GRE :(

Due to some sudden developments in my life plans, I will need to take the GRE by October/November of this year. dfkasdkfsdkfksdfksdfkj. blah.

I hate hate hate standardized testing and am dreading SAT the sequel, even though I don't do that poorly on them usually.

Continuing these sort of tests is more annoying, since admissions officers, educators, and the testing people themselves (although they won't usually admit it) know that these sort of tests are not a valid or accurate measure of intelligence or a future predictor of success in graduate or any other sort of education. All they are a measure of is your ability to take a bullshit standardized test.

Yet the majority of universities in the U.S. still use them...

You would think that psychology and education programs at least would be wise enough to not use such a pointless measure in their considerations... but they do. Which means I have to take it...sigh...

Pretty much I have to learn a bunch of vocabulary words I will never use in my life and remember how to do math without a calculator (oh god...). And somehow fit studying into my very important schedule of 3 weeks vacation in August and Oktoberfest (end of september to early october)....oh bother...

p.s. it seems like every princeton review book has a picture of a smart looking asian girl. wtf. weird.