So back when the semester first ended I was meaning to make a thread about how awesome the semester was and how much I changed thanks to the new school but I never got around to it, but then I went and saw my grades today and I figured I might as well share it now.

This was my first semester at a new small college after doing two semesters at a giant university and it completely changed me. When class first started, I despised going to English, the very first English class, I just wanted to get it over with, in my old school I did so bad in the class that I officially failed so early I was able to withdraw from it with no penalty.

This English class turned out to be one of the most fun classes ever, heck I had more friends in this one class than I had in all of high school. My Tuesday/Thursday block was amazing with Recreation and English and I started to dislike my Wednesday block with Sports facility class and Sports sociology. The Wednesday classes didnt really do anything for me but the Tuesday/Thursday ones changed everything, whether it was the people, the lessons, or just what the pros said, it was all a blast, and yes, a girl asked me for my email.

For the Wednesday Block, we had 10 weekly Homeworks, I did the first one on time and went all the way to three days before the final without doing the rest and all of my essays and papers were at least two weeks late. For Soc, I did so bad on my midterm that the prof refused to grade it, and I missed half the homeworks. For the soc class the only things I really did were our group final, a regular final in which I did ALL studying on the way to the final, didnt even open up my textbook for the first time until the day of the final, and I also showed the prof one paper I did in my last college and one paper I did for my English final.

Even though I gave in all my Wednesday morning papers two weeks late, and the prof said they will be marked down for being late, I still managed to get 2 hundreds and a 95 for them. I did the rest of the homework the last day of class and figured if I get full credit on the HW and get at least an 80 on the final I could get an A for the class. I got to the final almost an hour late, it was 70 multiple choice questions and 10 essay questions, and it turns out I bought the wrong textbook and didn't know most of the stuff.

For English, I got an A- on all 3 essays so I figured that would be my best class, though like wednesday class, I didn't do a single Homework, and did all of them just an hour before the final class. For my other Tuesday/Thursday class I also missed the final by half an hour and dint know half the stuff off the top of my head.

So all in all I wasn't expecting to get anything better than an A- and for the Soc class I was hoping to get a C+ or a B-. I was shocked to look online to see my grades that I got a full A in ALL 4 classes. In my old school, my first semester GPA was 3.12 and in the second semester it was like a 2.3 and my overall GPA at that school was like a 2.7. Getting a full 4.0 was 100% unexpected, and I was having a blast in this amazing place well before I learned I was actually doing well.

I've seen quite a few of your threads about college so I understand what you've went through and I'm proud of you for doing an outstanding job in all your classes!  I can't imagine going through a semester like that one. Hopefully you can keep up the great work and keep vizzed updated on your journey through college! Also, I'm glad to hear you're having a blast there.

Yes, that sounds like a crazy semester. Glad to know you did well though. Have fun/do good in your next semester lol.

From how hectic college can get, I'm glad to hear you prevailed and secured good marks around the board.

I hope your success continues into the next semester(s).

Boxia : Thanks, the semester did really change my mind about how I want to do things next semester, you know, like more being online and stuff.

Yes I clearly remember the craziness of your semester during last Tour de Vizzed. I'm glad it ended up (surprisingly?) good for you! 

So what's next? More school? A job? College? I hope you fare less painfully in your next endeavor

janus : Both, more school and a job. I start the job on Monday actually and once in done with that its back to school. Thanks to all the bad stuff that happened, it might take me 3 and a half years to get my 2 year degree.

zanderlex : Ouch... If that might be any consolation, I believe a minority finish their degree within the required times. In my family, I was the only one to finish a bachelor within the "normal" time, and not with spectacular results. If it's still possible, make sure the next classes you take have good results to boost your GPA, which is usually what employers look at

janus : You were able to get a bachelors degree at all. I finished my first year of my bachelors degree and then had to stop and go for the 2 year degree instead. So I actually started my 2 year school AFTRR a year and a half of college.

zanderlex : I did the same thing for college (we call it cégep here; it's between high school and a bachelor degree). I had started in pure an applied science but realized 2 years in that it wasn't for me. So instead of keeping the torture I switched to social sciences and only did an extra trimester (I would have done 2.5 years with applied sciences... if everything had gone well).