I Hate ETS (almost as much as collegeboard)

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[@soap9277]

Oh, Jeffrey... you sweet, innocent, little boy. You are only ever done with standardized testing whenever the standardized tests decide they are done with you.

[@AshleysBrother]

your pfp screams 'K

[@coocato]

@@AshleysBrother it they’re daring they could even say “ok”

[@sillybilly1312]

@@coocatobut you see, it is the effortless elegance, the cool nonchalance, the simplistic, yet adequate, nature of the “K” that makes it so iconic

[@coocato]

@@sillybilly1312 k

[@sillybilly1312]

@@coocato 🥹🥹

[@witchdoctorwill1796]

General GRE: Master's level vocabulary High school math

[@menjolno]

They had to reword English as vocabulary to make them look less racist. The combination is as logical as putting vocabulary questions on iq tests.

[@appa609]

Technically high school vocab. Indistinguishable from the SAT lists.

[@TheCBoysDotCom]

@@appa609and of course always above what high schools teach lol

[@themenacingpenguin.7152]

I remember being told fancy words need to exist for the sake of nuance and it's bullshit and the fact the word bucolic exists is extra deluxe omega bullshit ultima because YOU BASICALLY HAVE MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN SYNONYMS FOR IT. You got rustic, agrarian, pastoral, rural, country, rugged, georgic, and probably many more that I don't give a shit about and rather fuck an inverted cactus than discover.

[@moot8710]

I think most people are missing the point of the vocabulary portion of the test. You see, long ago when ETS did SAT and GRE, they were very similar looking. The difference was negligible, because they were both genuine intelligence tests. Say what you will about how IQ isn't all of intelligence, it's indisputable that IQ scores are good at predicting differences in general performance, even in specific areas, and that is the part which psychologists call intelligence. When the SAT changed in 1994 and again in 2005, it got rid of those tests to better measure psychometric achievement, as opposed to psychometric g or intelligence. The GRE also had changes, but they did not get rid of the vocabulary items. Many people like to say, "how does your level of vocabulary knowledge test your intelligence?" and to answer this you have to consider that vocabulary, it's retention and recall, is an extremely broad cognitive process. The ability to recall information and encode it into memory permanently is a g process predicted by intelligence test scores. In fact, vocabulary tests are the best single task you could use to predict intelligence, though the more tasks the better. So if the GRE general test is like 50-60% an IQ test then why do some programs disregard it? Honestly it's hard to say, because it's not as if intelligence tests would be BAD for them to use, selecting for high IQ people to be in your program is a good thing because of how IQ predicts performance. Frankly, if I had to make a guess, it's because of outside pressure from the public who have become disillusioned with IQ tests, and the concept of measuring intelligence, perhaps because of misunderstandings of the methodology and genuine science involved in its conception and derivation, but also perhaps because of how people value intelligence, and having a measure of it interferes with their self perception. All this being said, to predict graduate school performance I would use both achievement and intelligence, which is exactly what ETS is doing anyway. I personally have never really sympathized with the attack on standardized testing, I think most people have a very poor understanding of what they do and how they are used and made, since understanding these tests requires a mountain of statistics and psychometric education.

[@GameMaker3_5]

Imagine having to drive 3 states over to take a standardized test because "the nearest testing center in beyond a 100/200 mile range of your home" only to find the "testing center" is some old wooden shed behind an abandoned church on the outskirts of town.

[@g-ray4088]

all the bad reviews caused their budget to die

[@juniorochoazavalza228]

I drove 206 miles the testing day to be a walk in (registration day passed and the ETS website was so buggy that I only found out of the location via Reddit) In all my exhaustion and stress, I scored poorly for the MATH GRE and to top it all someone stole my wallet in that town. I was so upset at the whole process and my luck. Thankfully I still made it to grad school in spite of the misfortunes.

[@VijaySharma-nv5yd]

I think there is a misconception here. ETS is also the one who creates and administers both AP Exams and SATs for the College Board. The College Board is just in charge of creating the curriculum that these tests will cover.

