Examination Results Release

Ever tried waiting so anxiously for your exam results that you couldn’t fall asleep and just keep refreshing the webpage every second to see if your results have been posted? Well… I’m at the other end of the extreme this semester, refusing to login and check my results. When I was first told that the examination results were released, my heart jumped a few beats in a nanosecond, but I didn’t move. I didn’t want to check my results at all… I was scared to face reality. All the thoughts of how badly I performed in the examinations started to flash past my mind. I wasn’t ready to face reality yet, so instead of switching on the computer to check my results, I checked the progress of my downloads and went away to watch television.

During the commercial break, I went back to my beloved desktop and I saw tons of MSN windows, all basically asking how did I do. Well… I didn’t know since I hadn’t check so that was what I replied. All of them urged me to just check, since there’s nothing I can change, so I gave in to peer pressure. I opened up Internet Explorer, go to my university’s website, logged in… and I hesitated. I was just one click away from my results, but I was still not ready to face the consequences of not studying hard for my examinations. It took a lot of courage before I made that final click…

Guess What…?

The page cannot be displayed. I let off a sigh of relief and refreshed the page again. This time, I waited and minutes went by before the grades popped up right before my face. As and Bs flooded the screen and I was incredibly happy. I didn’t get any Cs or Ds, which I had expected. Upon closely looking at the grades for each individual module, I got to say I was quite disappointed that I got only A- for Marketing. I had expected myself to score A+ for that module, but guessed something cropped up. Maybe it’s tough to look at my long answers when my handwriting is so ugly. My points could have remained well-hidden within the bunch of ugly characters. Of course, it’s equally likely that the examiner did not like my ideas or that they were just not good enough.

My Grades for this semester
Statistical & Quantitative Methods: B
Principles of Economics: B+
Marketing: A-
Organizational Behavior & Design: A
Communication Management Fundamentals: A+

Overall, I’m disappointed with Marketing, but happy with my Statistics and Economics grades. Well… they may be my only Bs, but I really expected to flunk them with the lack of preparation on my part. To sum things up, I’m really happy with my results.