MyEducation

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.