Magna Cum Laude??
School of Pharmacy grades were due today at 5:00PM. Due the technological advancements at my university, I am able to check my grades online rather than waiting for them to arrive via snail mail. I anxiously logged online at 5:25 to see how I finished my didatic career. Suprisingly, one of the professors still has not posted grades. I figured this would happen - but my money was on the professor that is currently residing in New Zealand. However, she actually posted my grade by the deadline. I am a person driven by academics. I am ecstatic to say that for only the second time in pharmacy school, I achieved a 4.0. This brings my cumulative GPA up to Magna Cum Laude level - the level my brother achieved at George Washington University. I have reached my goal. My entire life, my brother and sister have been making footsteps that I can only strive to try to follow in. My sister was Valedictorian of her graduating high school class. My brother graduated third in his class - robbed of Valedictorian by taking band rather than study hall. Me? I graduated seven in a class of 300. My brother was a National Merit Finalist - I didn't even make the quarter finals. Acheiving Magna Cum Laude - especially since my GPA after my first semester in pharmacy school was 3.4 - is a great honor for me. In my mind, I am now standing firmly in my siblings footsteps; and it's exactly where I want to be.
posted by ahsirt at 6:28 PM
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Considering you are off this week, I hope to see you and your Magnum PI errrr Magna Cum Laude brother at the meeting.
Congrats on the high honors. You also have a sister-in-law who graduated Cum Laude, so now there's evn more Latin in the family. All of this sounds nice to say, but in the real world my Magna Cum Laude and $1.09 will buy a cup of coffee. I must admit, though, that I still like how it looks on my degree. Of course, if it wouldn' have been for first semester Freshman year Chemistry, it would read "Summa Cum Laude". You damn scientists...
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