Well, it has come time. I am 24 and I am in search of graduate schools for Sports Psychology. I have worked the past year at an RTC with very ill teenagers ages 13-18 that range from bipolar, autism, severe depression, borderline schizophrenia, etc. I’ve had some life or death situations but I learn TCI and several different therapy methods. I also learned from people with degrees almost like an internship.
Now I always had this problem and I’ve acknowledged it. I struggle in learning, concentrating, and committing major time to certain things when I could be doing something else that is beneficial to my knowledge and experience. I attempted to study for the GRE and took it. I scored a 3.0 writing which in no way shape or form represents my style of writing. A 135 in quant and 137 in verbal. Not good I know. It has been 2 years since I graduated I’ve worked at a national landmark right after I graduated college where I also had to move away from home. I then interned for a business firm in NYC for the Fall of 2018. Then in the Summer of 2019, I found my passion for working in mental health.
I took my GRE during my time in NYC. So I had a bunch of stuff I was juggling. At the moment because of COVID, I have plenty of free time but I am taking an online course on Nordic history which is much more interesting than studying 1000 words where I may never see 1/3 of them in my life. I am also planning on volunteering at the Scandinavian House in NYC as well as a Native American Museum in Connecticut if feasible. I have been very ill in the past 5 years with an autoimmune disease. At one point I realized what if today was the last day I live. Since then I wanted to enhance my knowledge with experiences and history. All my employers have loved my trait for asking questions and wanting to learn everything I could about the job. But when it comes to something like the GRE I just couldn’t grasp the concept of needing to learn hours of material that I won’t use in my life until my future kid takes trig in high school. I’ll probably forget by then. I may sound naive but I won’t bother taking the GRE when I can learn life-changing lessons.
I’m not trying to make excuses for not wanting to study but I just can’t get myself to commit to the GRE. Is there any way I can waive it from the requirements? Thank You for reading.