[@neon2870]

😭

[@josephrupsis4623]

Oh so he's calling out the final boss, lol

[@mcawesomeytyo3312]

Great I hate both of them

[@HarambaeXelonmuskfans]

Lazy cunts couldn’t even be bothered to write their own tests

[@guishenStreetB]

I hate both

[@Bockanator]

I like the fact its only a tiny little shed, yet they're not even able to make one in every state

[@GameMaker3_5]

The people running these testing centers and setting them up must be the same people in charge of keeping the Russian army up to scratch.

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

Lel.

[@gecho5427]

because he's lying

[@eirdonne_]

about WHAT?? @@gecho5427

[@crazychicken8290]

@@gecho5427 whoa

[@juliantaylor5956]

My brother is in grad school, he too hated the GRE. But you touched on something really important with the vocabulary part because my brother, who is mostly doing plant studies and bio chemistry, has complained in the past that a lot of folks in the stem field are really bad at communicating what they mean to people who aren’t in the field, which makes referencing their papers really frustrating which will ultimately not help the author in the long run too. In a similar way, I’m sure writers and language people prolly use ridiculous vocab in their papers and suffer the same issue. Ultimately we shouldn’t be teaching people vocab but communication and argument skills

[@kigamezero8636]

YES. CS major here, and I swear to god, reading any textbook was always a nightmare for that exact reason. I swear they love to flex their vocabulary and try to sound super smart, but leave anyone who's trying to learn the topic - which is supposed to be the point of the textbook - absolutely dumbfounded. I was the unofficial TA for some of my classes cuz I "translated" all their bullshitery into plain English.

[@juliantaylor5956]

@@kigamezero8636 ur doing ‘gods’ work my friend

[@themenacingpenguin.7152]

@@juliantaylor5956 We need to threaten people who write textbooks with violence so they pass their knowledge like normal human beings instead of sounding like an insufferable dickbag. or we should get it to be filtered by someone who took classes in the field of education so its digestible.

[@P-7]

@@kigamezero8636 the difference between stem and liberal arts textbooks is crazy. I can’t stand how repetitive some are after getting used to CS ones.

[@chomcat1910]

I'm pretty sure that the reason why academia uses so much obscure vocab is to reduce any chance of ambiguity or openness to interpretation. So it makes sense to use such vocab when you need to convey your idea(s) as clearly as possible while still remaining concise, but yeah, it completely alienates anyone who isn't an academic and would never hear these words/phrases in everyday life. Plus, academic papers are mostly read by other academics anyway, so there isn't much priority put into accessibility even when they arguably should like for studies and reports on climate change/global warming.

[@suitablegames8641]

The kind old man was probably the friendly NPC that, if you choose the wrong dialogue option, triggers a hidden bossfight.

[@hoonfox5087]

"My master cannot be summoned under the light of day, come back at night if you wish to enter"

[@notme8232]

@@hoonfox5087 *goes to check out test center the next day "You feel an evil presence watching you..."

[@RealGhoda]

All hail the Hotwheel of luck and fortune for getting our boy through the test

[@aplila]

When I tell you I jumped out of my chair when I heard his score I MEAN IT RAHHHHH 🦅🦅🦅

[@danielpintard7382]

@@aplila lmao same

[@AhDollar]

also, L in peace to his previous charm, DT cars

[@bitcidic]

hotwheels sales have gone up 1740% since this video dropped (don’t fact check)

[@agedplatto7718]

That hot wheels car must have been blessed with the power of DTcars.

[@TheDeathSinger]

i was always taught by my English teacher that the greatest measure of inelegance was the ability to explain a complex topic using simple words so anyone can understand it

[@Brunoswag04]

Do you mean elegance?

[@rez505]

Standardized tests are the bane of my existence. I'm doing 3 months of MCAT prep over this summer 💀💀💀... I'm already not lookin forward to it.

