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11.07

MoGRE

Lovely things to do: blog everyday for the rest of November, study math(s), and learn 500, give or take 200, vocab words.

I want to blog more often. I signed up for NaBloPoMo after the first of November, so I haven’t failed in this endeavor just yet. But I have an exam, the GRE, on the 21st. exam prep > blogging everyday. This exam is hugely important; it’s an if I fail, I might-as-well-go-and-hide-under-a-rock-for-the-rest-of-my-life sort of thing. I exaggerate, but… Wish me well.

I think that it’s impossible to literally fail the exam, so everyone gets to apply her own standards. My standards dictate that to fail is to not do better than 90% of those (way more than most people) who take the test. If I fail, everything will go to hell, I’ll have to re-take it ASAP, and re-think my grad school plans (oh dear~).

I suppose that this post is more of a warning/disclaimer than anything else. If I blog everyday for the next few weeks, I’ll probably always have something to say (and it may not be positive) about the exam I’m preparing to take.

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Lol that’s exactly how I feel about my maths and stats exam. But I’ll wish you luck on getting 100%.

Posted by: Rilla · November 9th, 2007 at 5:43 am · #

Excellent! I shall be able to do my documentary on preparation for a big exam while trying to blog everyday, after all! :P

Posted by: Aisling · November 9th, 2007 at 9:45 am · #

It’s so much easier to beat 9/10 exam-takers in high school. I’m sure that by university, the competition must be tougher.

Good luck with your exam! I’m sure you’ll do well :3

Posted by: Kaylee · November 9th, 2007 at 5:25 pm · #

I think it’s ridiculous for schools to have must-pass-or-die exams. =/ Good luck!

Posted by: Sarai · November 9th, 2007 at 7:51 pm · #

The GRE? Law school no more? What’s the new plan?

Sucks that you have to take it the day before Thanksgiving.

Best of luck!

To help with the vocab you might look at freerice.com. Learn some words, feed some people.

Posted by: Caitlin · November 10th, 2007 at 6:38 am · #

Interesting timing. Isn’t it always when we have the most on our plate that we think, “hey, why not heap on more…”

Good luck, was my original point. Yes, good luck, good luck!

Posted by: gem · November 11th, 2007 at 12:23 am · #

@Aisling: What documentary is this? :)

@Caitlin: This is the same plan. J.D. comes after M.A. I need to work on my foreign languages before I start trying to do international or whatever law. ;) Thanks for telling me about freerice. I have enough vocab lists already, but I’m always up for feeding people.

@Gem: Most of the time, I’m like that. But this time I wasn’t really thinking… If I had, I wouldn’t have signed for all of these things.

Posted by: Chantelle · November 11th, 2007 at 12:55 am · #

Good luck on the GRE! What schools/programs are you looking at?

Posted by: Alex · November 12th, 2007 at 10:17 pm · #

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