notes of a blue ink body ([info]mysneaker) wrote,
@ 2008-11-12 19:33:00
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Hey creative writers, can you help to quell my anxiety?
Have you taken the GREs?

How long did you take to study?

How difficult did you find the actual test?


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[info]seanbishop
2008-11-14 11:12 am UTC (link)
I studied for a couple months. Excessively. And did very well. The math was hard to relearn, and the rest was just vocab memorization. There are lists out there for the 1000, 2000, 3000 ...etc. most likely words to show up.

But when it gets right down to it: creative writing programs don't give a shit about your GRE scores. They're a formality. Many of my peers at UH took the GREs cold, did poorly, and still got in.

However, the scores CAN affect whether you get fellowships, etc., which are often awarded by the departments of English or schools of Humanities, and they certainly DO care about the scores.

which programs are you applying to?

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[info]mysneaker
2008-11-17 04:29 am UTC (link)
right now, I'm just applying to Iowa. The biggest factor in that decision being that they don't require a GRE score. But I'm most applying there just to shake some of the rust off of the brainparts responsible for academic study & the presentation of poetry in that context. Assuming that I'm not going to get into Iowa, I'm planning to take the GRE's early in 2009, after which I'll apply to Houston, Austin, Cornell, Indiana & maybe a few more.

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