[@restitutororbis964]

Same bro been studying the Kaplan books at a surface level since I got them last semester but this summer I’m going all in on them. Good luck with your studying and hope you get a good grade on the test.

[@danielpruitt8550]

Praying for y'all and wish the best, I'm taking the Real Estate NC certification in June It's a just below LSAT in terms of prep work, it's 120 questions and it is rough but I'm pushing forward we got this!

[@someguyontheinternet4277]

howd it go? MD or DO?

[@stevenhthe21st]

I’ve done a decent amount of prep for the SHSAT (sat but for admissions to special high schools) and it was ruined by the extremely unlikely chance that I’d have diarrhea on that specific date. I ate the food that I usually did, no problems until then. That was quite terrible.

[@SovietYugoslav]

@@stevenhthe21stsame bro. I’m preparing for the MCAT 💀 idk if I’m too late to late or not but I’m starting right now as an eighth grader 💀

[@Flubbycenter]

All testing from any of these companies cause nothing but pain.

[@belluh-1huey102]

wym the APUSH test I got was child's play.

[@Tiggster-qr8mw]

@@belluh-1huey102i got a 2 on APUSH but AP Calc AB and AP Calc BC are both easy 5s

[@pand1024]

Here's the thing. Having a big vocabular isn't just a waste of time. It can be actively detrimental to your communication skills. Often in a professional environments people don't want to admit that they don't know a vocabulary word. Having a big vocabulary has become a very real and tangible challenge when trying to communicate in meetings with people who speak English as a second language.

[@MsZsc]

i think it’s misappliccation and bureaucracy instead of literally your brain involuntarily being fried from knowing too much

[@05Matz]

Maybe infrastructure 'maintained' by private companies should NEVER be critical to people's futures.

[@nickthompson9697]

This

[@TheMicro4]

I live in a state where ALL CHILDREN have to take a specific standardized test every 2 years. It is the worst thing you will ever do. It takes a week to finish and will consume 70% of your day. The remaining periods will either still act business as usual (So homework when you are more burn out then a pile of used charcoal) or give you a break to just sit and relax (these were typically the teachers about to retire).

[@zmr3352]

Congrats on the excellent score. Also good to hear that the test location and proctors were actually not so bad it seems.

[@estebson]

My experience with ETS comes from taking the TOEFL just this past April. The requirements are so strict that I had to basically throw everything I had in my desk behind my bed, move the whole dest so that it faced the door, and of course, the program itself that you have to use to connect to the proctor granted them remote access to my computer, making me feel the entire time like I was just gonna have all of my files stolen at any moment. Along with that, I had to pick up my laptop and just give the proctor a tour of my bedroom on 3 separate occasions. Fortunately, it appears that a paper inside one of those plastic sheets for binders and a highlighter count as a whiteboard and erasable marker. The test itself wasn't too bad, but unfortunately I got the most terrible need to pee midway through and had to hold it in the remaining hour and a half because I wasn't allowed to leave the room for any reason. Fortunately I ended up getting a 112/120.

[@sawgiie]

imagine having to do allat just to prove that you do in fact know english

[@imbaby5499]

Here in Afghanistan, we have "testing centers", places where you go to take the home based test as getting fast enough internet for the test costs like 7 kidneys and the singular real testing center is booked at least 6 months in advance. I also felt the need to pee, and since I can't pee anywhere but my own bathroom, I had to hold it in the entire time. It was painful, it costed a lot, and I didn't even get into the grad school because the embassy delayed my visa process by a year after I prepared everything (and got admission letters). Coincidentally, I also got 112/120.

[@tissuepaper9962]

@@sawgiie MFW I say "um" one time and my TOEFL score goes from 115 to 85

[@sawgiie]

@@tissuepaper9962 me watching my speaking proficiency score drop bc the bell rang while I was speaking

[@insertusernameherepls]

Ngl feels like these tests are more preparing you for scrabble than college

[@NecDraws]

You're so sane. It intrigues me.

