...I am planning to take my GRE a week from today..(Hope i have framed the sentence appropriately,'coz too much indulgent reading of complex words and sentences have made my mind so hazed that simple sentences framed by me are being prone to errors...)...
Having said that, the one and only thing that is the driving force for my preparation is the cost of application for the test(which is 8000 bucks unfortunately..).. and my preparation is ridden with lots of hindrances and trauma at various levels of preparation...
Let me elaborate...
Woe number 1:
Just when i was flipping through my vocab study material after having mustered enough interest with great difficulty...i came across a word called "Floccinaucinihilipilification"... I blinked......and scanned the page...there were many more such words, learning which might require a reasonably long period of time (unless you are a real nerd and study for hours together)... and it didnt end there...the meanings for those words were really simple like the word that i mentioned before( No patience to remember the spelling and mention again)...it meant "worthless"...Now which sane person on earth would use that long shittiest word instead of conveniently using 'worthless'...
Woe number 2:
The acute embarrassment that i have to suffer if i get (god forbid..!!!) low scores... and the horrendous prospect of writing the exam again...(Though my mom already declared that she wouldn't pay 8000/- for re-attempt and i have to score well the first time itself..)..That sort of added to my already mounting pressure...
Woe number 3:
The ordeal of sitting through alomost 3 hours of testing ( at the end of which you are completely exhaused and worse, if you dont end up with a good score(God forbid again!!...)
And the woes continue.....................................
This post comes as an after-effect of a frustating preparation of 4 hours ....
I have finally decided not to push myself and my poor brain much... what would happen will ultimately happen no matter how bad you try to stop it from happening...
So my only advice for who ever who cares to listen...
"Stay optimistic, and stay sane"... All the best for future GRE test takers (and retakers)....!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
6 comments:
Yea, thats how people work hard or try to work hard to achieve something. But if our target and the hard work does not match the present situation for a person may be dangerous. So hope this experience of urs was a real one and now u are done with some hard work and hence experienced.
All the best from sandy
I'm studying for the GRE too,
I can understand ur pain.
Good luck to us!
Although your woes are routine..... i jus liked the way you ended the blog.....
I'm Suneel. I found your blog link on Orkut (GMAT community)........
If you are prepraing/prepared for GMAT, please let me know the woes underlying it.....
BTW, what was your final GRE score???
-Suneel
hehe... finally what is ur score?
I never prepared for GRE. But i was preparing for GMAT and currently i had to postpone my preparation due to some personal reasons.... [:)]
-Suneel
Post a Comment