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Welp, I just came back from taking the GRE General exam, and boy are my synapses tired. I’m bathing them in caffeine in an attempt to wake them from their stupor.

The annoying thing about the GRE is, now that it’s computerized, the questions grow successively more difficult as the test progresses. If you answer a tough question correctly, the computer gives you a tougher one. While this makes for a very accurate analysis of one’s abilities, it also means that one’s stress level grows continually through the three-hour ordeal. It’s a mixed bag.

That having been said, I ended up doing alright. Better than I had on my practice tests, at least. My unofficial scores (because I’m sure at least ~someone~ is curious) are:

Verbal: 630
Quantitative: 770

In other words, I did acceptably well on the verbal portion (above average for those in my field, though nothing exceptional) and annoyingly well on the quantitative part. I mean, what good does that quantitative score do me? *mutter*

I have roughly a two-week wait before I hear how I did on the analytical, since it’s comprised of two essays and those have to be assessed. I think I did alright on both of them. Probably a 5 out of 6 or so. I organized the persuasive one pretty nicely, but my points weren’t as convincing as they could have been. My points were excellent on the analysis one, but I wasn’t happy with the organization. And, of course, my feeble little vocabulary marred them both. *g*

So! That’s that, and now it’s over and done with. Which is sorta a nice feeling, now that I think about it. :)