[@EgansChannel]

Damn someone with 200k subscribers but 2 likes on their comment

[@BartBe]

Years ago heard a reference to such tests as being: "Intellectual masturbation" and i can't stop thinking about that ever since...

[@glytchd]

Such things get stuck in it head for a reason. We are naturally disposed to discern the truth from lies. It's your brain trying to lock onto something that enlightens you to the cognative dissonance in what we're indoctrinated to belive. Schools were worse than jail for me

[@oscarzolcinski6905]

English is my second language and the fact that someone could be doing vocab flashcards for their own native language is baffling to me lmao

[@duckhugger7692]

Idk about other languages but god english has so many words that are uneccesary and has effective, more commly used synonyms, they dont need to exist English is just dumb

[@MsZsc]

well i personally enjoy picking up new words, it’s not really like a “threshokd”

[@MsZsc]

and the edit button’s broken

[@sjenkinsnm]

I've been to 3 different testing centers in my lifetime. One was in a non descript upstairs room of a no name bank, the other was next to the dumpster behind a DMV, the last was right across the street from the mall where the mass shooting happened in El Paso. Pearson testing centers sure pick the cheapest real estate!

[@eliseosterbrink8000]

Thank you for pointing out how overly complicated vocabulary defeats the purpose of communication. Knowing big words that make you feel smart don't actually make you smart and, in fact, make it a lot harder for you to communicate with others if you use those words.

[@RUNSWITHCREEPERS]

I just had to take the GRE, I tried to take it online and there is a ton of security stuff for doing it at home. There was a notification from their system in the middle of my test alerting me i was being watched. So I cleared it out but it alerted me that i had a "security breach". It took them two weeks for and $220 and them to tell me that technically i was in the wrong cause the proctor couldnt see me. even though they could, I hate ETS.

[@josephrupsis4623]

980... Based. Nice job. I got magna cum laude in mechanical engineering and a job though who knows if I'm gonna go back for a master's degree. I will say that it's really annoying when it's the time allotted for the test that's the issue. That's usually what sunk me in heat transfer exams.

[@rabidvampdude]

In tutti means in unison specifically for voices or instruments. There should be a separate music theory GRE with that word on it instead of it being on the general GRE because you literally do not need to know it unless you study music theory

[@Kromiball]

I'm learning Music Theory from videos and I've never heard of "In tutti" before, the word itself sounds stupid.

[@acksawblack]

No because in tutti can be used to metaphorically refer to a team working together.

[@rabidvampdude]

@@acksawblack oh huh. Google said it’s for instrumental use. Though, google can only be so reputable nowadays and the word itself is dated, so maybe the usage has changed. Unison and together are similar, so i suppose that makes sense, i had just only known about it from the google definition because i looked it up out of curiosity.

[@seanplayscl]

​@@Kromiball if you play in a section you're bound to see "tutti" sooner or later. Solos or divided parts will happen, then when everyone is supposed to play together the term is used. Lots of music terms in performance are random Italian (too many if you ask Grainger)

[@hailthequeenFM]

@@seanplayscl A stupid amount of music theory terms are Italian words. de capo, in tutti, mezzo, forte, mezzo forte, fortissimo. These are the ones from the top of my head.

[@arvojustice]

Bro in the Balmer series n=2 is the ground state, there is nothing to solve for with this question.

[@Adriethyl]

Looks like you got one of the 935 Porsches. Good taste. Maybe it was a lucky charm after all.

[@clickthecreeper9463]

5:55 car dependency in action, baby

[@syntheticfox_real]

Took the GRE back in January this year. Never again. Never, EVER, again.

[@suvelmuttreja786]

I'm literally about to go through this process so this gives me both anxiety and confidence

[@gravysnake78]

There is a thing called good anxiety! It's only bad anxiety when you think it's bad!

