2006
06.08

GRE Prep

For the last 2 weeks, I have been cramming like crazy for the GRE. I am taking the GRE in an attempt to attend graduate school (Computer Science).

I will likely devote the majority of my time until 19 June 2006 to studying and practicing this test. So far, I am teetering around an 1100 (650Q, 450V). I am applying to the University of Texas at Dallas and they list a 1200 as the recommended score (recommended, not neccesarily required). I feel if I break 700 with my Quantative score, I shouldn’t fear my test scores.

Anyways, I need to work on my reading comprehension, antonyms, and analytical writing. My weak-point is the inferance questions for the reading comp. and vocabulary level with the antonyms. I need to practice “active reading” under timed circumstances and the top 200 GRE words.

Also, I created a new category related to education and intellectual improvement. I called it “Project Bootstrap” as a reference to the Simpsons (like ‘Sector 7-G’). Here’s what it is defined as (according to the wiki):

Project Bootstrap was a government program, apparently initiated by President Gerald R. Ford in an attempt to provide more jobs by enforcing lower hiring standards in government regulated services. This allowed more under-qualified people to find work. Because of this project, the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant was forced to hire the least educated person it could find to fill the vacancy in sector 7-G. The only person dumb enough to meet government approval was Homer Simpson

Anyhoo, back to studying…

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