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Maya6625

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    2013 Spring
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    Neuroscience

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  1. Hi bsharpe269 and Admissions Advice Online! I cannot retake the exam bacause I do not have more time due to the deadline, and I do not have more money. I spent all my savings in the exams and in a course that I took for the GRE, I am convinced that a GRE does not define my abilities or my motivations, I am more than that. I test cannot overshadow 5 years of hard work and hardship for this chance. However, maybe you are right, maybe is an unfair way to discard students. I know me pretty well, I know that even if I study 1 year more, I am not going to be able to pass the exam, sometimes I feel a fool and a stupid student, but I cannot control it!!!!!. I was always the best students un my generation, and even in the course that I took for the GRE, but the test and the circumstances broke me down. So, do you guys think that I should give up my dream??? Do you think that I should cancel my application?. A big part of me does not want to do it because it knows the sacrifices that I did and the extreme hardship that I went through. I lost a lot of pounds and even I lost my hair due to the stress that I suffered. So...??? :'(
  2. Thank you Latte. So, do you think that I should give up my dream of becoming a researcher? I know that my scores are extremelly low, but part of me would not be refusing to fail if I did not work really hard. I know that they were 5 years of hardship and stress. I did not hava life for this chance!!! And now a simple test destroys everything!!
  3. Thanks everyone!!! Brazilian guy, you are completly right. A fu.cking test doesn't reflect how smart you are or what drives you to succeed in graduate school. My GPA is really good (3.85), I have great research experience, I entered in a field that goes beyond my bachelor degree (psychology). I was always a stellar student, and although many professors told me that I would not be able to make research at a molecular level, I was able to work with one of the most prestigious scientist of Mexico, and we are even about to publish a paper. I have an excellent CV, and I worked extremelly hard for the GRE, but I don't know what happened to me. I feel that a simpe test has destroyed my entire career. I can't retake the exam because I don't have time and because I don't have more money. I spent all my savings. Do you think that I should apply???....
  4. Hi everyone!! I am from Mexico, and since I begin my undergraduate preparation, I decided that I wanted get a PhD in the USA. During this time, I worked extremelly hard to get an excellent GPA, I gave up my social life, my couple and even my family to get a good preparation in order to apply. After more than 5 years of excellent results in the university (I got a overall grade of 9.5/10, graduated with honors, good research experience, a TOEFL that I took twice, etc, etc. Good extracurricular activities, teacher assistance, scholarships, etc, etc.... Everything looks really great, until today: I took the GRE after 6 months of hard preparation, I even took a course, where I was always the best students (as in the 5 years of preparation), I work extremelly hard; but I got an extremelly low score: 148 in both sections. I am devastasted, I am even crying because I feel that 5 years of hardship, hard work, and dreams are down the drain. I left my life behing for this chance and now, a simple test destroys my entire career. I am even angry because everyone gets into grad schools, everyone took this **** exam even without preparation and get good scores, and everyone, except me, have good results in the exams. For that reason, I had to retake the TOEFL, because after more than 2 years of study for this exam, I got, 99 and I needed 100, until the second attempt, I got 103. You may wonder which universities I wanted to apply; well, I was assuming that my hard work of 5 years and my good CV would allow me to apply to Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, JHU, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, UCLA, etc. But with these GRE scores, I am thinking to give up all hope, cry and blame myself for my stupidity and my lack of intelligence. What shoul I do???... Do I have to give up and find another way to get into research??? By the way, I studies psychology and Neuroscience, and I was planning to apply to a Neuroscience Program. Thanks everyone!!!
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