Bikerscum - Patrick St. Jean

Sorry for the long gap with no posts.  It's been a little hectic around here.  The semester's over and my final grades are in.  I got As in both classes, which is nice.  Five more semesters to go.  All kind of crazy, but hopefully things are calming down… more »

Today's leg of the trip was a bit shorter, but just as much fun.  I headed out from the farm to UI-Springfield to get my student ID and meet my advisor for a promised tour of campus.  After the obligatory DMV like experience and the campus tour, I grabbe… more »

The final grades for the Spring 2009 semester were posted and I did a little better than I thought I would. I got A-minuses in both classes, so now I guess I'm fully admitted and can get to work on the graduate classes starting in the fall. more »

I turned in my final exam for the Operations Management class today and hopefully I did well enough on it to keep my final grade up. I'm definitely a little uneasy about this class, but at this point, it's out of my hands. more »

Well, I finished my final and I'm on the cusp between an A and a B in the class. I'm happy with it, the class was good, I learned a lot about accounting that I hadn't been exposed to. In fact, I learned enough to know that it's not a career field I eve… more »

Well... Today's officially the first day of grad school and I'm busy signing in to resources, posting introductions, and generally getting class stuff in order. I'm taking 2 classes (Accounting and Operations Management) this semester, both deficiencie… more »

Today was the big day, after a few weeks of studying and cramming I went down to the testing center and took the GRE. I needed to report scores to UIS as a condition of my admission. It looks like they'll have the scores in about 2 weeks, at which poin… more »

I got the packet in the mail yesterday, but it was late and I was tired so I didn't open it until today. I've been provisionally admitted to the MS in MIS program at The University of Illinois at Springfield and will be starting classes in the Spring 20… more »

I just finished filling out my application for grad school at The University of Illinois at Springfield. I'm going back to work on a Masters degree in Management Information Systems and will be doing my course of study on-line. I chose UIS because of t… more »

I got home from running some errands to find my diplomas sitting at the door. I ordered an extra one, and it was a good thing that I did. The "official" copy is in a nice black binding and I'd hate to take it out for framing. So the second copy is goi… more »