Glog

Take the goddamn GRE, fool!

My advice for you is to get on the phone on Monday, and call 1-800-GRE-CALL. Register for the test in Glendale or Culver City, and schedule it for 4 weeks from now.

Of course, you've already missed this year's school applications. But you can get a head start for next year.

You should only need to take the General test. Pick up the Kaplan book to study, if you only buy one.

Also, you can take the GMAT at the same place. Different phone number, though: 1-800-GMAT-NOW.

The good thing is with the USC program, I can start taking courses unregistered in the degree program, and upon acceptance, have them applied toward the degree. Whew.

Ok, started the application to grad school. Thanks for yelling at me, Vivek. Now to book the GRE date. What is GPA and how do I gigure it out? I'll just write down 4.0 for everything. That's apparently a good GPA.

How to Calculate Your GPA

Don't take it in Culver City. Culver City stinks and there are no good places to eat. Plus then you have to go down the 405 and you know what hell that can be.

Holy crap! My GPA is going to suck. I was working that hard to get C's???? Stupid letters. And I have more F's than I know what to do with. Forget this, I'm writing in 4.0 until they badger me about it.

If you look at the back of your transcripts, they give you the letter grade equivalents for UW percentages. At UW, an A is not 91%.

The crappy thing is that you can't just find your average in percent and convert it to a GPA. That'll generally be higher than your real GPA, since the letter->GPA function is not linear.