Friday, March 14, 2008
New Blog
I have decided to launch a new blog, called to "News View". That blog will summarize my views about puzzling world news. I hope you enjoy that.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
GRE results
It's over!
And it went very very well. I got 800 on the quantitative and 640 on the verbal.
People are usually awed by the 800, as it is the perfect score, but I think that the 640 is much more impressive. 800 in quantitative is the 94th percentile, which is nice, but the 6 percent that receive 800 prove how easy the quantitative section is. However, 640 is the 91st percentile, which includes all the native speakers of English taking the test. For a non-native speaker, who has never lived in a country whose language is English, like me, that's like being in the 99th percentile.
I'm very very pleased.
Now the focus shifts to the following:
1) Helping D move to my place.
2) Getting back in shape.
3) Getting accepted with all the financial aid we need.
4) Meeting all the friends and family whom I have neglected in the past 3 months.
Good luck to us. :-)
And it went very very well. I got 800 on the quantitative and 640 on the verbal.
People are usually awed by the 800, as it is the perfect score, but I think that the 640 is much more impressive. 800 in quantitative is the 94th percentile, which is nice, but the 6 percent that receive 800 prove how easy the quantitative section is. However, 640 is the 91st percentile, which includes all the native speakers of English taking the test. For a non-native speaker, who has never lived in a country whose language is English, like me, that's like being in the 99th percentile.
I'm very very pleased.
Now the focus shifts to the following:
1) Helping D move to my place.
2) Getting back in shape.
3) Getting accepted with all the financial aid we need.
4) Meeting all the friends and family whom I have neglected in the past 3 months.
Good luck to us. :-)
Sunday, March 9, 2008
GRE time
By this time tomorrow I will have finished my GRE test and I will have known the score.
I have never in my life studied so hard for a standardized test. I have taken a preparation course, studied hundreds (literally, hundreds) of words in the vocabulary, and taken numerous tests. In recent tests my quantitative score is wavering between 750-800, mostly near the higher part of the scale, while my verbal score is not so predictable. Usually, the verbal score is around 600, but one of the tests I took yesterday scored 470. That's due to the adaptive nature of the GRE and the weight it gives to the first question(s). I hope that tomorrow I'll be around the 600.
After the test all the energies shall be focused on Dana's move to my place and on our later move to (hopefully) the USA. The flat requires refurbishment, at least replacing the air conditioning and fixing the toilets. Then, we need to see how much, exactly, are we going to receive if we move to Cincinnati. That requires a talk with the prospective professor, K.
I have never in my life studied so hard for a standardized test. I have taken a preparation course, studied hundreds (literally, hundreds) of words in the vocabulary, and taken numerous tests. In recent tests my quantitative score is wavering between 750-800, mostly near the higher part of the scale, while my verbal score is not so predictable. Usually, the verbal score is around 600, but one of the tests I took yesterday scored 470. That's due to the adaptive nature of the GRE and the weight it gives to the first question(s). I hope that tomorrow I'll be around the 600.
After the test all the energies shall be focused on Dana's move to my place and on our later move to (hopefully) the USA. The flat requires refurbishment, at least replacing the air conditioning and fixing the toilets. Then, we need to see how much, exactly, are we going to receive if we move to Cincinnati. That requires a talk with the prospective professor, K.
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