Merry Christmas from the Bedlam on Baltic Avenue!

I am so stoked. I found out just today that my grade in IS 380 changed...drastically. Last Spring, my grade for the Database Management course was a D. This semester, I checked Beachboard for my final grade. At that point, I knew that I had a B in IS 445 (ASP.net) and a C in MGMT 425 (Business Strategy and Policy, the capstone course of the undergraduate path). So I clicked on IS 380 section under My Grades, and I saw that next to my grade, it had a letter "A". My voice was already spent from watching the women's basketball team defeat Washington State a few days ago.
I pumped my fist, and told my mom about the news. She was surprised. Actually, she told one of her friends that I already got the A...ahead of it being official. Originally, I wanted to retake the course to get another crack at the Semester Project. Turns out, not only did I get an 86-point turnaround, but the average for the final was a paltry 54 points. I got a 79. Normally, this would give me a B. However, thanks to the curve, I ended up getting the A anyway. That D will be stricken from the record. And that is with two more courses whose instructors have yet to give me their grades.

One of them is IS 484, the Electronic Commerce course. Now I am a bit worries about this, because I don't know if I kicked major butt on this final exam. I did very poor on the midterm and the quizzes. If I got a high score on the final, this has to be at least a C or higher, preferably a B. The other course that I have yet to get the final grade is MKTG 437, the Internet Marketing course. Even if I got a perfect on the Group Project, I still would be getting the B due to bombing the third midterm. It's similar to the IS 445 scenario, because even if I got a perfect on the final project there, I still would have a B due to not pulling my weight on the midterm.

If those two courses are indeed B grades, then I have a 3.0 for the semester, and at least a 3.1 GPA. I don't want to jinx myself, though, but I do know that one of the goals for this Final Push that I touted at the beginning of the semester had already been done.

I would like to take the time to wish you guys a happy holiday, season's greetings, and a prosperous new year.