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Started by garbon, November 21, 2009, 07:17:20 PM

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garbon

November 21, 2009, 07:17:20 PM
Apropos of nothing, I'm taking the GRE next month.  I'm not pleased to be taking the "adult" version of the SATs.  <_<
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

katmai

#1
November 21, 2009, 07:18:54 PM
Why?
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

garbon

#2
November 21, 2009, 07:26:31 PM
I'm not quite sure how to answer that question.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

katmai

#3
November 21, 2009, 07:29:52 PM
Can't answer a simple question like that and plan to take GRE? :o
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

Fate

#4
November 21, 2009, 07:30:21 PM
If it's anything like the MCAT, getting a high score is more about gaming the test than knowing the material.

garbon

#5
November 21, 2009, 07:40:21 PM
Quote from: Fate on November 21, 2009, 07:30:21 PM
If it's anything like the MCAT, getting a high score is more about gaming the test than knowing the material.

What I hate are the freakin' analogies.

Dolphin:Mammal::

a) Larvae:Insect
b) Penguin:Bird
c) Computer:Machine
d) incorrect choice
e) incorrect choice

While both b and c satisfy the "type of" relationship, the best answer is b because penguins and dolphins are both types of animals that live in water...:rolleyes:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

PDH

#6
November 21, 2009, 07:42:18 PM
I would have answered "d"
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

garbon

#7
November 21, 2009, 07:47:20 PM
d was sonnet:stanza

Hmm...in an example of how to do an analogy when you don't really know one of the words, the word is coquette. <_<
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Admiral Yi

#8
November 21, 2009, 07:48:21 PM
Quote from: PDH on November 21, 2009, 07:42:18 PM
I would have answered "d"
E looks like a much better answer.

PDH

#9
November 21, 2009, 07:52:43 PM
 :(  I liked D better when it was 'incorrect choice'
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

-------
"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Richard Hakluyt

#10
November 21, 2009, 07:54:50 PM
I always score amazingly well on tests like that  :cool:

Which leads me to believe that they are complete bollocks  :lol:

dps

#11
November 21, 2009, 09:02:14 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on November 21, 2009, 07:54:50 PM
I always score amazingly well on tests like that  :cool:

Which leads me to believe that they are complete bollocks  :lol:


Well, if there are 5 possible answers to each question, you should get at least 20% of them right just by pure chance.

DGuller

#12
November 21, 2009, 09:18:59 PM
Quote from: Fate on November 21, 2009, 07:30:21 PM
If it's anything like the MCAT, getting a high score is more about gaming the test than knowing the material.
You can say the same thing about any high stakes test, unfortunately.

DGuller

#13
November 21, 2009, 09:21:32 PM
Quote from: dps on November 21, 2009, 09:02:14 PM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on November 21, 2009, 07:54:50 PM
I always score amazingly well on tests like that  :cool:

Which leads me to believe that they are complete bollocks  :lol:


Well, if there are 5 possible answers to each question, you should get at least 20% of them right just by pure chance.
Doesn't help much if there is a guessing penalty.  Even without guessing penalty, 20% is probably not going to be enough to pass.

Admiral Yi

#14
November 21, 2009, 09:23:43 PM
I'm going to assume when Tricky says amazingly he means a few points higher than 20%.
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