Let's talk about: Academic Achievements

First of all, I'm sorry I didn't post anything for the past weeks. I was busy with projects and final exams (I still have two more exams). Now I found some time and I thought it will be cool to talk about academic achievements. Just to be clear, I don't want to brag about it, I just want to make you think about those kind of achievements, with me as an example.

Maybe I should start by telling you, people outside Romania, how we take our grades here. 

For the first four years of school a system similar to E-S-N-U is used, known as calificative. These are Foarte bine (FB) — Excellent, Bine (B) — Good, Satisfăcător/Suficient (S) — Satisfactory, actually meaning (barely) passing, Nesatisfăcător/Insuficient (N/I) — Failed. Students who get an N/I must take an exam in the summer with a special assembly of teachers, and if the situation is not improved, the student will repeat the whole year.

For grade 5 to 12, a 1 to 10 grading system is used with 10 being the best, 1 being the worst and 5 being the minimum passing grade. The system of continuous assessment is also used, with individual marks for each test, oral examination, project, homework or classwork being entered in the register (these individual marks are known as note). There must be at least as many note for a subject as the number of weekly classes for that subject plus one. Some subjects also require a partial examination at the end of the semester (teza).

Back when I was in my first three years of school, the grading system was the same as explained above for  years 5-12. Only in my fourth year, my generation being the first to have this kind of grading system, the grading system was the same as explained above for years 1-4.

And now, let's start. For the first four years of school, I got first prize (Premiul I). The Yearly Grade Average (Media Generala) for this years was around 9.80/year. I can't remember for sure because I don't have the mark I had for those years. I still have my diplomas that make me so proud of myself.

For grades 5-8, I only got third prize (Premiul III) for the fifth, sixth and eighth year of school. The Yearly Grade Average was: 5th grade - 9.46, 6th grade - 9.41, 7th grade - 9.33 and 8th grade - 9.34. As you can see, I started to learn less. I guess I had other things on my mind like boys, how to look pretty and stuff like that. ^^ During these years I got several other diplomas for going to a class where they thought us how to paint religious icons, for getting the best marks at math in 6th grade and for the good results I got at the physics olympiad (I went up until the Bucharest phase, but I only got 8.5 and I needed a 9 to move forward). 

For grades 9-12, I didn't get a prize, because my marks started to drop like flies =)). The Yearly Grade Average was: 9th grade - 7.70, 10th grade - 7.75, 11th grade - 8.17 and 12th grade - 7.85. Because during the last three years of high school my homeroom teacher was the physics teacher, because I wasn't that interested in physics anymore (I only did learn for this subject in my 9th grade, after that I don't know anything from that subject anymore and to be honest, I don't think I opened the book even once or study for this subject during my 10th, 11th and 12th grade) and because I needed passing grades, I started to help her, together with other classmates with some projects. You could say I was part of the "Science Club" without it to be an oficial club. Because of that I have two diplomas from the Hands of Science competition, just for participation (we never got a prize), and another diploma from my homeroom teacher for being part of the club.

Also, at the end of 8th and 12th grade we have an exam (that is made out of 3 different written exams for 8th grade and 2 oral exams and 4 written exams for 12th grade). The exams changed over the years because that's how things go in Romania.

The Capacity Examination (at the end of 8th grade) was made out of an exam for Romanian language (my mark: 7.55), for Math (6.90) and History (8.40 - you could choose from history and geography, but at that time I loved history). The overall mark was 7.61.

The Baccalaureat Exam ( at the end of 12th grade) was made out of an oral exam for Romanian language (8.00) and one for English (9.50), and four written exams for Romanian Language (6.15), Math (8.60 - I improved here XD), Inorganic Chemistry (6.95) and Economics (6.60). The overall mark was 7.63 (Oh!! Look!! It's so close to the previous exam).

Now, the subjects from the Baccalaureat Exam  can differ from an academic program to another. The academic programs for high school students are: Science — Profil Real: mathematics and computer programming or earth studies (I was part to the first program ), Humanities — Profil Uman: social studies or languages, Technical programs — Profil tehnic, Vocational programs and Services and Economics programs. 

Because I was part of mathematics and computer programming, I got an "Computer Programmer" qualification and the math subjects for the Baccalaureat exams were the hardest, including algebra, simple calculus, trigonometry and geometry. Overall, this type of program is the hardest out of them all. 

And finally, I went to college. I gave an entrace exam for the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, in which I got in. I was admitted at the Faculty of Commerce and after 3 years I got my Bachelor's Degree. After that I gave another exam because I wanted to be admitted at a Master's Program called The Commercial Business Administration. And here I am, in my second and last year of that master's program. 

I can't wait to finish school!!!!! XD  

Now, tell me about your  Academic Achievements.

EDIT: Dear Jean made a similar post about her academic achievements so go on and read it here: My Academic Achievements