And the GRE bandwagon begins rolling

When did college become such a hardship? Probably the day they created tougher standards.

Turns out that most of all of my prospective graduate schools want the GRE for application evaluation. And most of them want at least a 1000 combined score. Never before have I been faced with such an odd set of circumstances. The test date is at the end of February. I have to study for that as well as the Professional Development Exam. And classes haven't even started yet.

I feel that this is the only option available to me right now. To finish up the two degrees and then go running into the real world, I feel like I would be making a huge mistake. I'm not destined for the classroom just yet, but I'm not too comfortable with running and starting doing the audition circuit. There comes a time in every college student's career in which the real world becomes the real world.

The economy is in shambles and education jobs are plentiful but not in the field of theatre. To truly accomplish a great theatre program, I need more experience to give my students what they truly need.

But that GRE...it looks like a beast. A beast with fangs and claws sharper than the SAT and filled with more venom to make my brain ache. And according to recent reports, it's going to get worse by March.

When winter break become the week of pondering and worrying? Is it really the holidays that makes us this reflective?

If you've taken the GRE or even the SAT or even MCAT or LSAT, tell your story. What made you want to jump that gorge and take the test? Was it worth it?


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