Today I faced the beast...

[akujunkan]

...in the form of the Graduate Records Examination.

Got my highest quantitative score to date (which is good, because my scores on all the practice tests sucked) at the expense of having to guess my way through eleven questions in seven minutes and not being able to even finish them.

This left me rattled for the verbal, where I scored 100 fewer points than I'd done on any of the practice tests, and which has left me sour because I should have damn well been in the 99th percentile and am not, thanks to my test anxiety.

I think the writing when pretty well. Anyway, it's a huge weight off of my chest, and what better way to celebrate than obsessively updating my LibraryThing for 1.5 hours tonight.

That will be all.

Comments

[dark-waterlily.livejournal.com]

You remind me of my brother... anxiety is the biggest beast to tame.
Good to read you did well. Champagne anyone?

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I would love some champagne. (And better test scores, but oh well...;) )

[pussreboots.livejournal.com]

I HATE ETS and all their stupid tests. I'm sorry you had to suffer through the GRE today. Good luck on whatever higher education you have planned. :)

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU. What burns me the most is that the only thing one's ETS test scores prove is that you've studied how to succeed at taking an ETS test. They say virtually nothing about my mathematical or verbal ability. Bah.

[metal-dog5.livejournal.com]

Err, well done? I have absolutely no idea how your testing system works, but completely relate to the exam anxiety - been there many a time. Anyways I'm certain you've aced it :)

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Well, I actually know for certain that I haven't, because you receive two out of three scores as soon as you complete the last test question. I'm at about the 64th percentile for the mathematics, and the 95th for verbal. This is not that bad, until you realize that I was scoring consistently in the 99th percentile (i.e. not missing a single questions) on all of the practice tests I took. This is the havoc my nerves wreak on my test-taking ability.

Ah well. The main thing is that it's over now;)