[Prudence]

I am so angry I'm shaking. I just got an email from the Dean that there was an error with my evidence grade from this summer. I didn't get a C. I got a B. Now, a B is not the world's best grade, either, but it sure as hell doesn't stick out as much on my transcript as the C did.

Why is this such an issue? Why am I not simply grateful that my GPA went up?

Because right after my erroneous C grade was released I went through the on-campus interviews for summer internships. I have no way of knowing whether that one grade made the difference between getting interviews and not getting interviews, but I do know that in every interview I *did* have, they all asked what the heck happened with my evidence grade.

AND I know that I was close to getting a callback - in the second tier at three of the firms that interviewed me. Did that make the difference? Again, no way of knowing.

But it does often come down to a numbers game. If we're all qualified, and it's a really tight market, the numbers DO matter. And the numbers may have made the difference between the opportunity for a 100K/year job post graduation and the 35K/year jobs I'm now looking at.

I'm so angry I am barely coherent. I'm supposed to go to class now and I don't know if that's going to happen because I'm so angry I'm vibrating. Now I have this seed of lost opportunity in my noggin and I can't shake it loose.