I can't even begin to describe my last week working the Ocean Science Summit that MBARI put on with some co-hosts, but let's just say my timesheet says I worked 30.5 hours in 3 days (Tues-Thurs)! It was lots of work, but it was amazing to see all these government workers and scientists from all over the nation coming to one spot. We had the Senator of Rhode Island come out, two state Legislators (our local Congressman Farr and Congresswoman Capps from further south), and Leon Panetta spoke. Lots of NOAA reps from different branches came too. Founders/Co-founders/CEO/Presidents of various conservation/environmental organizations/agencies came out (e.g. Peter Selligman (sp?) from Conservation International). Scientists from different institutions all over the nation came too. So that was neat. Being with them for 2.5 days straight made you feel like you were starting to get to know them as an everyday part of your life. LoL I never really got to speak to most of them, but everyone, after a while, knew who was apart of the Summit and it was kind of nice. I still feel like I'm exhausted from it, though!
On a topic change, grades came out today. *sigh* I'm a wee bit disappointed in them, but whatever.
Marine cons: B+
Marine cons discussion: B (saw that one coming! LoL)
Capstone: A- (all 6 units *cries* and because of ONE POINT)
Grad class: A-
Physics: A
Physics lab: A
Semester GPA: 3.65 <--- That's my 2nd to worst GPA at CSUMB.
So...My FINAL GPA for my bachelor's is a 3.83. I dropped 0.02 with this last semester, which I blame on the A-'s, but I think I'd still have dropped 0.01 with the B+ and B from Marine cons. I can't be really bummed about it because it's a good final GPA, but it's not perfect.
Oh well. GPA is high enough to make me an eligible candidate for the Graduate Sciences Program at NOAA and my semester GPAs are high enough for some other stuff too. Time to start really looking at grants, fellowships, and scholarships for grad school!
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