Saturday, September 15, 2012

26. Make a decision about Grad School & 27. Take the GRE

I've flirted with the idea of grad school since before I was even an undergrad, but in true millennial fashion I didn't want to commit to that path until I knew what "calling" to pursue.  Well...I have a little bit of scholarship moo-lah from doing TFA and it expires in 2015, so calling or not it appears the time is drawing near my friends.

And what goes hand in hand with grad school you might ask?  The GRE.  Not all programs require it but it's looking like my time is drawing near for this as well.

A quick browse around the test's web page made me sufficiently nervous.  Please read the excerpt below from the ETS website:


Directions: Select one or more answer choices according to the specific question directions.
If the question does not specify how many answer choices to select, select all that apply.
The correct answer may be just one of the choices or as many as all of the choices, depending on the question.
No credit is given unless you select all of the correct choices and no others.
If the question specifies how many answer choices to select, select exactly that number of choices.
I understand the whole more-than-one-answer thing but the sample questions go on to list A through G as multiple choice options.  7 "possible" answers.  All or nothing?!  Ah!

It is amazing how quickly your brain gets out of standardized-testing academia.  Suppose I'll actually have to study.

I looked into a prep course and had major sticker shock at the $1200 pricetag.  Ah!

Anyone who's taken it out there have pointers, tips, or advice for me?

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