One Test vs. 5 Years!!

I'm taking the GRE exam tomorrow...for the second time, and I had to wonder to myself -- Why does one test have the power to overshadow my 5 years of engineering education??? Is it fair to say that if I don't perform well on the GRE (verbal, quantitative, analytical writing), that I won't perform well in an ENGINEERING curriculum after performing extremely well in my ENGINEERING classes? I certainly don't think so. To qualify for entrance into an engineering Ph.D program, you are required to take an entrance exam. So you take the GRE II right?? NOT! You take an exam that actually focuses on material that you've learned throughout your engineering curriculum. Why not do that for entrance into the graduate program itself? Maybe I have all these questions because I'm bitter about taking the exam twice... Either way, I refuse to let a 3hr exam rain on my FIVE years of engineering coursework and experience. GRE...lets' GO!!!

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Taking a Breather

I actually created my first blog in 2006. How many posts did I write from that time till this point?? -- let's try zero. Why? -- because I had no time. So now I'm finally starting, and I still don't have time, but I had forgotten how much of a relief writing out my feelings could be. I just came back from the podiatrist, who said I have plantar fascilitis, i'm studying for a midterm that takes place in 2hrs, I'm taking the GRE this Friday, and trying to resolve an issue that I have no information about. Writing....yea, I'm loving this right now. There is so much going on in my life right now that I don't even know where to begin. So I'm not...at least not for right now. I probably should be the dedicated student and review some more for this wonderful history exam. I'm so excited that I have started though. Now I have motivation to continue! Stay tuned... : )

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