Oh, Lord.

I'm taking the GRE on Wednesday. I'm nervous because I have horrendous test anxiety. I've been this way since I was a little kid having to take those god-awful TCAP whatever-they-are-called-in-other-states tests in grade school. Also, the only way I could take the test (besides waiting until October) was to agree to a computer-based test, and I'm freaking out that my eyes will glaze over or that they'll want me to use the dinky calculator on the computer instead of a real T-83 graphing calculator. *frets*

I'm trying to take things one at a time since I decided to go back to school to get my Masters followed by a PhD. I can't even download a bloody application for any graduate school until they update them in September (not to mention the fact that only one state that neighbours mine offers a PhD program in Art History). GRE first, applications later. I'm going to take a few practice tests tomorrow to get ready.

Oh, Lord.

I'm taking the GRE on Wednesday. I'm nervous because I have horrendous test anxiety. I've been this way since I was a little kid having to take those god-awful TCAP whatever-they-are-called-in-other-states tests in grade school. Also, the only way I could take the test (besides waiting until October) was to agree to a computer-based test, and I'm freaking out that my eyes will glaze over or that they'll want me to use the dinky calculator on the computer instead of a real T-83 graphing calculator. *frets*

I'm trying to take things one at a time since I decided to go back to school to get my Masters followed by a PhD. I can't even download a bloody application for any graduate school until they update them in September (not to mention the fact that only one state that neighbours mine offers a PhD program in Art History). GRE first, applications later. I'm going to take a few practice tests tomorrow to get ready.

I Need a Game-Day Jersey.

I've been taking GRE practice tests all day using the free study prep software from the official ETS site... It has not been reassuring. I don't know how they expect people to do some of the math portions without a calculator. I mean, a lot of it is common knowledge stuff, but the graphing gets me every time especially when the drawings aren't to scale to begin with. If you don't have a scale on a graph how is one to tell if one line is meant to represent 233,000 when it looks like it could represent anywhere from 200,001 to 250,000? They better give me a lot of scratch paper. Sigh, I just want to get it over with.

I Need a Game-Day Jersey.

I've been taking GRE practice tests all day using the free study prep software from the official ETS site... It has not been reassuring. I don't know how they expect people to do some of the math portions without a calculator. I mean, a lot of it is common knowledge stuff, but the graphing gets me every time especially when the drawings aren't to scale to begin with. If you don't have a scale on a graph how is one to tell if one line is meant to represent 233,000 when it looks like it could represent anywhere from 200,001 to 250,000? They better give me a lot of scratch paper. Sigh, I just want to get it over with.