Standardized Testing Anxiety
Despite my less-than-perfect score on my GRE, I still believe I am an appropriate and worthwhile candidate for the MS/MPH program at University of Massachusetts Amherst. I am among that small but realistic percentage of individuals that often score poorly on standardized tests, and the GRE was no exception to that. However, instead of discussing what I did not do well on, allow me to tell you what I can do. I have been a registered nurse for 6 years and work in the emergency room, recovery room, and critical care areas. Even though I did not score very well on my SAT, I was still accepted into several undergraduate institutions, as these schools believed in what I was capable of doing.
Throughout nursing school I maintained a 3.0 GPA. I have also taken graduate courses in the Masters of Information Systems program at Bowie State University where I maintained a GPA that remained above a 3.0. I was pleased with my accomplishments and with the fact that I did not let down the individuals and institutions that understood that my poor standardized test scores did not reflect my intelligence, my ability to learn, or my ability to be a caring and adept nurse.
I have always been a dedicated and hard worker, and I consider myself up for almost any kind of challenge that comes my way. I have a lot of ambition and enthusiasm for any task that I undertake, and I am both willing and able to prove that I am capable of completing a Masters level program. I would not have applied if I did not believe myself to have the ability required for the program and I know that my hard work and perseverance will allow me to perform well and prove myself to anyone that may be skeptical. I take my education and my career very seriously and I would not attempt to get into something that I was not certain I could handle and do well in.
