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I have been playing an amazing iPhone game that builds vocabulary: http://itunes.apple....&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Thought it might be nice to share.

isn't amazing how photogenic kitties are?

check out spacegame bigwords for iphone it looks like a different way to learn some vocabulary

I think you should give panicking a try! I might!

$1000 is a lot of money, but how much are you willing to spend on your total education? What is the cost per credit at your school? OR would doing well on the test enable you to go to a "better" school? OR one that might offer you more $$$?

I never would have thought that Game of Thrones would be good for the gre. go figure!

Whatever you do, don't constantly go around to the other grad students and act like you know so much more than they do because you are more mature, experienced than they are. The "I know better than you because I am older" mentality will make them hate you. Even if it is true, you should try not to be a jerk about it.

They are right, to work in a hospital you need a clinical degree. A ms or phd in bio wouldn't work. To work in a private lab, the higher level your education is the better. But you will probably need to move unless you live in an area of the country that has a significant biotech concentration. But, whatever you do, you wont make lots of money most likely.

we need more picks of your pets!

it sounds gross but i add tuna to mine

I think you have a good plan. Study the type of math that is on the test as best you can. Methods and strategies are probably needed to get the highest of scores, but you are better off in the long run, if you avoid "tricks" and simply try to understand the concepts.

Oh, my, that is a great list! I don't think I have read any of them though. Are any of them fun reads? Page-turners? Can you pick the best one for me to read? I'll try to send a list your way of my fav books, but I just moved and they are in boxes right now!

LOL I just realised that your name is edgirl and NOT decaf! Sorry! I feel so dumb.

Are we talking intro level classes? If that is the case, and it certainly sounds like it is, I would think any four year school would do. A community college or an online class probably wouldn't impress Harvard too much. On the other hand, I went to a large university and there were around 400 people in each of my intro to micro/macro econ classes, (I got the highest grade in one of them by the way), but I believe that the "economies of scale" at such an institution preclude what you might call "particularly rigorous". First of all, with your background, I would only take the classes, if they are prerequisites for the programs you are considering. Next, I would either go to a school based on its location OR to one that seems to have a professor that is doing impressive research. My guess is that you would prefer the second option. So, if that is the case, research the individuals at a few institutions OR read a few scholarly journals, and contact some of them and say, "I think you do great, interesting work and I want to be your research assistant for a semester or two." Impress them with your passion and smarts, get a great letter of recommendation from them, and go on to a great grad program.

You should call them. It might take three hours on the phone but better safe than sorry!