Irony

Cornell's policy for students transferring from one college to another within the university is that their cumulative GPA zeros out and, in the end, consist only of the GPA they earn while a registered student in the college from which they graduate.

In my case, because I started taking CRP courses while still in a "terminal semester" in the College of Engineering, was then not accepted for a direct transfer but instead sent to the Internal Transfer Division (aka Never-Never Land), and then fled the university again requiring that I remain in ITD for a second semester, I spent exactly one semester in the College of Architecture, Art & Planning. This means that my cumulative GPA is exactly equal to the GPA I received in the Fall of 2004.

The irony here is that while my entire transcript ranges from atrocious to excellent, so that I should have an overall mediocre GPA, in that last semester I did very well. So well, in fact, that based on my "cumulative GPA" they designated me as one of the "Name Banner Bearers" to carry the banner with the College's name during the procession into the stadium, and apparently that means they're going to announce my name, among those of the other bearers, as we come in. I'm weirded out and honored at the same time. The whole thing seems absurd to me, considering all I've gone through just to get my name on a diploma at all...and yet I couldn't turn it down. It feels too good.

Now, just pray that it doesn't rain!