Took the GRE

What a joke. I say it because I took multiple practice tests and at one point I earned a 790 (math), and at another I missed half of the test (don't know the score equivalent). On the real deal, I earned a 750 (math) and a 590 (verbal). But I could just as easily have earned lower on both (or higher), considering that I was nervous as hell and hated the whole process.

It's funny how graduate schools have you take a test that doesn't reflect anything you've learned during your undergrad years. I understand that it's one measure of many that admissions folks look at, but sheesh. I hated the whole thing.

Totally didn't study for the verbal, with the exception of vocabulary flashcards. I figured, "I know english, and I know big words, so I will do well!" Wrong. But I also knew that GMU and NYU econ programs don't look too much at the verbal.

I wonder if you can retake the GRE piecewise? That'd be great, but I doubt it. It's meant to be an enduring (3 hour) process for a reason, I suppose.

All in all, a valuable lesson learned in what is my first step into the inanity that is graduate school.