["I got my associate's degree last year.  I had to get an A on my last final exam to get an A in my last class.", 'Wow, that must have been pretty challenging. Where you able to do it?', 'Nope!  I got a very sad B after three days of intense waiting.  LOL.']
Oh man, that's brutal. So close, but so far.
I got my associate's degree last year, and I had to get an A on my last final exam to get an A in the class.  It was three days of intense waiting.