I made it through the year alive, though not unscathed. I dropped EE 354 Engineering Signal Analysis because I was afraid I was going to fail. It’s a cool class, I just wasn’t giving it the time it deserved. I’m going to learn it on my own over the summer. I’ll have to take it again during my last semester next Spring.

Schedule for the Fall: course (credits)
EE 311 Applied Engineering Electromagnetics (3)
EE 331 High Frequency Lab (1)
EE 343 Digital Systems Analysis and Design (4)
EE 406 Electrical Power Engineering (4)

Including the above, I have 8 courses to take before graduating, and dropping/failing any of them would delay my graduation by a year because they’re only offered either in the Spring or Fall. If that were to happen, I’d drop out of the program altogether and leave the US. I don’t have the patience to wait 2 years to graduate. Besides, if I failed a class once, there’s no guarantee I’d pass it on the 2nd attempt. My new home would be a coin toss between Japan or a Scandinavian country. I can’t imagine what I’d end up doing. The only languages I know are English and French.

I was surprised to be the recipient of a scholarship for next Fall/Spring. It seems odd to even be eligible, considering I’m something of a career student, having just finished my 6th year on campus. 1 year till graduation.