My college years are now officially over! I had my final thesis presentation and defense on Monday. I got an 8 out of 10 for my thesis, which is equivalent to an A or A+ I think? Above average at least. My thesis committee really liked the parts I cared about and had some good feedback. It was a great day, except for the fact that my family couldn't make it. They departed well on time but got stuck at a bridge that wouldn't close properly for four hours with no way to turn back. We were supposed to have dinner together afterwards. My mom was really heartbroken that she couldn't make it. In a weird turn of events, the story of the bridge and my mom made it onto the front page of the local newspaper, and now a local restaurant has offered to give us a free dinner this Friday. So at least there's a silver lining. :) The title of engineer is protected here - you're only allowed to use it if you've graduated with an engineering degree. So besides MSc, I now get to use the "ir." title. Gonna look super fancy on business cards.
Congrats veen! I want that business card in case I need a smart person to do something smart from really far away.
Congratulations! Not just for making it through but for excelling into the bargain. Sucks that your family got stuck, but smile-inducing that the restaurant have offered you dinner. So they don't capitalise titles in Dutch? Anyway, milk it.
Tell you in a year and a half, when I'm teaching school children.
Congratulations! "Engineer (van der) Veen" sounds awesome. :)