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So I took the GRE, which is basically the SAT all over again; it's even scored the same way on scales of 800. And the computer-based test gives you your score as soon as you're done.
I got a 680 on the verbal. And 700 on the math.
What. the. fuck?
I'm an English major. I haven't had math since high school. I've had courses on logic and argumentation forced upon me. How the hell did I do better on the math?
Like, most of the time, I had no idea what I was doing with the math and I guessed. Which makes me think the GRE is probably not the best indicator of skill if I can get a 700 on it. I mean, I got like...a 610 on my math on the SAT. It was a hundred points lower than my verbal.
I dun get it, I just dun get it.
I'm contemplating taking it again, because I really think I could do better on the verbal, but I don't want to pay $150 dollars, AGAIN. I think I'll talk to my advisor about it. I don't know, if my writing score is good, that might make up for a sort of B+ verbal score. And I have the literature subject test coming up. If I'm lucky, it will test of literature I'm familiar with...and I think I have a good shot with that, given that I have such a varied lit background. I dunno.
I just...really want to get into a good program, and I really need to get full financial support to swing this. I'm going to be in debt just going through the application process.
Argh. I'm probably worrying over nothing. 680 is a respectable score, and it's hardly reflective of my ability to analyze literature or my skill with language. It's mostly about vocabulary with the GRE...and I know how to use a dictionary, so I don't see why that should be a problem.
Okay. I'm shutting up now. I'ma go read some fanfic now that that's all over.
So I took the GRE, which is basically the SAT all over again; it's even scored the same way on scales of 800. And the computer-based test gives you your score as soon as you're done.
I got a 680 on the verbal. And 700 on the math.
What. the. fuck?
I'm an English major. I haven't had math since high school. I've had courses on logic and argumentation forced upon me. How the hell did I do better on the math?
Like, most of the time, I had no idea what I was doing with the math and I guessed. Which makes me think the GRE is probably not the best indicator of skill if I can get a 700 on it. I mean, I got like...a 610 on my math on the SAT. It was a hundred points lower than my verbal.
I dun get it, I just dun get it.
I'm contemplating taking it again, because I really think I could do better on the verbal, but I don't want to pay $150 dollars, AGAIN. I think I'll talk to my advisor about it. I don't know, if my writing score is good, that might make up for a sort of B+ verbal score. And I have the literature subject test coming up. If I'm lucky, it will test of literature I'm familiar with...and I think I have a good shot with that, given that I have such a varied lit background. I dunno.
I just...really want to get into a good program, and I really need to get full financial support to swing this. I'm going to be in debt just going through the application process.
Argh. I'm probably worrying over nothing. 680 is a respectable score, and it's hardly reflective of my ability to analyze literature or my skill with language. It's mostly about vocabulary with the GRE...and I know how to use a dictionary, so I don't see why that should be a problem.
Okay. I'm shutting up now. I'ma go read some fanfic now that that's all over.