So I finally caved and bought a Psychology GRE prep book… and if you read the title of this post, then you would have figured out already which book I got. Yup: Barron's. Woo!
I know I wrote a scathing review of it earlier during the summer... but I think what I was most miffed about was the fact that I couldn't write in the book. It just set the tone for the rest of that first Barron's Psychology Prep Book experience, which ended up being a bad one. Now that I have my own that I can write in and mess up as much as I'd like and not have to worry about returning it to the library in time or else I get a ridonkulous fee... well, I'm as happy as a clam.
You are probably shaking your head at me, but that's okay. I am shaking my head at myself.
This is the 6th edition of the tome. It includes "5 full-length model tests" which include "2 diagnostics and 3 tests that reflect the most recent actual GRE Psychology tests." Apparently "all test questions are answered and explained," which is fabulous (and necessary), as well as "a brush-up subject review and scoring grids" which are supposed to help me "gauge [my] strengths and weaknesses in all subject areas."
I'm excited for this book. And this also probably means that I am going to update this blog more often because now I have something to talk about in regards to preparation… better late than never, right? By the way, I think that this book look gorgeous.
Hmm… I'm taking the test on October 9. That gives me *finger counting here* 17 days. Two weeks and three days. Haaawhoops!
It's okay, though. I know that I can succeed. I am going to really lay down my own law and bunker down. I'm finally feeling motivated and excited about this whole application process, including taking the GRE. I know, I know… I'm weird. I'm just a nerd, really.
I think that I can attribute my motivation to the fact that my Master's thesis experiment is *finally* up and running… I start running subjects tomorrow! Eee! (Hmm, lots of interesting sounds in this blog post apparently… I hope that you are enjoying them.) Before when I was working on the proposal paper for it I just feel so tired of it. Perhaps it was the fact that I worked on it over the summer and had encountered so many obstacles with it that I was feeling down. But no more of that!
IT'S GAME TIME. I'm going to hit them all out of the park.
This morning I starting asking people about recommendation letters. BAM.
I bought a Psychology GRE book. BAM.
My Master's thesis experiment is finally going somewhere. BAM.
Bring it, application process!
