Or Educational Testing Service, whichever you prefer. They are the people (demons, ogres, etc.) responsible for the GRE's. Stupid me, I signed up to take the dreaded exam on May 26th. I figured why not, I have a few weeks to recover from finals and that way I can get it out of the way before my stint in Puerto Rico and before they make the test even longer and probably more unfair.
Maybe not my brightest idea. Those of you who know me know I work pretty damn hard in school and work and research and whatever else I do. Those of you who don't know me, take my word for it. Or don't. Suit yourself.
Anywho, I work pretty damn hard and the thought of three hours making or breaking an application truly frightens me. I have been doing practice exams for the past few days now and my scores are getting worse! Worse! Damn it. Who comes up with these stupid vocab words (which I will never use in a journal article for AJEV and if I do, some elf from ETS please come put me out of my misery)? and who writes these passages? and the math questions even? Honestly, something very twisted is going on and we're all suckers and maybe I just won't even go to grad school and will live on a vineyard in Italy or Israel or Missouri (though I hear that some people pronounce it Misery and that doesn't sound all too appealing). Maybe I'll stay in my parents' house forever and simply go plum crazy one day rip out my hair and suddenly come to the realization that my GRE scores aren't really a measure of my personal worth and I'm better than that and I can let these little satanic imps control my life.
As of now, I am on my way to crazy and couldn't even remember any of the stupid vocab words to throw in this blog post, which would have made for great irony.
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