Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Rant on the GRE
So I took the GRE. After I finish this three hour test where I know a minimal amount of the vocab words and all the math problems are just tricky (feeling really strong about how I did)- a notice comes up and says that I have a choice. This message tells me that my scores will be published and will be on my permanent record once I view them, so I have the option of not viewing my scores and canceling the test right then or I can go ahead view my scores and they will be published. Now at this point- I am exhausted and am tired and feel like I did horrible, but know that this is a scam. People can retake and retake the GRE and if you take it again and improve- it can only mean you are dedicated. So what is the risk, but part of you wants to cancel. So I of course - I hit publish to view my score. This message flashes up again with WARNING! and displays the same message. So again I click on - publish score...and it came up again. Third time after choosing publish scores- it published them. I am so mad. If you had any test anxiety on all you'd cancel, beat yourself up later because you really don't know how you did and have to pay some 200 dollars again to take it. I rarely get upset, but pretty annoyed over this one. Thankfully, most people will recognize this ploy for what it is, but still- annoying of the test makers.
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How did you do?
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