DarqByte

My inaugural MBA semester is over. I took one final last week in Stats because Organizational Behavior did not require a final unless you wanted to take it. Today, I got my grades.

Aced, bitches! I aced both classes! Boo-yah!

I am very happy with this result. I went into this degree with the intention of doing as good as I possibly could. I want to continue my trend of increasing my GPA at each new higher level of learning. My unweighted high school GPA was 3.4 (weighted, it was over 4). My undergraduate GPA was 3.56. And now I’m starting off my graduate GPA with a stunning 4.0!

Granted, it’s only two courses. It might be more of an achievement if I was taking a full load of four courses. The mitigating factors here are that I’m also working full time and I’m married. I want to actually spend time with my wife. That, and since it’s graduate-level courses, I want to really be able to apply my time and thought towards the course material. This is stuff I really want to learn.

So I’m tooting my own horn here, and rightfully so! I don’t do it often enough. Well here you go, the reasons why I absolutely rock right now!

1. I had a 2 1/2 year gap between undergraduate and graduate courses. Significant layoff, and I still performed! Time off an be a killer because the longer you’re in school, the more of a rhythm you get into.
2. My graduate degree isn’t in the same field as my undergraduate degree, let alone my current job.
3. The Stats course is basically the filter course for the MBA program. It knocks people out that are unworthy.

And I friggin’ aced them both! Hell yeah! Obviously I’d love to aim for a 4.0 GPA after I’m done and get my degree, but I’ll settle for better than a 3.56. Honestly, I’ll settle for getting the degree regardless of the GPA, but as a personal challenge to myself, I want to get a 4.0.