Run and Tumble

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Archive for the 'Getting Into Grad School' Category

New Class Today

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

I’m starting Intro to Environmental Engineering Science today. It’s a bit like a quantitative sequel to the Env. Sci. course I just finished. The previous course emphasized the effects of oxygen sag downstream from a wastewater outflow. This course talks more about how much organic matter in a waste stream causes a dissolved oxygen decrease [...]

GRE completed

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Do you know how sometimes you read good news, and know it was real, but were so excited you feel like your eyes played tricks on you and you need external proof? That’s how I feel about the GRE. I’m looking forward to getting the official score in the mail so that I know I’m [...]

GRE Ahoy!

Friday, April 16th, 2010

I’m going to be taking the GRE tomorrow. I’m satisfied with my performance on the practice tests and the amount of studying I’ve done. There was an initial increase in practice scores as I got used to the test format and dusted off various geometry and algebra facts, but they’ve now stabilized.
I’m still not sure [...]