Just got some more photos taken by other people who also summited Ruapehu a few weeks ago.

This is the group of us at the start of the day.

This is about an hour in. That hill in front of us will only take about another hour to get up. And then what you can’t see is on the left the next bit that is that high again.

People so small. Rocks, Cliff so large. This is nearing the top of the valley that is in the above photo.

Just a stroll up a hill.

Party at the top. Pun intended.

Walking across the Ash Field.

Going down with the weather packing into the valley below. See all the ash between the rocks. This made the descent extremely difficult triple checking footing.

It is only a little bit further to the bottom.

Weather getting nice and dark near Knoll Ridge (top of Whakapapa Ski Field) an hour from the bottom.

Slightly disappointed nowhere near as I high as I had hoped or expected however.

Project Implementation: A+
Internet Programming: A-
Data Mining: B+
Concurrent Programming and Operating Systems: B

The good news is I completed my degree with no mark lower then a B- and maintained an A- average every semester and overall for the entire degree.

Totals:
6 A+ (5 CS, 1 Stats)
2 A (1 CS, 1 Stats)
7 A- (3 CS 1 Maths, 1 IS, 1 Physics, 1 Written Comms)
5 B+ (2 CS, 1 Maths, 1 Stats, 1 IS)
1 B (1 CS)
3 B- (2 Maths, 1 CS)

Average Mark Per Subject:
Computer Science: A
Statistics: A
Mathematics: B+
Information Sciences: A-

GPA (out of 9) = 6.92
Average Grade (out of 8.5) = 7.46

Data Mining: A+

Project Implementation: A+

Internet Programming: A

Concurrent Programming and Operating Systems: A-

I am predicting straight A’s. I have done this before and been wrong. Oh well maybe I will be again. I always get crooked A’s (3A and a B) so used to it now.

Here are the targets that I need to achieve on my final exams, this is before any form of scaling (if there is any):

Data Mining (Stats) (Exam worth: 40%)
To Pass: Already Passed, A+: 65%+
Current Average: 87.5%

Internet Programming (Exam worth: 70%):
To Pass: 30%+, A+: 80%+
Current Average: 97%

Operating Systems and Concurrent Programming (Exam worth: 70%):
To Pass: 34%+, A+: 84%+
Current Average: 87%

The issue for me is actually maintaining those averages on exams.

I am the master of internal marks, but exams are not my thing, the worst exam so far was in my first year, Linear Algebra, went into exam in 3rd place, 88% average, A+ for sure. Came out with a B- after failing the exam big time.