Stupid GRE - Page 3

On October 04 2010 07:47 Slaughter wrote:


It is but I only got like a 1200 something and the profs here say that in my field they basically won't look at your app if you have under 1300 for PhD programs. So need to get it up ><

On October 04 2010 08:24 illu wrote:
I just finished one set of diagnostic test.

For math, I got 28/28
For verbal, I got 10/30

FUUUUUU

OK back to memorizing words..

On October 04 2010 05:21 Hot_Bid wrote:
Doing well on the verbal section of these types of test is really all about how much you read books / newspapers when you were growing up. It's incredibly hard to improve on the non-reading comprehension parts, and studying vocabulary is a huge waste of time. If you need to cram verbal, focus on how to read the passages and extract the key information better, as the questions are very formulaic and you can improve your score greatly if you're just familiar with the material.

You have time. Do a full practice GRE test every day 5 days a week until your test. If you're confident in the math part, instead of the normal breakdown, do 1 section of math and the rest verbal. I realize this is a lot of time, like 4-5 hours a day, but you can do it. Because if you do, and you do it diligently under "true" test conditions (no breaks, simulate real test as much as possible), you're going to destroy this test at the end of the month. It's just a matter of how hard you can push yourself to do practice tests.

If you really care about this, you'll make sacrifices and work. Stop talking or analyzing or figuring out how to do it. Just do the work. Do 20+ full practice tests this month. I guarantee you'll get a good score, or at least much better than you'd expect.

On October 04 2010 04:55 AcrossFiveJulys wrote:
yeah this test is retarded. if you are applying to math or engineering programs, though, don't sweat the verbal. I got 580 verbal/760 quant (yes I fucked up the quant) and was accepted to umich masters, georgia tech masters, and brown masters. My friend got 460 verbal / 800 quant and was accepted to stanford's EE phd program.

On October 04 2010 08:47 KOFgokuon wrote:
lol the math section of the GRE was the biggest waste of time of my life
and to be honest, I probably would have done better on the GRE verbal if I'd taken it the day after I took my SAT's
Either way, 800/680/perfect on writing, got into every grad school that I applied to

I spoke with the grad admissions officer at my undergrad department, he basically told me the way that he handles GRE's is that he just throws apps in 1 pile or another, if you get above a certain threshold (he didn't tell me, prolly 500 verbal 700 math) then that's all that matters

On October 04 2010 08:47 KOFgokuon wrote:
lol the math section of the GRE was the biggest waste of time of my life
and to be honest, I probably would have done better on the GRE verbal if I'd taken it the day after I took my SAT's
Either way, 800/680/perfect on writing, got into every grad school that I applied to

I spoke with the grad admissions officer at my undergrad department, he basically told me the way that he handles GRE's is that he just throws apps in 1 pile or another, if you get above a certain threshold (he didn't tell me, prolly 500 verbal 700 math) then that's all that matters

On October 04 2010 07:53 illu wrote:


What kind of program is it.?

On October 04 2010 10:08 Floophead_III wrote:
How does GRE equate with SAT usually? I wrecked the SAT (2210 first shot no practice) but I'm a little more concerned with the GRE since I know absolutely nothing about it. Granted I still have some time before its a concern but if it's like the SAT then I really don't think it'll be a big deal.

On October 04 2010 08:47 KOFgokuon wrote:I spoke with the grad admissions officer at my undergrad department, he basically told me the way that he handles GRE's is that he just throws apps in 1 pile or another, if you get above a certain threshold (he didn't tell me, prolly 500 verbal 700 math) then that's all that matters

On October 04 2010 11:04 R1CH wrote:
Am I the only one who thought this was about Generic Routing Encapsulation?

On October 04 2010 11:27 Tabbris wrote:

.....What?

On October 04 2010 10:11 Xeris wrote:


what was your GPA and what programs did you go to ? (Law school if i remember right? or am I thinking of Grinq)

On October 04 2010 14:48 benjammin wrote:
if you're applying to a program that is using GRE thresholds, you probably don't want to go there. so many other things are so considerably more important

On October 04 2010 11:04 R1CH wrote:
Am I the only one who thought this was about Generic Routing Encapsulation?