I just checked my unofficial school transcript. Actually, I’ve been checking it obsessively for the last 2 or 3 weeks. I keep waiting for my degree to post, to see that it really is official. And it finally is. I knew it would get there eventually. But this confirms what I was hoping…
CUM LAUDE, baby!
I really wasn’t sure I was going to make it, especially since the end of the semester was so rough. I was queasy, suffering from heartburn, and absolutely exhausted all the time. It was all I could do to keep up with 5 classes. It was my hard work in the beginning of the semester that helped me make it through. Without that, I never would have kept up with everything. I probably wouldn’t have passed all of them. But because I never allowed myself to get too far behind (in most of them, that is), I limped along. I passed. I barely met the cutoff for cum laude. But I did it. And I worked full time while taking classes full time.
People ask me how I could work 40 hours and take from 12-16 units. I don’t know. I just put my head down and plowed through. I signed up for classes, and then once I did that, I just forced myself to keep up. I didn’t have much of a social life during that time, but I managed to have fun once in a while.
And now I can tell others that they can do it, too. Maybe not 12 hours. Maybe only 3. But even 1 class puts you closer than you would be if you didn’t take any at all. “I’ll be OLD by the time I finish!” you say. So, you’ll be the same age even if you don’t.
If you are thinking about finishing your degree, hell, if you haven’t even started it, but are wondering if it’s worth it… I can tell you that it is. Go try it! Start out slow, ease into it. And then just keep going. Don’t take a semester off. Just do it. Slow and steady, and you’ll make it. And you’ll be glad you did. I am.
