Una has been asking me all last week whether I got my exam back...she wanted to make sure that, if I didn't do so well, I start taking more time to study and spend less time in lab. And, needless to say, many of my classmates informed me they noticed how early I finished my exam. To say I've been dying to know how I did would be to put it mildly.
Well, today after class they finally returned the exams.
They showed us a histogram of the scores. The average was very high: 78% or so. I took note of the trends towards the top of the distribution, where I hoped to be, and saw that there was a good amount in the >90 range. This of course didn't mean anything to me, but at least if I did really well I wasn't the only one, ha ha.
I picked mine up and, with a great deal of self-control, managed not to look at it as I walked back to the lab. The entire way I became more and more anxious, wondering if I did as well as I thought I did, and whether my record-breaking timing hurt me in the end.
I finally made it to my lab, put all my stuff down, and tried to calm my breathing as I turned over the cover page. In thirty seconds that passed by like an eternity, I scanned through the exam, reading the comments and the points deducted.
To put it mildly, I did very well. Very, very well.
I was very excited and announced to everyone that I had totally Aced my exam, and there was general celebration. I even made the mistake of actually showing Una what my score was. Her response was, "Well done sir. Looks like I can give you a lot more work to do!"
We got a second round of good news when Luis came back from his committee meeting later this afternoon and told us he was given permission to write his thesis. All in all, it was a very good day for the O'Doherty lab.
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