“A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a rereader.” -Nabokov, On Good Readers and Good Writers Today marks the beginning of the semester! (Does anyone know why Berkeley starts its semester on a Thursday?) That’s right–it’s back to skool for me. Back to learning. Back to reading and writing. Back [...]
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Cool Vocab Sites to Study for the GRE
Today’s study session was replaced with an hour of mildly-pleasing computer games! It’s funny whenever people ask me how I spend my entertainment time–I don’t really like to go to the movies or watch tv, or play WoW like some people I know. In fact in terms of games I have a specific memory of [...]
New GRE in August 2011
Educational Testing Service recently revealed plans to extensively revise the GRE for August 2011. We’ve heard this before. In 2006 they promised new formats and unique question-types for a fall 2007 linear version (same exam for everyone). Didn’t happen. When it became clear ETS couldn’t secure each and every testing site, they defaulted to the [...]
The Little Things
This blog post was originally going to be about my terrible morning: about waking up at 6 o’clock with an aching tummy, unsettling nausea, and that sinking feeling… you know, that feeling that something (somebody, some part of you) is amiss. And all you can do is groan. I had to skip out on interning [...]
