Taking the plunge
Posted on April 29, 2008
I registered to take the GRE on May 9th. The plan was to take it this summer, but I want to take it on a Friday, and the only Fridays available to take it this month are on the 9th and the 16th. However, I have a cousin getting married on the 17th in Kentucky, so I will probably be out of town on the 16th. Plus I don’t want to be stressed out from just having taken the test. I could have waited to take it in June or July, but I thought it would be better to take it while I am still in “school” mode, more or less. Waiting until June, it would probably be more difficult to get in the right frame of mind.
I’ve also come to the conclusion I need to learn a lot more about statistics. I know about averages and means, plus the old “lies, damn lies, and statistics” joke, but stuff like Chi-square (should that be X2?) is over my head. They offer a stats class during summer, but it’s at a bad time for my schedule. Maybe I can get away with reading the textbook instead.
On the upside, I have a very rough idea for a thesis topic. Namely that formulaic language can be categorized by the function, sort of like nouns, verbs, etc. I have to read some more – review the literature – to see if this has been discussed before. Plus, I need to need to apply to the MA program for a more a formal status.
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