Off-Topic but important to me

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

congrats Steve. Wouldn't 3.96 be Summa? One better than Magna? Good for you!

Thanks everybody!

At this school, summa is 4.0 exactly. I had all A's except four A-'s, which came out to magna. Summa meaning "highest honors," I suppose they meant only 4.0 was "highest." Oh well, it's still pretty good, I suppose. I remember a couple years ago when I got my first A-. I was really pissed! I had told the admissions officer who recruited me that I was going to be summa cum laude, and he kind of laughed like, "yeah, sure buddy." So I was determined to do well. He was gone after I was there a month, so who had the last laugh there? ME.

[Steve M]

You're a stud, man. Congrats.
To go back to school AND get those grades AND be dealing with & working on the weight stuff - kudos, man. That's a big workload and a ton of "emotional" (for lack of a better term) stuff.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Thanks everybody!

At this school, summa is 4.0 exactly. I had all A's except four A-'s, which came out to magna. Summa meaning "highest honors," I suppose they meant only 4.0 was "highest." Oh well, it's still pretty good, I suppose. I remember a couple years ago when I got my first A-. I was really pissed! I had told the admissions officer who recruited me that I was going to be summa cum laude, and he kind of laughed like, "yeah, sure buddy." So I was determined to do well. He was gone after I was there a month, so who had the last laugh there? ME.

Steve,

Congrats. As someone who finished an MBA after 4.5 years of part-time study while working a full-time job, I think it's outstanding when people go back to try to change their lives (all it did for me was get me a raise).

If I hit the lottery, I'd probably go to law school next.

And congrats on the weight loss. I've been on WW since January 5 and I'm down 28 pounds. Makes me wonder why I didn't do this sooner, although the uniform cost this season will be higher than usual.

--Rich

[ncump7]

Congratulations on both fronts, the educational and the weight loss. Good luck with the return to the diamond.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by ncump7

Congratulations on both fronts, the educational and the weight loss. Good luck with the return to the diamond.

I missed that part, SDS. I hope you get back to work at baseball as soon as you can do it.