All grades in

The term's final grades came out yesterday morning. The only one I didn't already know was the research pseudo-class. It would have been wise to discuss expectations and grading at the beginning of the semester, but apparently I did what they wanted and was assigned an A. I received A's in all other courses as well.

Exam results coming in

The MCB exam I took yesterday morning already got scored: I only missed two questions, for a 97%. I knew the machine-graded results of the CS exam before leaving the testing center: 93%, which should increase to about 98% after the human-assessed scores are determined. The chemistry exam was a scantron, so it should be ready pretty soon, but differential equations was mostly free response, which will take a while to grade.

Back home

This morning, I took the final exam for MCB. It was pretty easy and I finished with plenty of time to spare, which was good because packing to move out took a while. Loading all the stuff into the vehicle, getting the emptied room inspected by a housing staff member, and buying enough stuff to use up my remaining food credits took about an hour and a half. I'm now back home with almost all the stuff moved into the house.

Cleaning up

I didn't have an exam today, so I took some time to get as prepared for move-out as possible. Even after my last cleanup pass, I had a ton of papers collected at the beginning of the year that are no longer necessary, so I recycled them. Since my main computer was already sent back home, I put away all its leftover cables and peripherals into a bag. Strewn-about office supplies were likewise packed into a bag.

The floor had gotten pretty dirty over the course of the year, so I borrowed a broom and dustpan to clean that up. After sweeping away the loose stuff, I scrubbed away the stuck dirt and spills with an entire tube of Clorox. The room looks much nicer now.

Finals have begun

Today I took the final exam for my CS class. As expected, it went very well. Tomorrow afternoon I have the differential equations exam, which is the most impactful of my finals in terms of grade percent accounted for. That class's last midterm went very well (99%, just released a couple days ago), and the relevant questions on the given past exams are doable, so I feel good.

Starting to clean up

This semester will be over in just five days. My first final (CS) is tomorrow, then I have one on each of Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, after which I will depart campus. Today I started cleaning up a bit, recycling old papers and returning the borrowed Ethernet switch to the front desk. Hopefully the volume of the new items I've accumulated over the year is offset by that of the desktop computer and monitors that I sent home a few weeks ago. I managed to compact some small food boxes into the large box of oatmeal packages, and I have a large bag that should fit most of my clothes.

Last lab of the semester

This morning I went into the lab for what turned out to be the last time for this semester. We transformed some cells and, during the waiting-with-the-cells-on-ice periods, looked at some sequencing data from recent plasmid purifications. I went through my lab notebooks and made sure everything was up to date and wrapped up.

I will return in the fall, taking two credit hours of the research pseudo-class.

Wrapping up group projects

Tomorrow is the semester's last day of regular instruction. I have five classes as usual, but they will almost all be review. CS lecture will present information about the exam and then give us time to fill out course evaluation forms. In chemistry, presentations of group poster projects will finish up - my group presented yesterday and it seemed to go well. Differential equations will do review and course evalutions. MCB will go over a bit of material and then also do evaluations. Finally, in CS lab my partner and I will present our project, which we finalized earlier today.