| Apr. 11th, 2008 @ 04:56 pm gre imperfection |
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I didn't realize you learn your score immediately. A disappointing-but-not-really 800/760.
Man, the first section after the writing was verbal and I knew I was acing it. Then the final question was one I recognized as an experimental format, so I knew the section wouldn't count, and I deflated at the prospect of suffering through another verbal section. I suppose one missed question isn't enough to knock me all the way to 760 so I probably missed two. One of the ones I missed was the last one, where I spazzed about what PUNCTILIOUS means, which sucks because I know. The other was likely from one of the interminable reading sections. If only the guys at ETS could bottle and sell that boredom, they'd be zillionaires.
You wouldn't think that cramming one or two hundred words would have too much impact, but there were two questions I might have missed without that preparation. One depended on my knowing the nutty word UNWONTED. Can't think of the other but I remember thinking "excellent vocab studying paulp!" so it must have happened.
I won't know my analytical writing score for a few weeks yet, but I'd bet it'll be 5.0 or 5.5. It can't be 6 because I couldn't resist writing like a blogger. You know what I mean, ignore the argument you're supposed to be analyzing and unleash some ad hominem on the author as you imagine him. Hmm, come to think of it maybe 5.0 isn't a safe lower bound. [Googling Happens] Hey, 5.5 is 86th percentile and 5.0 is 70th, and 4.5 is 51st. In that case I will file a formal complaint with the universe if I score below 5.5.
They have all the issue topics online, and I got lucky because mine was: "A nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college rather than allow schools in different parts of the nation to determine which academic courses to offer." LAID TO WASTE. |
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