The bad far outweighs the good, as far as Harvard is going to be concerned, but here it is.
Good News
I thought I hadn't yet gotten my scores back yet, which was making me worried I would have to spend a bunch of time tracking them down. Tonight I found out my kids got the scores a while back, and opened them, which is why my wife thought I had already seen them. They've been in a stack of papers to be filed, so the good news is I have my scores now.
Bad News
I was highly disappointed with my writing score, which was 4.5 (63rd percentile) on the 0-6 scale with 0.5 incrimental grading. I needed a minimum of 5, so on all counts I've fallen short of the minimum I would need for fair consideration by Harvard.
Good News
I did not imagine my 690 verbal score. I did indeed receive a 690, which is indeed 96th percentile. Not bad.
Bad News
I also didn't imagine my quantitative score, a 430, and to top it all off, according to this year's grades, my percentile is waaaaay worse than I thought (17th!!). Lord have mercy.
The clock is also ticking, and I am starting to panic because *none* of my writing is done. None!! I have just a few more days to pull a lot of crap together, and my writing really needs to be fantastic due to my lower-than-necessary writing score on the GRE. I am so near pulling the plug, but after all my work, all my investment, there is no way I can just give up and go home now.
It just sucks.
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DO NOT GIVE UP!
ReplyDeleteWow, 96% is great. Hopefully that overshadows the AW score. Which I personally think is BS anyway because I got a 4. Harumph.
ReplyDeleteOh, don't worry Sarah, I am way too stuborn to give up. Even to give up for my own good. No, I will turn in an application...whether it looks foolish or not.
ReplyDeleteJenn, harumph about your score indeed...though I think your other two scores are way over the top and will COMPLETELY overshadow that one (and a 4 is supposedly still a "competant analysis of complex ideas. . .adequately organized. . ."). I concur that it is BS, but I think you can still be proud to submit your scores. Speaking of which...have you finally hit "submit?!"
No, I decided to take a break for the holidays. Planning to submit around the 1st. (yikes)
ReplyDeleteYeah, I just checked that out over on your blog. I think you are ready to submit, and really that you are golden...you are a great applicant, and I think your time out of the workforce is well explained in your statement of purpose.
ReplyDeleteI'll be keeping my fingers crossed for the both of us! Meanwhile, good luck in coming up with your $50!
Good luck to BOTH of you - SM and Jenn!
ReplyDeletexxo