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So I’m in my home stretch for school. Yup, my very last term in University. As far as I know, I won’t ever be coming back once I’m done (grad school is the furthest thing from my mind right now).

I want to go out in a bang this term. I want that 4.0 average. It will be quite the feat if I can pull this one off, as my courses look like they’re going to be quite a challenge.

I’m only taking 3 courses this term, so that should help. But hidden from the number of courses is the weight of my coursework. So here it is, the breakdown of what I’ll be cramming in my brain for the next 4 months:

1. CMPUT 340: Numerical Methods (Continuous Computing)
   Yes, this course is about as badass as it sounds. This is probably the most feared courses in any Computing Science University program. It’s the marriage of mathematics and Computing Science, and the devilspawn that the two have so far seems quite scary. In today’s class my prof threw up some crazy linear algebra on the whiteboard to explain how the Google search engine works. I looked around at my colleagues, and we were all like “wtf… I have no clue what he’s talking about”.Putting off this course to the end might not have been the brightest thing for me to do, as I have heard horror stories of CS students failing this course in their final term and having their graduation delayed.
2. CMPUT 411: Introduction to Computer Graphics
   A course on OpenGL and 3D graphics. No, this is not a course on how to use OpenGL but a course that explains how to write OpenGL from scratch if need be. My prof mentioned that this course will most likely be the heaviest CMPUT elective that we could take, and that it will eat a ridiculous amount of time. It is the black hole of time for all us undergrads in CS. Luckily, the prof decided to take pity on us and cut out the term project. This will give us enough time to bathe and eat 3 square meals every so often. He is merciful!
3. Religious Studies 344: Buddhisms in Tibet and the Himalayans
   I took this course cause I needed an elective to fill and also because I’m a Buddhist and it’d be interesting to study from a secular point of view.  How hard will this be?  Not overly hard, but time consuming due to the amount of text required to be read (a total of 4 textbooks).  What does scare me though is that that mark cutoffs are extremely high.  Getting an 85% as a final mark would get me a B grade.  A 93% mark would be an A-.  I think that’s pretty high for grade cutoffs… but we’ll see how he marks.

Well, that’s what’s on my plate so far.  Hopefully I can pull something for the win this term.
Also, I’m getting into the internet porno business.  No, I won’t be making porn, but I’ll be a webmaster of sorts.  Hopefully that won’t take up too much of my time. Still debating whether or not I should post the link to this project on my blog :-p.

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