing the homework, I’m going to class. I just really suck at math. My other D class that I really need to raise my grade. We’ve got one more test and then a final. And I think we can retake one or two tests so I’m planning on doing that. I think this can be raised to a C or a B depending on how well I do on the rest of the homework and tests.
3-D Design – This class seems to be going well. I think I’m going to get an A or B.
ComDes II – I honestly have no clue when it comes to this class because we haven’t gotten our first project back. Well, we’re supposed to get it tonight. Hopefully it will be an A. I really need an A.