get better grades

saying this is done feels really good. total improvement: 1.02. oddly enough, the best part about this wasn’t getting better grades- it was that i took a different approach that paid off and seems to be working. now i have to see about getting my GPA to where i really want it to be.

my last exam is on august 20th. i’m not at all prepared, and think it could easily go quite poorly.
in other news, i compared my current gpa with last august’s and noticed it had increased by about 0.6. not bad, and definitely qualifies as “better”, but i’m still going to wait until after this last exam to check this goal off.
new goal will be to raise it by about 0.5 by this time next year. i want a “fresh start” for this year knowing that my grades improved, i got into my 1st choice program, and this will help with something else i’m looking into.

A- on my calculus midterm. i hope i can keep this up for the next few weeks. it’s too hot to do math and i really need a drink. a lot.

to finish this goal, all that standing in my way is:

-mastering classes in c++,
-catching up on half a semester of calculus in 6 days, and
-learning almost an entire semester of linear algebra in two weeks.

sounds doable.

this was a “practice” semester.

i’ll report back in the spring with better news.

i took the last and next week off from work to catch up on homework and staying on top of my course load. not sure if it will work, but it feels like it’s helping. didn’t help too much with my physics mid-terms last week, but algebra went alright. now for the fun stuff-getting ready for a calculus mid-term next week.

...until a new start. and no mid-semester slack-off this time around.

this semester brings a tutor, punctuality, finished homework, perseverance, and better grades.