۱۳۸۷ تیر ۹, یکشنبه

The New GRE




The Graduate Record Exam is full of irrelevant questions, making it particularly tedious to take. If, however, it were rewritten with an emphasis on what matters, how many more of us would pursue higher education?1

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Twenty-four million people in Africa are infected with HIV. Mothers who breast-feed have a thirty percent chance of infecting their infants. Mothers who don’t breastfeed have less than a six percent chance. However, the greatest risk to small children in Africa is dysentery due to unsanitary drinking water. Therapy to reduce HIV transmission between mother and nursing child could be made available for the cost per capita of a Starbucks Venti Caramel Latte. What percentage of Americans would consider donating this cost? What percentage would abstain from caramel at least?1

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Again from the pleasure of searching through the 1$ books. This one is a book of poems by Rachel Rose named “Notes Upon Arrival and Departure”. When reading her suggestions on the GRE exam, I thought of a few of my own

How do you percept the growing rate of obesity in United States alongside perseverance of starvation in Africa? What is the public opinion in your society and why?1

In your opinion, which is the major driving force of scientific research: Necessity, curiosity or market? Which one do you think it should be?1

A third world country is a country where if you want to build it you have to ruin your home; if you want to build your home you have to ruin it.1

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