I was terrified of the GRE and ended up very pleased with myself when it was over and I had surprised myself with decent results. You'll do great! I took a course (Kaplan, I think) mainly to force myself to dedicate time to it. It was worthwhile as they taught you ways to eliminate incorrect choices and other little tricks. Of course, it was also rather costly...
Don't kill anyone if you don't have to. We're here to make a deal.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Glamcookie - Aug 25, 2010 12:18:55 pm PDT #55 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Strix - Aug 25, 2010 12:23:13 pm PDT #56 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Sox, I would take your best "aged and hoary" scholarly piece, and edit it. No one says a writing sample has to be the one you submitted for a class...they are looking to make sure your writing and analytic skills are up-to-par for their program.
Choose one that you think is strong on the analysis, and revise it. Remember, you have plenty of writers here (me, for one) who would be happy to go over a paper and help a bitch out.
Laga - Aug 25, 2010 12:27:19 pm PDT #57 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm in charge of creamed spinach and mcaroni & cheese for my parents' anniversary dinner. Would anyone like to share a favorite recipe for either of those?
-t - Aug 25, 2010 12:28:36 pm PDT #58 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't have any advice on the writing sample, Sox, but good for you for going ahead even though it bends and angrifies the brain. Go you!
hippocampus - Aug 25, 2010 12:38:06 pm PDT #59 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Thanks Glam (yup, doing similar prep work), Erin & -t! I need all the cheerleading I can get right now. I'm so tempted to submit an excerpt of the co-written piece because it is newest, but it's also the strangest. And the hoary piece? The audience for that is very literary. This? nsm. Gak. I can edit both and see... then prey on a set of readers here and elsewhere for their opinions.
pace/pace/pace/pace/fret/study
smonster - Aug 25, 2010 12:38:33 pm PDT #60 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Good: I am home.
Bad: I have to go back to work.
Good: Off to NOLA tomorrow.
Bad: I have to pack all the things.
Stupid blue screen of death. Stupid monthly reports. Stupid poor time management skills. Stupid tired brain. ::sigh::
Laga - Aug 25, 2010 12:38:53 pm PDT #61 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
\\o/ Go Sox!
Laga - Aug 25, 2010 12:39:47 pm PDT #62 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
{{{smonster}}}
SailAweigh - Aug 25, 2010 12:43:03 pm PDT #63 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Good luck, Sox!
Happy Birthday, Barb!
Nora Deirdre - Aug 25, 2010 12:43:35 pm PDT #64 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
aw, smonster! Just remember that we have a lot of the things, and know where to acquire other things. Also, a washer and dryer! Which you are welcome to use. So don't worry about ALL the things, just get some of them in the bag...