Finally, this morning grades were posted on the PSU website.
Apparently my grade of for EC311, which I said earlier was a B+, ended up getting bumped up to an A-, for whatever reason.
I ended up with an A- in PHL310U, Environmental Ethics. I was expecting a B. Seems like grade inflation may also be going on here at PSU, but maybe not to the same extent. It seems like these two classes may have just bumped up my grade because I was so close to an A in them? If so, it might be nice to have a higher GPA, but it doesn't really help in getting a true signal about how I'm doing. Or then again, maybe I'm just too hard on myself. It's hard to say what's really going on. Maybe both. Maybe neither.
My EC437 class, with the old guy I like so much, was probably the only class that I got what I deserved. I guess I didn't do quite as well on the final as I thought. I ended up with a B+ for this class. For once, I'm pretty happy with a B. I learned a lot in this class and found the subject of the economic regulation of utilities to be strangely interesting. And I don't think Mike Katz (the professor) gives out any grade that you didn't actually earn. He made it pretty clear that he "doesn't give a damn" about what students say or think about him.
So, two A- and one B+. I think that averages out to about a 3.6 GPA. Not quite as good as what I finished PCC with (3.89). Getting a lower grade early on really hurts your GPA. The system really doesn't work quite like it should. And from what I've heard, most employers don't really care about your grades. So why are they so important to me?
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