[@micosstar]

great advice! (system is bad tho)

[@LazerWolf21]

Comp Eng here. Just graduated this semester and while I could’ve easily just gone back to my University to do graduate school (I’d somewhat carried my Senior Design project and they really wanted me back to do more research on it), I’ve made the executive decision that I’m sick of school (or at least everything but Senior Design) and want money. Thus I’m going directly to industry, or at least until I find out the grass is way browner on the other side or the economy goes in the shitter.

[@restitutororbis964]

My friend the economy is in the shitter, it’s only downhill from here 😭

[@themangoninja8]

I'm studying Comp Eng this fall. Do you have tips or advice?

[@LazerWolf21]

@@themangoninja8 get the math and analysis techniques that govern circuits (Kirchhoff’s laws, nodal and mesh analysis, Thevenin and Norton’s laws) down pat before you get to more advanced circuits courses like Network Theory 2 (may be called different at different universities) and Semiconductors. Those classes in particular really fucked me up. Also, make sure you at least know some basic programming language like Python, Java or C++ before entering the program as this will make your first coding classes a breeze. Same applies to any calculus you may have taken.

[@belluh-1huey102]

@@restitutororbis964 naysayer it is not going downhill, it's not like you've lived in the Great Depression before, I mean I have not, but if you think it is bad here, then go live in China.

[@tissuepaper9962]

@@themangoninja8 My advice as a recent CompE graduate is to become extremely comfortable with abusing stimulants like caffeine and nicotine, and sleeping at odd hours of the day, if at all. Find an unused classroom or rarely-utilized computer lab and prepare to spend 50% of your waking hours there, alone. The library is a trap, "studying at the library" is a social event and you will not get anything done there. Skipping classes to work on assignments for other classes is *also* a trap. If you didn't get the assignment done the night before then you should cut that loss and move on to assignments that you still have a chance to do well, otherwise you will end up in an endless cycle of submitting crap work that you did at the last minute. Finally, if a class has a generous late work policy, *abuse the crap out of it!* If you have a choice between turning in shitty work on time, or good work late, choose the second option unless the teacher is adamant that they do not accept late work. Better to lose points on the homework because it's late, than to lose points on the (much more important) exams because you didn't take your time to understand the concepts by doing the homework right.

[@joshwolf6932]

I was required to take the General GRE for my MAT, despite being a History Teacher and having not taken a single math class in 7 years. I got a 152v/144q, an awful math score. I thought I was doomed. My advisor told me a week later that the college doesn't take the GRE anymore. Despite requiring me to take it and the college website still saying its required.

[@nerdphilosopher3786]

I'm a doctoral student now. One point of pride is I've made it through higher education without taking the GRE. Had enough standardized testing in high school, no thanks.

[@warrior3456_]

they probably only have a small amount of testing centers to keep people out of the profession because if everyone had the qualifications for the job it wouldn't be in demand

[@afaceinthecrowd7675]

Congratulations on the 980! Sucks you had to go so far, but at least it worked out. Good luck man!

[@davidrobinson7260]

It’s funny how he explains why in tutti is useless and then says “in total” which would have been a good use of the phrase lol

[@tristen9736]

Thanks for making me want to stay away from grad school even more

[@samsawesomeminecraft]

for online tests like this, I would pick a park bench in a forest or on a mountain with no buildings (except for a cell tower) in a 5-mile radius

[@menkiguo7805]

Fun fact, AP tests are actually made part by ets as well.

[@cobra7166]

Nice video and storytelling mate

[@Saltience]

I have a collection of around 1000 hotwheels. I'm pretty sure they're the only reason I'm alive right now, because without them there would be nothing for me to think about while i slam my keyboard in fury about essays having a minimum word requirement.

[@warmike]

that's an impressive collection ngl

[@TheSleepyKuma]

GRE general math made me cry and I got an A in both calculus I and calculus II (I was a forensic biology major but for some reason all of the schools wanted the general test and not the biology test)

[@b.c.9358]

I didn't have to take the GREs because my university had a program where you were guaranteed admission to the graduate program if you met certain requirements.

