MY TRANSCRIPT

I've put my Winona State University transcript online ordered by date in HTML format and a shorter version of it in text format. I've also added scores to each class (in the HTML version) which signify my opinions on how much work a class required, how difficult a class was, and how important a class was (I define work, difficult, and important at the top of the transcript).

MY MAJORS AND MINORS

In 1994 I graduated from Chippewa Falls high school and moved to Winona Minnesota where I became a freshman at Winona State University (WSU). I immediately chose Computer Science as my primary major (there had never been any doubt about that). After taking Calculus 2 during my first quarter there, I decided to make Mathematics my secondary major.

However, I enjoyed taking College Physics 1 (in 3rd quarter of 1st year) so much that I decided to change my Math major into a Math minor and get a Physics major instead. I sometimes feel a tinge of regret because I really do enjoy math, but I enjoy learning physics even more. I made no further changes in my choice of majors.

I also love Philosophy. I value critical thinking and intelligent thought above almost everything else. Because I enjoy Philosophy so much I planned my courses so that I got a Philosophy minor.

I graduated magna cum laude in 4 years ending on May 1998. That's actually more of an organizational accomplishment than an intellectual one. As long as a person gets the necessary grades (usually a C or better in major courses and a passing grade in non-major courses) and plans ahead at least a year in advance, there shouldn't be any problem graduating in 4 years. To get two almost completely unrelated majors completed in 4 years required that I plan ahead 2 years in advance. At any given point in time after my 2nd quarter there, I knew exactly what courses I would be taking for the next two years (and in what quarters I was going to take them). The exception to that rule was in the very last quarter of the last year I was there. I had scheduling problems with EVERY class I wanted to take! One class overlapped another class, forcing me to take 2 other classes because the one class satisfied two requirements. Then, two of the classes I wanted were cancelled and another course was full. It was a difficult time, but I eventually got everything more or less straightened out. Except for that last quarter, I never had a single scheduling problem!

Summary:

• I have graduated with a major in Computer Science, a major in Physics, a minor in Philosophy, and a minor in Math.
• I graduated magna cum laude at the end of May 1998.