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Why am I a brainlet? Should I just end it all? I bombed my GRE so hard I'm probably hardlocked out of all graduate admissions, like I'm on the brainlet blacklist or something.

>> No.11920596

>>11920589
did you study properly?

>> No.11920620

>>11920596
I thought I did. But then I choked like a dicksucker or a fat fuck on a chicken wing or something.
>161 verbal
>162 quant
That shit isn't even good enough for state schools FML.
What's the most painless way to end it? My genes don't deserve to be passed down.

>> No.11920623

We live in a deterministic universe, it was destined to happen anyway.

>> No.11920630

>>11920620
I mean you got a fairly good verbal and a middle-of-the-road quant.
I'd have to imagine taking it at home is not the best circumstances. However, the GRE is like the 2nd least impactful metric on your grad apps. Do you have good research experience?

>> No.11920642

nah man. you're good. find something that brings you enjoyment and satisfaction and improve on it and further your knowledge of it. not all times in life will seem perfect. but that doesnt mean you can't be happy. contact me if you need me anon: TypicalProgrammer#0273

>> No.11920646

>>11920620
>I thought I did.
did it resemble something a 7 week run through all the ETS material?

if this isn't bait what field and where were you aiming at
323 is above the 320 cutoff for most programs so if the rest of your application is good you're fine

>> No.11920650

>>11920589
that's a bad feel anon, time to become an entrepreneur

>> No.11921035

>>11920589
I’m a math major but still didn’t do that great on quant since you gotta move pretty fast. Next time before I retook the general gre I studied for 4 hours from a test prep book and scored 15 points higher on quant. Just gotta study questions similar to the test and get used to the general format.

>> No.11921039

>>11920589
Also a lot of grad schools won’t be accepting the GRE for fall 2021 admissions due to covid.

>> No.11921088

>>11920589
GRE doesn't have much predictive power for grad school success. The best indicators are letters of rec and papers published

>> No.11921092

>>11921088
true I had a great GRE and I'm doing shit in my first year

>> No.11921101

>>11920620
Those aren't even bad scores.
Fucking faggot.
I was expecting a funny thread not this reddit humblebrag bullshit.

>> No.11921219

its life man, but someday you'll be better believe me

>> No.11921296
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How do I get good in the vocab section of the GRE? My quant is pretty good. But I'm a fucking brainlet in vocab.
Now please don't give me archaic 'practice more' advice. I've been practicing and practicing. My English is good. English is my native language although I'm not a native English speaker.
I just finished solving 24 verbal questions. Out of them, 8 were correct.

>> No.11921306

>tfw dropped out of for profit college

>> No.11921309

>>11921296
Read books. Lots and lots of books with good vocab

>> No.11921312

>>11921309
I've read. Doesn't seem to help.

>> No.11921324

>>11921309
Recommend some books. I use iBooks, so free classics are easily accessible.

>> No.11921333

>>11921324
Paradise Lost

>> No.11921400

>>11921324
https://gre.economist.com/gre-advice/gre-verbal-section/reading-comprehension/8-books-read-during-gre-prep

>> No.11921405

>>11921324
Sorry I don't have more specific things then this list. I read a retarded amount growing up and currently so vocab was one of the things I never had to worry about.

Another good resource would be to learn Latin and Greek roots as many scientific and fancy words rely on those roots so if you can't figure out a word you can use the roots to piece together what it might mean and make a good enough guess by eliminating bad choices.

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>>11921405
>>11921400
>>11921333
What about paragraph arguments and double and triple blanks? For some reason I can' seem to understand it's subtleties. My mind just can't understand the logic.

>> No.11921412

>>11920589
>smart enough to know it
>not smart enough to fix it
join the club

>> No.11921418

>>11920589
It's okay anon. I bombed my GRE as well, but I still got into an ivy league (I'm a straight white male, so no ez entry). You can do it, just apply to schools that don't weigh it heavily (which you can thank minorities for since they perform terribly on them).

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>>11920589
>blacklist
Now you're definitely on the DENYLIST for being a racist, too. Shame!

>> No.11921700

>>11921309
Any other tips to get good at vocab?