I took GMAT today

[Snowflake]

Originally posted by Agathon
Which is the GMAT?

I know that the LSAT is for lawyers/criminals (what's the difference?).

GMAT is for business school, as GRE is for the engineering schools and such.

[Japher]

At least I've proved to myself that I can do anything if I really wanted to, and I can do it as good as anybody.

So?

Not to be mean.

I got the BS in Chemical Engineering because I thought that was the hardest major I could take (anyone got a better one let me know)... I did that. I figured then, hell I got the degree I'll do the deed and got the job. Took me 2 years to do so. I've raised the bar since. Still, I am not happy with my life. I did what I wanted to because of a challenge to myself. The big question I forgot to ask was; what do I want out of my life, "WHAT DO I WANT?"

I still don't know.

[Snowflake]

Yes, you are very right, Japher. Each and everyone of us are searching for that very reason of life. What do I want from life? Some thinks that he/she knows what it is, only to find out later that he/she didn't really know.

I'm different from a lot of people, I think. I take whatever life gives me with gratitude. I do not ask for what I can't get. And I'm happy with what I already got. But if I get a chance, I will try my best to catch it. What drives me in my life is not ambitions, like many of you. What drives me is my curiosity for the world and my thirsty about different tastes of life.

Life is a collection of each and everyday. Taking a test may not mean anything. But you write your life book with each and every step you walk. Life is hard and complicated. But I will take it one step at a time.

[Japher]

good....


you did better than you needed to

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Snowflake
Carrots

Well, I got math 51 (full score) at 99 percentile (there is no 100 percentile), verbal 47 at 99 percentile (probably 3 or 4 wrong answers), and overall 780 out of 800, 99 percentile.

I am very happy. It doesn't matter whether it would lead to anything real. At least I've proved to myself that I can do anything if I really wanted to, and I can do it as good as anybody.

And I don't want a 800. I'm never a perfectionist. It is not real. The real perfection is the perfection with a little crack in it.

That's great, Snowflake! I know how you feel when you get that close. It's tempting to think about retaking it, but I just remember all stress of worrying about taking it the first time to keep myself from doing it again. Congrats!

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Agathon
I took the GRE once. I couldn't see the point of it.

To show how much smarter physics grad students are than philosophy grad students?

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


To show how much smarter physics grad students are than philosophy grad students?

Asher? Is that you?

[KrazyHorse]

No. I enjoy tweaking him too.

Not as much as Asher does, though.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Japher
"WHAT DO I WANT?"

I still don't know.

Join the Apolyton Communist Party and save the world, be a hero to children and women with big breasts, get free cheese.

[Kontiki]

Great score - certainly better than I did. Actually, I can't remember my score, but I'm pretty sure I was around the 95th or 96th percentile. And from what I could tell, no one seems to care about the written portion.

In any event, as Japher said, it's definitely a much better score than you needed. Congrats!

[Snowflake]

Well if I had taken this test about 10 years ago I'm sure all the best schools will come to ask me to join them, no joking. But I'm old now. So it's not like getting a good score is equal to getting an automatic ticket to where I wanted to go. But as I said, at least I have tried hard, and have not disappointed myself. Whether this brings me to the direction I wanted to go or not, I will not regret of doing this.

Now who wants to help me with my essay/statement? Urgh I'm so tired. And there are still so much to do.

[Dinner]

I likely take the GMAT next year so I can start work on my MBA. Good for you for setting goals and achieving them.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Snowflake
What drives me is my curiosity for the world and my thirsty about different tastes of life.

You're almost like me. I would look at a plant and wonder how all those leaves are more or less the same shape (some plants have very complicated leaves) and how they are different from the leaves of plants of another species. I also wonder what advantages would such a shape confer to the plant.

You should try paragliding sometime

[Snowflake]

Yes there are a lot of things that I would like to try. I'm still waiting for my kids are a little older to go canoeing. Sometimes you don't get all the opportunities to do what you want to do. Growing up in a poor country (at least it used to be) doesn't help either. But I've never regreted that, for I've experienced a life which not a lot of other people have experienced, and I've gained so much from it. So you make some efforts so that you'd get more opportunities to do whatever you want. But you pick up other responsibilities along the way too. So you still can't do whatever you want to do.

That's ok though. As long as I live each and everyday fully, I will not regret. Unfulfilled wishes are good in the way that you always have something to look forward to.

[DaShi]

Sadly life is too short.

Anyway, UR has ADD!