A sign of too much time on my hands
Wednesday night, I said to myself, “Self, what should I do this weekend?” Much to my surprise, I replied, “You obviously have gone far too long without taking a huge test, so you should take the GRE.”
Yup, a spontaneous GRE-taking. Is this an example of callow intellectual hubris? I hope not. Is it an attempt by yet another disillusioned young professional to right a feckless post-college life? Perhaps.
My line of reasoning goes like this: I forget more and more of my school-derived knowledge with every passing day. My writing skills have grown stale from inattention. My lexicon might expand over time, but many of the words on the GRE are so obscure that it would be only by Providence that I would encounter them in time to be useful. Really, how often do you see the word “opprobrious” in literature?* Taking all of this into consideration leaves but one conclusion: sitting for the GRE sooner is better than sitting for the GRE later.
Twelve hours until test time…
(*specially-chosen example from the GRE practice exam)
Good luck! The test isnt very fun, and i agree taking it sooner is better than later, as long as later is within the next 5 yrs that the score is valid 🙂
Well, the test is done. I didn’t do as well as I hoped (at least on the V+Q), but at the same time, I’m not surprised by the results.
“Opprobrious,” maybe when I’m reading the dictionary.
Consider it a testament to how you’ve changed. My scores on the SAT were high on the reading comprehension and adequate on the math. Cut to senior year of college, where my GRE score became heavy on the math, lower on the reading/vocabularicular knowledge. I aced the writing portion, though. You don’t seem to be very laconic, so I’d wager you were successful on the writing portion as well.