The GRE

Posted by Anonymous On 7:14 PM

So I just took the GRE, Cachinnatees. It was murder! Brutal! Killer! Especially this one part.

No, not the essays. Those were fine. I rocked them. No, not the math - although that was tough. No, not the verbal part. I had that well under control too.

It was right there at the beginning! They really try to jack you up from the get-go. They try to get you off your game. They get into your head.

When you first get in, they make you copy by hand the confidentiality agreement in effing cursive! CURSIVE!

What is this? The third grade? I'm thinking about a PhD here, not a smiley face next to "penmanship" on my report card! Cursive!

Can you believe that? Don't they know who I am?

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6 Cachinnations

  1. diadelkendall Said,

    That Wacoan of the Year thing is old hat. You've been de-throned. Like Janet Jackson said - what have you done for me lately? Or was that Paula Abdul? I get them confused.

    Posted on 1/05/2009

     
  2. Seth Ward Said,

    I'd fail right then and there. I think they know this. Sort of like asking a swimmer to dance Ballet for a pre-game warm up... or asking Stephen Hawking to sing a little bit of Gianni Schicchi before he gets started with his lecture... or asking Bill Clinton to do-it-up with Hillary before his full day of intern interviews.

    I mean, COME ON. They KNOW you haven't written in cursive, much less with a pencil for past 8 years. What a bunch a ballooey.

    All mind games, my friend... and further proof that women are trying to take over the world. I mean, who else (besides a tremendously gay man) would ask a dude to write a FULL paragraph in cursive before he takes a test?

    Posted on 1/06/2009

     
  3. Unknown Said,

    I write in cursive all the time. Baby.

    Posted on 1/06/2009

     
  4. euphrony Said,

    I told Mrs. E about this and she nearly died. She hates standardized tests and is horrible at them. When she took the GRE she bombed; but UH let her in anyway, she got her MFA, and now teaches part time at a college. Yeah, the GRE is a great indicator of success.

    So, did the statement have a lot of uppercase Q's and Z's? For the life of me I can't remember who to write those in cursive.

    (By the way, if you've not seen on my blog, I have a picture of a truly monstrous Christmas lawn inflatable. I remember how much you love them.)

    Posted on 1/07/2009

     
  5. Anonymous Said,

    Euph, those things are an abomination. And you know it. I actually tried to leave a comment about it on your blog, but it wouldn't let me. It kept telling me about an empty field. Not seeing anything that I left blank, I assumed it was either a metaphor for life or a good place to play football. I suppose I could see my life as an empty field... and Blogger is right, I don't want that at all... but I still did want to leave a comment.

    Oh, and Kendall, thank you for the segue. I've got an announcement forthcoming about my status as Wacoan of the Year.

    As for cursive, I found transitioning from a cursive "r" to anything else particularly difficult. On reviewing my work, I noted that all my "n" and "r" letters looked the same. And neither looked like they were supposed to. Oh well. I hope no one from the PhD programs gets to see the confidentiality agreement. It might do me in right there.

    Posted on 1/07/2009

     
  6. Meg Said,

    What's this about the GRE and PhD programs? Drop me a line sometime and fill me in.

    Posted on 1/09/2009