It was a very good semester. Not a perfect semester; but very good. I won't know until the numbers come out for the semester, but based on last year's numbers, I may have come very close to jumping into the top-15%. (My GPA now puts me about .02 points away from the cut-off as of the end of last year.)

Two closed-book exams; two very respectable grades.

Not that there wasn't a scary moment. When the Crim Pro grade first came up, it said "NR," which I think means "No Credit." Maybe it means something else. I was concerned, because I missed three classes, two while I was sick, and one when I got caught at work. Missing more than 20% of the class meetings allows them to withhold credit. We had 15 weeks in the semester. But then, our professor canceled the last class meeting, leaving us 14 meetings, with 20% being 2.8 classes. And I'd missed 3.

Fortunately, that NR left for something much, much better.

Update: Weird. So, I logged in to the USF site today, and the portal showed I had a personal message telling me my grade had been updated. I guess that first one did post, and then they changed it. I'm sure curious about what the story is behind that.

Ok. Maybe just an automated systems bobble:

• NR Grade "Not Reported" by instructor within 10 days after the examination period is a notation used by the Registrar's Office. To correct the academic record the instructor must file a change of grade form. "NR" carries no connotation of student performance and no grade point value is given.