This story was originally published on my vet school blog, “Wet Cleanup on Aisle 5.”
I’ve been having a blast (ha!) studying for the GRE, which is now less than a month away.
Since my previous GRE scores are now more than ten years old, I get to take the test again. Back when I graduated, the GRE was still on PAPER. The only reason I took it at all is that it was free: I was part of the Educational Testing Service’s experiment as to the feasibility of computer based testing. Lord knows I had no intention of ever setting foot in the halls of academia again. Funny how life throws you curveballs.
The bummer is that I’ve yet to match my original scores in any of my practice tests, and it’s driving me NUTS. Did I study for it the first time around? No… Have I just forgotten basic algebraic principles and multi-syllabic vocabulary words? Well…
The good news is that in all the questions I’ve missed, I’ve readily understood the explanations. So it’s not as though I’ve forgotten any concepts entirely, it’s just that they don’t always jump immediately to mind when staring at a question with that darn clock ticking down in the background. Hopefully a little brushing up will set me back on track.
I really hope all this hullabaloo will make me a better vet. If anything, I will continue to be sedulous in my studies, so that I might garner sapience. With my capacious vocabulary, I shall appear rather urbane to my coterie of fellow vet students.
Grr. Eat Me.