[@JasonXiu-jf3fv]

No clue why but when you said u got a 980 I screamed let’s go lmao. Good job :D

[@AhDollar]

can't wait for the channel to be renamed "storytime with dr. jeff"

[@shogunhogun]

im so glad you're back jeff

[@kommandantkillcode]

I was just watching another video from you, clicked to some news about a game I like, and then you uploaded a new video lmao Edit: I also love Hotwheels, and have a collection of them :)

[@SevenRiderAirForce]

At least you can imagine a virtuous version of a subject-matter standardized test. You know, one that asks meaningful questions that are relevant to actual grad programs and fields of study. But there is no version of that for the "general" purpose exams. The SAT/ACT/GRE/etc. are a stupendous waste of time.

[@vinnysajeep4037]

lovin the style and good shit with them scores u just inspired me to stop procrastinating on my final art project

[@reynoldskynaston9529]

I was waiting for that casually explained outro music at the end

[@thephantomplays8004]

The DT Cars Hotwheel came in clutch!

[@danielpruitt8550]

I'll try this strategy before my Real Estate exam, It's a lot of pre-law information.

[@kerPlanck]

Congrats on the Physics GRE! Might take the test soon. Any books or other test prep that helped you get a decent score?

[@user-mt4hn4dq5m]

I sure do love the fanciful concept of “public education”

[@thor8606]

Good job on the score

[@jesuschrist9677]

I often forget that ur basically a nuclear scientist at this point. I just hope you find the next like 10 elements so we can have Jeffium.

[@miadaorerk1681]

every day that i studied for the GRE is a day spent in pure agony.

[@MarkusIfquil]

Me watching every single Jeff video hearing him complain about a corrupt company: "Ah, sh*t, here we go again."

[@DanielleMamaril]

Excited to study for the GRE...

[@Isegawa2001]

I'm going to take standardized exams for the University of São Paulo at the end of the year. I'm very close to the minimum grade required for medicine. I hope it all goes well.

[@standowner6979]

Boa sorte

[@Isegawa2001]

@@standowner6979 Obrigado!

[@demi-femme4821]

And they make you take even more standardized tests if you need to be certified for teaching.

[@GanerRL]

bro is still tryharding school just settle for a 200k/yr job already pleaSE

[@josephrupsis4623]

Can physics students get that kinda job though?

[@acksawblack]

What person is getting 200k with a physics bachelors lul

[@b.c.9358]

I didn't have to take the GREs because my university had a program where you were guaranteed admission to the graduate program if you met certain requirements. I honestly think it's not great for admitting actually smart students, because Ron got into the Master's program this way and I don't think he's very academically gifted.

[@META_mahn]

Never discount good luck charms. I have a yellow company shirt from the previous place I worked prior to the suffering of grad school. I still wear it to every single midterm and final. Never betrayed me once.

[@konradw360]

If only there was an ISO standard for testing humans. lol

[@theknightikins9397]

They made you answer what the word tutti means? That isn't even general knowledge. It's a musical term meaning "all together" or something similar. Or, you can just say it is Italian. Either way though, I don't think anybody would classify concert music or Italian as general knowledge.

[@arcayenne]

LETS GO

[@sumdude132]

GRE is by far the worst test I have ever had to take.

[@kryptonraptor1568]

Yooo... Its me on the left at 2:36

[@VinOnline]

I remember watching your CollegeBoard video in 2020

[@darthhunter69]

I thought this was a video about how you hate extraterrestrials in which you would tell a story about a time when an ET invaded your dorm and you had a not so friendly encounter with it

[@zhabiboss]

A giant fucking corporation and yet has it's testing building as a shipment container. Even a comedy show wouldn't have that like is this even real

[@2kchallengewith4video]

This channel is severely underrated

[@megadeath867]

I could never hate ETS because in the military it means your contract is over

[@yellowthere3985]

tldr: hotwheels car carries standardized testing

[@josephrupsis4623]

I found that McDonald's hotcakes helps with engineering exams lol

[@greenx2004]

To get my job, I had to take a phy exam. It was a two hour drive one way, and the exam was four hours long. 🙃

[@Orange_Text]

maybe the real hotwheels car was the friends we made along the way

[@pat9353]

6:24 OHHH I know about that one! My b+ in Chem 101 paying its dues lmfao

[@DonutLord67]

I was literally hoping that he got at least a 980 before the big reveal and then he ends up getting a 980 which is obviously all due to me, hoping that he would get a 180

[@goodhunterchurch1117]

Well you’re through it now and I hope you got into a good grad school. Now the long long process of reading and writing papers for the rest of your life.

