I’ve seen my results. I did much better than I thought I would. I’ve ended up with distinctions for all my modules. Some are just about distinctions (70%) but I got some marks in the 80s too. Best marks for individual assignments are 92% for the Treasure Hunt game I wrote for Software Engineering and 91% for my Computer Architecture exam. I can’t quite believe these results. I keep thinking someone’s going to realise they’ve made a mistake and my ‘real’ marks are lower.

After the first semester’s results I did realise that it was incredibly difficult to get above 70% in anything so I did push myself a lot more in the second semester. But the exam result I simply cannot fathom. I came out of that exam feeling disappointed frankly. I thought I could have done better and I blamed myself for not preparing well enough.

Anyway, that’s two-thirds of the marks for my MSc in the bag. I am hugely relieved. The last third of the marks will come from the dissertation. So, onwards!