Grades and Other Musings.

All of my grades are in! I tend to check the site obsessively when the semester is over. The highest grade you can get is an A.

EDC312|Psychology of Learning - A
ENG241|U.S. Literature I - A-
GEO120|Geology of the U.S. National Parks - A
PSC113|Introduction to American Politics - A
PSC274|Criminal Justice System - B+

Which all puts my semester GPA at 3.81. My cumulative GPA is a 3.68. I'd like my cumulative GPA to be a bit higher, but compared to some of my friends' GPAs, I am pleased. While with these friends, I almost feel ashamed to have such a high GPA, but I can never tell why. I work hard for my grades so why not be proud of them and my GPA?

My classes for next semester are as follows:
- Cultural Anthropology
- Introduction to Literary Study
- Topics in Victorian Literature and Culture
- Intermediate French I
- Introduction to International Politics
- Crime and Delinquency

And, of course, orchestra.


I may be starting a small home jewelry business and the problem of picking a name has consumed me for the past three days. I keep wanting to somehow include something court or lawyer related but nothing comes to mind that doesn't sound completely ridiculous. Must keep thinking...

Semester Three - Done!

At about noon today, I finished my last final of my third semester. Which means five more until I am done with college which only leads to three more years of law school.

But the thing that is changing the most between now and January 24th when I return for semester four is that I am loosing my current roommate. We had met through one of the clubs we are in and even after getting to know each other better during the course of a day, I could tell that this year was going to be a vast improvement to my freshman year which, was to say the least, a disaster roommate-wise. Both of us were huge fans of Bones, tended to get to bed by midnight, took school seriously, but also knew when we could dance around the room singing. Needless to say, the past four months have been pure joy.

Well, I had known that she was an alternate resident advisor and could be hired at any time. After being teased with other RA friends telling her she had or hadn't been hired, getting e-mails saying she wasn't hired, and such, she had accepted that we'd be spending spring semester together. This afternoon, one of the graduate assistants that work with the hall directors gave her a call to let her know that she had been hired for spring semester.

Which means, I am now roommate-less. My RA has said that I will probably not be getting another roommate because more people are moving off-campus than on-campus. My problem now is finding out what to do with the room arrangement! Our ceiling is too low to bunk the beds and I really don't see the point in keeping it unless I can lower it to make it a couch situation. The desk is going to go since I don't need two. I also need to buy a microwave, rug, and some furniture for the balcony since those were her's.

I have a month to figure this all out. I'm super excited for her and wish her well with all those freshmen that she will have to deal with for the next four months!!

Too Slow or Too Quickly?

Sometimes I just wish I was already in law school, spending 20 hours a day studying or in class. Other days I even wish I was in the District Attorney's office in New York City.

And then there are days that I'm terrified of law school, that I want to stay in my safe undergraduate studies.

I mean, I know I want to go to law school. Unlike my year as a Secondary Education major, I honestly don't see my dream of being a prosecutor fading away. I could spend all day sitting in my Criminal Justice System class with the other CJ "geeks". Where else could I get excited about the Bill of Rights, talk death penalty in terms of constitutionality, or have someone finish my rambling of the Miranda warnings and be able to cite the Supreme Court case they stemmed from? I'm just hoping that my Crime and Delinquency class next semester proves to be just as entrancing as Criminal Justice has been...

My favorite courtroom drama, The Whole Truth, returned last night with many excited squeals from me. I adore SVU, Bones, and Castle, but I'm more in love with WT since it takes place in the courtroom and goes so far as to show both sides of the case, all the steps involved in building a case.


In other news, I'm still applying for an internship in Washington, D.C. this summer. I'm aiming for one of the district courts or something similar. I draw the line, unless it's my only choice, at interning at a corporate law firm. It's something I've never been interested in and I want this summer to be worthwhile and interesting. My dad has already booked a hotel room around the Fourth of July to visit me over the summer without me knowing if I even have an internship yet! The trust is overwhelming.