Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Useless Summary Data From My Transcripts

I recently had to request copies of my academic transcripts for my employer's records and as part of my graduate school application process, so I decided to get copies for myself too.  It's interesting to look back on all the coursework I've done and see the wild diversity among the course content as well as the resulting grades.

For no good reason other than my own curiosity, I gathered some pointless summary data from them.  Here's what I found.


Total number of courses:  79

Credit hours:  259

Cumulative GPA:  3.62

Total span of time:  20 years (1992-2012)

Longest gap between classes:  8 years (1998-2006)

Top 5 most common words in course titles:
  • Computer (12 occurrences)
  • Design (12 occurrences)
  • Game (10 occurrences)
  • Programming (6 occurrences)
  • Architecture (6 occurrences)
Course count by letter grade:
  • A:  55 courses
  • B:  18 courses
  • C:  4 courses
  • D:  2 courses
  • F:  0 courses
Course count by grade level:
  • 100 level:  21 courses
  • 200 level:  29 courses
  • 300 level:  10 courses
  • 400 level:  11 courses
  • 500 level:  8 courses