not at all hard to put it really,

IM A GRADUAND! YAY!

since im still all exhilarated about it, let me tell the long version.

yesterday, ard 7pm 1st dec 2010 the exam results were released. the official date was supposed to be 2nd december, so on 2nd i woke up at 2am and checked. heart racing and nerves raging. as i was taking 3 subjects for this sem, I saw 3 results. quick skim and I was pretty happy, 1 HD, 1 CR and 1 PS.

so that's it? did i jump in joy as i had passed everything, meaning I could graduate?

not so soon. I wasn't convinced at all, as I had taken both original and supplementary exams for 1 of the subjects and supp exam results were known to take months to be published. now the date of my supp exam was 29 Nov, and the results were released on 1st Dec. which makes sense if i wasn't quite convinced at that point of time. so it could possibly be the original exam result, which would be diregarded over the supp exam result.

as i was half worrying, half relieved (for the other 2 subjects) i emailed my lecturer about it and called the Student Central and my faculty office in the afternoon to confirm. no definite answers. i then decided to (4.15 pm) call my lecturer in charge. he said yes, the result was from the supplementary exam. right that point of time I went "Thank you so much!" sooo happy!

but later on I still felt like it's too quick. I kept telling myself the supp exam wouldn't be graded that early. I didn't have any precedent case, as normally in the past, supp exams were held AFTER the results were released. that way, we can tell for sure that any result could only be from the original exam.

i talked to my friend on the phone to double check some details with her. my result wasn't published in myunsw then, which i thought was a give away that the zmail result wasn't the final one. i asked her about hers, and it hasnt hit hers either.

still doubting..still worrying...

some time later i randomly clicked on my graduation details tab on myunsw to see what's in it. to my surprise, it says my graduation status says "Awarded"!!! Which means i have been awarded a graduation ceremony! meaning i passed everything!

i was sooo overwhelmed with joy and relief and started sobbing, which quickly turned into crying. I think mostly it's cos I was so grateful and felt like a huge burden was lifted off my back. i dont need to do any more studying, no more cramming for exams (my least favorite part of university) and just an amazing sense of achievement, which is really rare in my part. the whole thing culminates into a beautiful word, "Awarded"

I also found that they had released my result and academic statement into myunsw, which pretty much sealed the deal. I had a lil doubt to be honest, as they said the graduation details would be updated on the 6th, which isn't till another 4 days. I'll call student central tomorrow to determine this.

i cried for another minute or two. happy tears.

i thank God for allowing this to happen. im so grateful.