I've spent far too much time of late preparing to take the GRE, which I did this morning. The last time I took the GRE was in 1996, so if I want to apply to the Comparative Studies MA program at BYU (still not sure how I'll take classes, but perhaps little by little), I needed to retake it.
The portion that mattered least (Quantitative) stressed me out a lot. I got by with one statistic class in college to count for my math requirement. Though math was my favorite subject in 8th grade, I got turned off by precalc (junior year), in part because of two years of "boys club" type teachers (I don't talk sports!), in part because I was doing too much and would fall asleep in the back of the class every day sophomore year, to be woken by my friend Cisca Mok as she left the room! (I still got an 89.4 in the class, but the teacher -- understandably -- wouldn't round up to an A-.)
The Analytical writing task scared me, too. I'm a strong writer, but on some of the topics my mind drew a blank. I made Taylor talk through 5 or 6 topics an evening for a few weeks. It really helps to be married to brilliance!
In the end, I did fine. I'm still waiting to hear how I scored on the Analytical; if I didn't overstep by adding a 4th argument (that even in art, "facts" -- perspectival painting -- can be altered through the tricks of anamorphosis. All ideas from my "Theology of Painting" class), then I think I kicked some "behind."
So glad that it is done!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Cool! I didn't even know you were taking this test. Way to take it on a whim and do well!
And that last sentence: "facts - perspectival painting - can be altered through the tricks of anamorphosis" is enough proof of your genius-ness. I didn't even understand a single word of that sentence. You are so smart!
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