I just took a practice GRE exam, and now my brain is mush.

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Mon Dec-03-07 07:49 PM
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I just took a practice GRE exam, and now my brain is mush.

I just wanted to share.

:crazy:

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Mon Dec-03-07 07:55 PM
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1. well, at least you know you have a brain.

even if it is all mushy. :D

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:33 PM
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4. It hurt me, that brain...

it hurt me!

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:43 PM
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12. your brain and my arm

ouch x(

What are you going for doctorate of __________________. sorry, I forgot. English?

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Mon Dec-03-07 09:03 PM
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20. No...

Mass Communication or Media Studies.

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UndertheOcean

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:10 PM
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2. The GRE is for kids,

Wait till you get into graduate school , then your brain is mince meat.

Then comes the Qualifying exams , then the Candidacy , all fun.

Not to mention that piece of cake called "tenure track"

My Advice , unless you love your area of interest and willing to be a slave for its sake , RUN away from Grad school right now, run !

Unless your area is in the humanities rather than the Sciences , you guys have it easy (only joking!)

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:34 PM
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5. I already have my Master's... I'm applying to doctorate programs.

And I have been enamored with my field since 13. Honey, that thinking and writing stuff is where I belong. ;)

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:41 PM
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11. Still, the qualifying exams will make the GRE seem like a cake walk

Now that you mention it, how did you get into a Master's program w/o taking the GRE?

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:44 PM
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13. I last took the GRE in 2002...

and did okay. I earned my Master's in 2006 but now my scores are expiring. The Assoc. Dean at one of the schools I'm applying to strongly suggested I refresh my scores.

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Xipe Totec

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:53 PM
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16. Very odd

Considering that the GRE is a predictor of how well you might do in graduate school.

But you already have a Master's, so you KNOW how well you can do in graduate school.

Seems to me the Master's should trump GRE.

very weird; as if they're not counting your Master's work.

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:57 PM
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17. Sometimes scores that get you into a masters program are not

enough for a Ph.D. , it varies from school to school , and I think its a nutty policy.

They should do away with it and keep only the subject tests.

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Mon Dec-03-07 09:02 PM
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19. Well every doctoral program I know asks for me to submit up to date GRE scores.

And because mine are expiring this month (as they do after five years) I will need to retake the exam to bring them up to date.

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Xipe Totec

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Mon Dec-03-07 09:08 PM
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22. Yes, I understand

but it is weird, isn't it?

It's like it misses the whole point.

That's bureaucracy for you....

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:32 PM
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3. Taking the GRE General Test is like taking the SAT -- only with a degree

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:35 PM
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6. And they both stand for the same thing - Pain In the Ass.

I have to retake my GRE to apply again to doctoral programs. My previous scores expire this month.

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Deja Q

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:35 PM
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7. I'm just abhout to start MCSE Server certification testing.

I hope you scored well!

:toast:

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:45 PM
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14. I did fairly well...

good luck with your certification testing!

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:37 PM
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8. You are one smart cookie Writer.

Don't forget about us when you get all rich and famous:) :hi:

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:46 PM
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15. Wealth and fame are not my goals, but I'll certainly never forget

about DU... especially the sexy hunks who send me pics. :P

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Deja Q

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Tue Dec-04-07 11:26 AM
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33. Ooh! Ooh! I've got some! Wanna see?

:evilgrin:

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Tue Dec-04-07 11:29 AM
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34. Sure!

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Reverend_Smitty

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:37 PM
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9. I thank my lucky stars every day that my program accepted MAT along with GRE

with my inability to do anything even remotely math related would have surely kept me from getting accepted into my program

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Mon Dec-03-07 09:00 PM
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18. Yeah, math is my weak point, too.

That's why my field has little to do with mathematics.

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Reverend_Smitty

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Mon Dec-03-07 09:22 PM
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23. I wanted to study biomechanics

but I know there would be too much math involved so I settled for a master's in education. Hell, we're not even required to write a thesis...not that I'm complaining or anything...

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:34 AM
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31. My advice: get a GRE prep book and study it. It will improve your score.

Especially the math section.
The notion that studying won't help is a myth.

The most important thing is to familiarize yourself with the test format. Learn to spot the traps.

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Tue Dec-04-07 11:24 AM
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32. I'm in a Kaplan class.

It has been worth the money.

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Quantess

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Tue Dec-04-07 12:02 PM
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35. Good.

Proper GRE prep is a lot of "teaching to the test", which tells you that the GRE doesn't really measure who is the best student, it measures who is good at taking the GRE. For me, it helped to think of it as a game.

Other than that, studying vocabulary, doing analogies, and refreshing your math skills is valuable to everyday life. 11 years later, I'm still enriched from the vocabulary I studied.

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Mon Dec-03-07 08:38 PM
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10. and....

is that new? :shrug:

j/k

relax

GRE is all about

being centered

oh and knowing the answers :P

good luck

:hi:

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Mon Dec-03-07 09:03 PM
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21. Thanks n/t

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Mon Dec-03-07 09:27 PM
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24. Were you on plane from San Francisco to Austin today?

There was a woman on board who resembles you strongly. If you were not aboard that plane, do you have a sister? Maybe it was her. :D

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Mon Dec-03-07 11:06 PM
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25. LOL... no that wasn't me.

I do have a sister that lives in the San Fran area, but she's a bit older than I am and has a bit more heft to her.

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Tue Dec-04-07 12:31 AM
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26. I know that feeling

Took the GMAT a year ago, the Praxis I, II, pedagogy, and content area teacher tests before that, the LAST (not a typo) and ATS-W before that....yeah, mushiness is the only way to describe what happened to my brain after each of those.

I just finished up 3 hours of running regression analysis by hand, and I'm feeling very similar to braindead now, as well.

Hope they went well, and good luck getting into the doctorate program.

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Tue Dec-04-07 01:49 AM
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28. The GMAT is a very difficult exam...

I took that eons ago before I started a bit of MBA work. It really seems that you're working toward a goal here - kudos to you!

... and don't let all of those r values get to you. ;)

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Tue Dec-04-07 01:23 AM
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27. when's the real deal? Good luck!

What's your field, if you don't mind my asking?

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Tue Dec-04-07 01:50 AM
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29. I'm staying mum on the actual day.

My field is media studies/mass communication.

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fishwax

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Tue Dec-04-07 01:54 AM
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30. Hooray for media studies

I dabble a bit in that as well, as it relates to my field (literature).

Well, whatever the day, good luck on the test and the rest of the process :hi:

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