le sigh
So, to sum up the whole GRE thing:
1. the drive down sucked
2. the test sucked (4 hours of hell)
3. I felt like it was unfair
4. the drive back was even worse
this is how the test is structured:
45 min essay
30 min essay
30 min verbal reasoning
45 min quantitative (math)
this is how Amanda's went:
essay
essay
MATH (45)
verbal
MATH (45)
doom
I knew that they were going to throw in some questions that would be used for research, but I didn't realize I was going to get an entire section's worth! The essays went well, but the first set of math questions were ridiculously hard. Thing is, I thought they counted so I wasted all my energy on them. I was so irritated because they were nothing like what I had been studying for. They were different from the practice they had given me, too. So, I struggled through that, and then moved onto the verbal, which went relatively well. I got to the last questions on verbal and started getting excited because I was done! But, lo and behold, math fucking pops up again! I wanted to scream...
So, the last math section was the one that actually counted, and was considerably easier and all, but Amanda was so burned out that she couldn't even think straight by then.
Anywho, I did NOT do well on the math section. I suppose I could probably get accepted into grad school somewhere other than WWU with my GRE scores, but this whole thing has made me realize that going to grad school isn't what I want. I know I could probably pay another $140 and take the test again, and I'd probably do much better, given the circumstances of the last one. However, after I received the test scores (immediately after the test), I felt a huge sense of relief somehow, rather than being upset. I've been struggling to make a lot of important decisions lately, and my test results basically made one for me. I think I need a break from school for a while, because I'm not appreciating it at this point. So, I'm going to hopefully find an SLPA position somewhere...
1. the drive down sucked
2. the test sucked (4 hours of hell)
3. I felt like it was unfair
4. the drive back was even worse
this is how the test is structured:
45 min essay
30 min essay
30 min verbal reasoning
45 min quantitative (math)
this is how Amanda's went:
essay
essay
MATH (45)
verbal
MATH (45)
doom
I knew that they were going to throw in some questions that would be used for research, but I didn't realize I was going to get an entire section's worth! The essays went well, but the first set of math questions were ridiculously hard. Thing is, I thought they counted so I wasted all my energy on them. I was so irritated because they were nothing like what I had been studying for. They were different from the practice they had given me, too. So, I struggled through that, and then moved onto the verbal, which went relatively well. I got to the last questions on verbal and started getting excited because I was done! But, lo and behold, math fucking pops up again! I wanted to scream...
So, the last math section was the one that actually counted, and was considerably easier and all, but Amanda was so burned out that she couldn't even think straight by then.
Anywho, I did NOT do well on the math section. I suppose I could probably get accepted into grad school somewhere other than WWU with my GRE scores, but this whole thing has made me realize that going to grad school isn't what I want. I know I could probably pay another $140 and take the test again, and I'd probably do much better, given the circumstances of the last one. However, after I received the test scores (immediately after the test), I felt a huge sense of relief somehow, rather than being upset. I've been struggling to make a lot of important decisions lately, and my test results basically made one for me. I think I need a break from school for a while, because I'm not appreciating it at this point. So, I'm going to hopefully find an SLPA position somewhere...