Wish me luck!

[Owlie]

I'm taking the GRE in an hour and 45 minutes. If you don't know, the GRE is the graduate school admissions test. I'm a bit nervous, but I test well, so hopefully I'll be okay. I'm still registering for taking it a second time if I don't like the scores.

Wish me luck!

[bmccasland]

Good luck! I had my brain fried by that exam. Got home, and had absolutely no reccollection of getting there. Had to go check the car for scratches & dings - fortunately there weren't any.

And then I didn't go to grad school. But I did get good scores.

[redrhodie]

Good luck!

[tribogota]

I got the worst score on the GRE TWICE and applied to grad school 3 years in a row, finally got into an excellent program with the terrible GRE and have a PHD so just be perserverant!

[wannaduacentury]

I got the worst score on the GRE TWICE and applied to grad school 3 years in a row, finally got into an excellent program with the terrible GRE and have a PHD so just be perserverant!

+1 Way to go. What's your doctorate in? I'm considering the same route. Working on BA in History right now(non trad. junior). Sometimes I think these entrance tests are a waste of time b/c In my opinion, it really doesn't represent how intelligent or determined a person really is or what they can accomplish. Jenn

[Possegal]

I took them ages ago - no computerized test for me. Not sure if that is a good thing or a bad one. I test well on those sorts of things, so I just walked in and took it. I agree that it doesn't gauge many things that you need to get through a PhD program. I do think a lot of programs are not requiring them anymore. My scores in math and verbal are nearly always identical, not sure what that says about me.

One guy I was in grad school with took them several times, while we were in the program, until he got the minimum score needed. Yet he was doing fine in the program. More fuel to the 'why are they necessary' camp. He's since been published in "Science", which is a pretty good feat for our field.

[DDH]

Good luck to you. I hope you do great!!!!

[NbyNW]

Good luck!

[kenyonchris]

Good luck!

[graceomalley]

How did it go, Owlie?

[Owlie]

Thank you all!
Apparently my brain is broken. Since the test is computerized (who thought that was a good plan?!), you get your scores back instantly. It seems that the verbal section is harder for everyone, so that a score in the 90th percentile in verbal is the same as a score in the 40th in math. There was a 90-point gap between my verbal and math scores. So while I did very well on the verbal, I have quite a bit of work to do in math.

Ah well, at least I know what I need to do.