Well. Touche GRE. Touche. Yesterday I blogged about how rampant cheating is inside the Chinese classroom. Today, it came to my surprise that these antics would annoy me outside of the classroom as well.
Due to cheating, it seems that the GRE has decided to administer a 'split-test' format in China (+ Hong Kong), Korea and Taiwan. So, the anlytical writing section will take place this October and the verbal and quantitative sections will be administered JUNE 10, 2006. Yup, that's a 7 month gap, sports fans. Oh yeah, it's also $35 more.
Apparently they switched the format because students in this region "to restore the validity of scores for students in these regions. The paper-based Verbal and Quantitative sections that are administered will be retired from use after each administration, thereby removing the unfair advantage some past students gained by memorizing questions in advance of the test." Click here for the skinny.
Leave it to China to gain an unfair advantage through cheating, it's pratically a college major.
So, what this means is that I'll have to either A) report scores twice to schools and hold off on applying or B) hold off on taking the test AND applying until I can take it in the US of A where people don't memorize the test (at least I missed that class at SJU). Either way, it looks like I'll have to wait until 2007 before starting a program.
Xie Xie Zhongguo!
peace. paul.
Monday, September 05, 2005
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Hominy & Hash the Nimby Factor
By Constance Daley American Reporter Correspondent St. Simons Islamd, Ga. LOS ANGELES, Aug.
Interesting! My site has all sorts of killing fleas related material. killing fleas is something we should all be concerned with. There's a special report on dog health there, too - and it's free!
Post a Comment