Well, my final college grades are officially in the records, now, just two days short of graduation. Overall, I turned out 2 As (Direct Study and Internship), an A- (Management) and a B (Sports Marketing, which I could contest, but won't). For the semester, my GPA ended up being 3.68, which puts me on the Dean's List for the 6th time (and 5th consecutive semester).

Ordinarily, this would not be such a big deal, or something to even mention in my livejournal. I try to avoid excessive bragging (a problem from my childhood that I've mostly managed to stop). Plus, truth be told, I'm sure plenty of people who read this lj are thinking "3.68? MY GPA was 4.0, so ha, stupid!" :D

The reason I mention these final grades is for something much more important than that. Coming into this final semester, my cumulative GPA was 3.471. Loyola does not round up when determining GPA, so I did not have a 3.5, the min. required to not only graduate with honors, but get accepted into most of the university's masters programs.

Once you add in my final four grades for this semester, my final college GPA is...3.50!

I literally meet the requirement at the very last moment, at the very end of it all. Literally, I was at 3.496 and awaiting my management grade (the last to come in). The last few days have been incredibly nerve-wrecking, but I can finally smile about it! I may not get mentioned at graduation (they base their honors mentions on 7th semester GPA), but it will be on my transcript. More importantly, that's one HUGE hurdle for grad school out of the way!

My GPA after one semester in college was 3.50. This brings everything full circle, and allows me to truly let college end on a happy note.

All that's left now, is graduation. And with it, the end of this journal's story.

So much time has passed, that
I feel I somewhere lost my track
The purpose I started on this path
And now, look where its left me at

Five years, I may have lost my mind
One nerve left, last of its kind
The times were both good and bad
But I'll cherish the memories I had

For all the loves I had that cost
And the friendships gained and lost
Settling into the world of modern man
From lacking direction, to finding a plan

I've been searching so long
Things always going so wrong
Too much time spent in the back when
Too much on women still, both now and then

Not yet the man I think I should be
But step by step finding the real me
Each step remains a crazed maze
Waking up each morning to different days

To those I've lost, through the years
And all those for whom I've shed my tears
You shall always remain mea vita
As I close this chapter of my life, mea memoria