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Fri Feb-18-05 09:14 PM
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I took the GRE today, ask me anything! |
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:15 PM
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:16 PM
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They don't have a subject test for geology any more (thank God)...
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:52 PM
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18. I took the general to get into grad school |
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also took the subject-literature. It was hard. Good luck.
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:17 PM
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3. Which section felt the easiest |
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and which felt the most frustrating?
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:18 PM
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4. When I took it years ago |
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I kept thinking to myself, was I supposed to learn all this stuff in just four years?
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:22 PM
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8. Easiest? The "analyze this argument" essay, hardest? "quantitative" |
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The argument to analyze was a guy making recommendations based on an invalid comparison. Unfortunately if I reveal more information than that ETS will send a squad from Princeton to break down my door and give me a zero.
The math wasn't actually that hard, but it was a lot of adding fractions and factoring polynomial, so it was frustrating to me because this was stuff I learned (and haven't really used) since eighth grade.
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:31 PM
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13. lol... funny how the math - is high school (or earlier) math... |
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I found the analytical stuff the easiest as well... but have learned that this is rather unusual (many folks find the logic - esp when it gets to the point of... so farmer x can plant y, z, and a crops, but y and z can't be planted next to each other and... (three or four other conditions)...
I always found some of the verbal stuff the most oblique (oblique:obtuse as... pick the best match of the other pairs of words...) and frustrating. (Select the statement that is least supported by the previous passage...) ;-)
Congrats on getting it under the belt. :hi:
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:18 PM
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before the end of this semester. I should be studying now...
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:22 PM
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9. Buy one of those books |
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They generally have practice tests, and lots of good recomendations, and are about 3% the price of a prep-class which will tell you the same stuff.
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:41 PM
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14. I bought the essay workbook |
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and the verbal workbook (Kaplan) I've done some good practice exercises and feel better about analogies--just unsure exactly when I need to jump in and finally take the damn thing.
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Sat Feb-19-05 02:44 PM
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23. I got the GRE software |
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for my computer--that was really handy. It's just like the actual test--complete with graphs to show you how you stack up against the averages. (at the time you recieved the software)
I was in a hurry, I had to pay for the download I couldn't wait for the stuff to get to me by mail. It knocked the rust off pronto!
Good luck
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:20 PM
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6. What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? n/t |
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:28 PM
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11. What do you mean? An African or European swallow? |
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Sat Feb-19-05 07:28 PM
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31. with or without coconuts? |
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:21 PM
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7. That analytical reasoning stuff hurt my head! |
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I took it about 10 years ago and never want to do that again!
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:28 PM
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Edited on Fri Feb-18-05 09:28 PM by pmbryant
Good luck. Or I guess 'Congratulations' on getting over that hurdle is more appropriate now.
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I took that thing once upon a time, but my memory of it is so vague that I cannot think of anything much to ask.
--Peter
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:29 PM
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12. I feel tired, hungry, and in need to alcohol |
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In that order.
Thanks Peter!
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:43 PM
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:48 PM
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16. graduate records exam |
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It's like the SAT to get into grad school. It's actually almost exactly like the SAT, but it's done on computers that learn how hard to make the questions it asks you.
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:55 PM
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20. Back in the early 1970s |
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it wasn't done on computers, and there were no photo driver's licenses...I made good money for a couple of years for taking the GRE for other people at $250 a crack (reasonable money for a day's work back then).
Not bad for a guy who never went to college, if I say so myself, and I do.
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:56 PM
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21. LOL they take your photo with a webcam now |
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And it pops up on the screen of the computer that you're assigned to sit at.
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:51 PM
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that you are NOW at the apex of your measurable intellectual developement? Enjoy it!
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Fri Feb-18-05 09:52 PM
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I guess I can just skate on through... :-)
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Sat Feb-19-05 02:23 PM
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liberal arts major? ("Not that there's anything wrong with it.") :)
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Sat Feb-19-05 07:26 PM
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27. Uh..... no, earth sciences |
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I just didn't understand why you thought that this was the end of my academic testing.
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Sat Feb-19-05 02:48 PM
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24. Ooooh I'll ask you a new one.... |
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how many schools are you sending the results to? So far I've only applied to two colleges in my life; one undergrad, one grad, got accepted to both. The grad school bit, well it definitely helps to make contact with your would be advisor BEFORE applying, they can sort of "shepherd" your name through the selection process. In closing: Go PALEO!
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Sat Feb-19-05 07:25 PM
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I know the advisors in one school REALLY well, the others I know only slightly.
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Sat Feb-19-05 03:14 PM
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25. Were you happy with how you did? |
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I took mine last fall. It's nice getting the results back right away with the computer system (well, not the analytical writing part) so that you don't have to sweat the results for weeks. I actually had fun taking the GRE. (The General, anyway--the lit subject test? :scared:)
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Sat Feb-19-05 07:27 PM
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I actually did really well on the math, it scared me, I swear there was a tabulation error or something :-)
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Sat Feb-19-05 07:56 PM
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And best of luck with both the application process and with grad school. :hi:
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Sat Feb-19-05 07:26 PM
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Sat Feb-19-05 07:28 PM
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*ducks under the flames*
I have just noticed people who have kids at a young age look really old.
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Sat Feb-19-05 07:30 PM
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32. Do you want any kids? (nt) |
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Sat Feb-19-05 07:33 PM
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I want to be the best damn gay uncle in the universe, but kids of my own, I don't think, even when I'm 40, that I'll feel responsible enough.
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Sat Feb-19-05 07:38 PM
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36. I don't want any kids either |
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My b/f has a daughter and custody of his nephew, so they're kind of like my kids.
Do you have any pets?
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Sat Feb-19-05 07:43 PM
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We used to have a parrot, then I developed this incredibly bad alergy to it, where the whites of my eyes would get blistered. The only treatment is a steroid eyedrop that was $75 per 1.5 ml, and that hardly worked. So we had to give him up, I was really bummed :-(
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Sat Feb-19-05 07:55 PM
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39. Do the fish have names? (nt) |
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Sat Feb-19-05 08:36 PM
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They have names Tetraodon nigroveridas.... but personal names, no.
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Sat Feb-19-05 08:43 PM
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43. What was the parrot's name? (nt) |
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38. When do you plan to begin graduate school? |
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