[@averagewhiteguy2]

In Business, we have the GMAT. It is similar to the GRE, except we don't have subject fields. It's a general one. It is also strict and has us use a whiteboard. In my field, you need a good score. It is never optional. And the scores matter A LOT. It matters more than basically any other metric. What's worse is that people who want MBAs also need this GMAT test, so scores are CRAZILY inflated. It's from 200-800, and you NEED a 700 to get into a decent school for my field. It's quite crazy. When I take it, I will need to hunker down and study a lot for it.

[@None.of.Your.business.98]

Standardized tests are a pain in the ass

[@Cass0000]

I was scheduled to take the GRE basically the week everything shut down due to Covid. Trying to get information from them on what was going on during that time was like pulling teeth. After hours on hold for customer service I got an online date scheduled. The proctor program was super glitchy and I was barely able to get it to function, I ended up getting disconnected from my remote proctor and switched over to tech support and then another remote proctor. Like most standardized tests, it was a lot less a test of what you actually know and can do and a lot more about knowing their exact question format and the tricks that go with it.

[@michaelspinks9822]

I suspect you need a couple of semesters of Latin and Greek to do well on the GRE vocab. :(

[@Pussaychop]

¡Hell yeah mang! Congrats. Was starting to feel badly cause i always considered ‘test prep’ getting some sleep, but 980, thats an achievement. Well did.

[@Dr_Doctor_Lee]

amazing. they couldnt transport the container to the student, they just had to force the student to transport themself to the container. why? for the silly. the giggles.

[@jambothejoyful2966]

Yeaaah, I don’t think I’m going to try college over being an Amazon scalper

[@hlopplopp7066]

You should make a video about the SOLs

[@akashboinpally4389]

He should, but I feel like the state SOLs, at least in Virginia, are decent exams which don't test random knowledge but rather actual relevant curriculum. Probably because these are run by the government and not a private profit driven company.

[@thomasnguyen4427]

holy shit I actually clicked out when the outro played after the family dinner… touche

[@duffinthemuffin5792]

"i dont think their FroYo is that good" caught me off gaurd

[@zoonpolitikon1648]

Could you share which programs are you applying to? I applied to Political Science at Stanford and only there. Did the same thing last year, but I didn't got in so here I am at it again.

[@lawrencecao7039]

LETS GOOO

[@cataclyx]

6:45 oh god... he's just like me... he's just like me fr....

[@aethervoid9522]

Nah the hot wheels car only negated the bad luck from the bird. That's all you jeff.

[@darkenblade986]

there arnt testing centers for physics gre around chicago?

[@aarshir9500]

The vocabulary section on the GRE appears to be primarily based on the IQ tests from the 1950s to 1970s (I think?), which were, as many things were in those days, racially motivated. Many of the tests involved testing for vocabulary that only predominantly wealthier, white schools would teach, and poorer colored schools would not. Therefore the GRE Vocabulary section is not objective of how well one can communicate, but rather a form of testing for race that no longer even fully functions as intended. Edit: I see you mentioned this in your "Why Collegeboard is the Worst Company in America" video, which... Yeah. Yup.

[@therat3006]

i hate the gre too, damn THV weaponizers-

[@TheCrunchyGum]

What university/area of physics area u studying for your phd?

[@asbestosstargaming2448]

Luckily me not in US college but the colleges i go to have exams but i dont reckon they are standardised