[Rhodes22-list] Attention Will Barry

[William P. Barry, III]

    I'm only holding a 3.54 It appears roger has me beat.3 solid A's
(history, religion, Chemistry), 1 A+ (Global Studies),2 B+ (Alegbra 2/Trig
and English). Although I wouldn't mind switching report cards! Looks like
now I'm going to have to pull up the grades a bit and really get competitive
for exams in January. PSATS come back tomorrow, hopefully the results will
give me a wide range of schools to look into this spring. Have an
appointment to see Loyola on February 7. Would be nice to be in a city, stay
at school, but still be close enough to home to get there for a weekend.
Also am going to be looking at Rutgers, Boston College, Boston University,
and a few more when i find out what they are. Naval academy is still an
option, but the girl has been around for 3 years and have to keep that in
mind too as how things will continue. Keep the fingers crossed for my
results and the upcoming SATs too!!!

    Thanks,

        Will Barry


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:53 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Attention Will Barry


> Will,
> Let us have a round of poker here, can you match Roger's hand?
> Ed K
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Thena Carville
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:20 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] SVSU Fall Semester, 2003 Results
>
> Roger,
> That was awesome...you make us all proud...I know it was hard work and
> the
> pressure must have been intense at times (for such an old dude)...time
> to
> kick back and relax for a few days before you really start digging in
> for
> next semester...you have really earned a little "relaxation bonus" after
> this semester...this one was to be the most difficult semester, wasn't
> it?
> Thena
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roger Pihlaja" <cen09402 at centurytel.net>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 2:55 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] SVSU Fall Semester, 2003 Results
>
>
> Hi Everybody,
>
> Well, I just got my report card on-line for the Fall Semester, 2003.  I
> ended up with 5 A's, 1 A-, and 1 B+ for an overall 3.824 GPA.  That's
> not
> too shabby for an old nerd, especially considering the heavy class load.
> The B+ was in Solid Mechanics and was the 2nd highest grade in the
> class.  A
> lot of the students in my Solid Mechanics class will be retaking the
> class
> next semester because it's a required core curriculum class for all
> engineering majors.  In order for the course to count towards their
> major,
> engineering students must pass Solid Mechanics with at least a C at SVSU
> and
> nearly 50% of the class didn't score well enough!  My problem with Solid
> Mechanics was I never did remember enough of my Calculus, Differential
> Equations, & Statics from college classes taken 30+ years ago to get
> sufficiently fast at doing these problems to ace the exams.  Therefore,
> on
> the exams, I always ran out of time.  I had a 98% average on the graded
> homework in that class, when I had time to think about the problems and
> work
> thru the Calculus, Statics, & Differential Equations.  Based upon my
> homework grades, I think I actually understand and know how to apply the
> subject material pretty well.  I'm just not real fast at working out the
> problems.  It's a classic case of test taking ability vs. real world
> ability.  Fortunately, in a real world job situation, this shouldn't
> matter.
>
> The A- was in Dynamics and was the highest grade in the class.  Dynamics
> is
> another required core curriculum course and close to half the students
> my
> class will be repeating it next semester.  Actually, Dynamics was one of
> the
> prerequisite courses for Solid Mechanics, which was also part of my
> problem
> with Solid Mechanics.  I had to get special permission to take both
> courses
> concurrently, a practice I definitely would not recommend!
>
> A more reasonable total class load or simply not taking both of these
> courses at the same time would have made a huge difference. But, I need
> to
> be finished with my BS mechanical engineering degree in a year or less,
> so
> there was no choice.  Ah well, I'm still in the game and still committed
> to
> seeing this adventure thru to the end.  Boy, am I ever glad this
> semester is
> over!
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilbrium
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