Wednesday, March 21, 2007

GRE nonsense...

I'm working on signing up for the GRE right now and I'm finding the whole process a bit ridiculous. There are general and subject tests, and the cost of the exam either way is nonsense. I've taken some of the practice tests and they aren't that bad, but I just cannot stand the concept of general testing. It's been proven time and time again that general tests are geared to make rich kids look smart and poor kids look stupid--that's pretty much a banality by now. I understand that the number of people applying for graduate programs makes the absence of a deciding factor like the GRE almost impossible, but something has to change. I'm sure I'll do fine, fall somewhere in the middle of the bell curve, and get into a middle-grade graduate program. That's what the test is supposed to insure and I'm fairly confident it will. Hurrah for the GRE! Another hegemonic roadblock for the monetarily challenged....

2 comments:

teirney said...

Just like the LSAT.

bradandgeo said...

dude, move to europe - they do so much testing at the secondary school level to get into undergrad that they don't even bother at the graduate level. luckily for me...