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[ennui_on_rice]

So, I may not have told you, but I'm studying for the GREs. I'm going to take them in about two and a half weeks and this happens to be the week that I'm studying how to do best on the analytical writing portion of the test. It's a lot of dry stuff, this kind of writing. Evidently, so Mr. Kaplan, Mr. Barron and Mr. Princeton Review tell me, the

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[janeanger]

I don't remember how I answered on mine, but I do know that I got a great score (the precise nature of which I am going to leave out, because comparison is never fun). Point is, I didn't stress about it -- you shouldn't either, you're going to be totally fine. I realize that doesn't answer your question, but I figured a little reassurance couldn't hurt. As for the humor, I'm thinking they won't hate it, just so long as you actually complete the assignment as well.

[nishtariv]

Yeah, I'm with Lori. They want to see that you can put an essay together. You did great up there. The essay is well-argued, cohesive and clear. You didn't sacrifice clarity for character. You had both in goodly proportions. You're gonna do great!!

[kinnakeet]

I was way disappointed in my score. I can't remember what it was (or even what the scale is) but I can say that I thought I did awesome and I only got a passing grade. I felt better because all of my engineering friends who took it with me also got about the same score, but they're all... well... engineers. And it's widely known that the writing portion doesn't count for anything to get into an engineering school so I'm sure no one really tried hard. ANYWAY, my point-- here's one girl who isn't going to look down on you if you get a crappy score.