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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
November 11 2010 08:27 GMT
#1
I just took the GRE. Didn't get the score I want. Going to take it again. Looking for a study buddy, basically something like an accountability partner. Looking to put in 2 hours per day until I take it again (Dec 28 or so). Aiming for a 1500. If you're SERIOUS about this, pm me and we'll talk!

I don't particularly need to LEARN anything, just need to do LOTS of practice and memorize words... T_T!

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TOloseGT
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1145 Posts
November 11 2010 08:54 GMT
#2
I have a partial list of Barron's 500 I can send you, if you need it.
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
November 11 2010 08:59 GMT
#3
What I'm looking for is someone to study with, and by that I really just mean someone that can push me, that I can push.

I.E , "hey lets study for 2 hours" ... it works a lot better if I feel like I'm working with someone, or that someone is sitting by me working with me, I dunno if this is a good way to explain it but surely some people will understand.
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Crais
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2136 Posts
November 11 2010 09:46 GMT
#4
I used to do that when I was in university. My friend would be at her house and me at mine. We would check in every hour or so, take a 5 min break and back at it. Made some sort of accountability I suppose. Worked well for us.
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GrayArea
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States872 Posts
November 11 2010 09:59 GMT
#5
I'm up for being your study/working buddy. Although, I don't know if you will be up to my caliber. I'm pretty hardcore when it comes to competition, and this will be a serious thing if you want to do it. I suggest we use AIM or MSN. If you are up for it, pm me and we can get this started.

What is your sleep schedule like? As in how late do you stay up studying? I work best in evening/night so that's when I'm gonna be powering through. Anyway, lets do this man.
Kang Min Fighting!
Blind
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States2528 Posts
November 11 2010 10:05 GMT
#6
How was the LSAT and law school? Thinking about a different path right now?
AcrossFiveJulys
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States3612 Posts
November 11 2010 10:53 GMT
#7
what area are you applying for? some programs don't care at all about your gre scores. for instance, i got a mere 760 math / 580 verbal and got into some pretty good schools (ranked around 8th-20th in my area). your time might be better spent preparing a better application in other ways than improving your gre score (unless you absolutely tanked it), such as your essays. just some food for thought.
SOB_Maj_Brian
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States522 Posts
November 11 2010 11:26 GMT
#8
Yea what happened to the LSAT =/ ??
baller
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
527 Posts
November 11 2010 11:52 GMT
#9
On November 11 2010 20:26 SOB_Maj_Brian wrote:
Yea what happened to the LSAT =/ ??

no point in taking the test, where is the e-fame in that??

all the cool kids just blog about practicing and aiming 2 score high

xeris when will u be taking the mcat? i hear johns hopkins is not bad medical school
dekuschrub
Profile Joined May 2008
United States2069 Posts
November 11 2010 15:20 GMT
#10
wow 1500 is really high! If you got over 1400 the first time is it really worth it to take again?
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
November 11 2010 15:23 GMT
#11
I'm probably going to take the LSAT again in June. Basically I'm planning on doing a JD / MA (in Poli Sci / IR). Most programs I'm applying to that do joint degrees allow you to apply to law school during your first year of graduate study, so I'm going to just focus on getting into a masters program this year, then worry about law school next year.

GrayArea, I'm probably looking to put about 3 hours per day into it, and then 5 about a week before the test, then likely just do nothing the day before. I can work all throughout the day (except when I'm at work during the day?), but ya probably night times would be best.

Sort of a secondary question, how important are your GRE essay scores? I felt really good about the essays yesterday, although my verbal/quant wasn't what I wanted...

@AcrossFiveJulys - I suppose I don't really know how much GRE scores factor in, but my assumption is that if you get a certain score (different for each school) you have a solid chance. My other stuff I would think is pretty competitive (in terms of publications, GPA, work experience), so I'm hoping that a strong GRE score will put me over the top.

And uh, my top 3 choices for grad school would be: Georgetown FS, SAIS, and McGill (Tufts would be a 4th). So I think if I can get a mid 1400 I'll be ok (although since I already took the GRE I don't know how schools deal with you taking it twice... hopefully looking at the higher score or something)
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lutarez
Profile Joined November 2010
United States65 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-11 15:41:55
November 11 2010 15:40 GMT
#12
On November 12 2010 00:20 dekuschrub wrote:
wow 1500 is really high! If you got over 1400 the first time is it really worth it to take again?


Yeah, 1500 is quite high -_-

What field are you applying to? Even if you're applying to Harvard, you don't need a 1500 to be competitive. Once you reach a certain cutoff for score, other aspects of your application matter more.

What is the cutoff? I'll arbitrarily define it as 1200 based on other people's stats I've read about in forums.

Edit: Oh, didn't see that you're doing it poly sci. Anyway, whatever I wrote above still holds.
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
November 11 2010 17:29 GMT
#13
On November 12 2010 00:20 dekuschrub wrote:
wow 1500 is really high! If you got over 1400 the first time is it really worth it to take again?


I got a 1320 T_T ... I feel like it's worth it to take it again to shoot high so at least I can have an average score of 1400.
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HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
November 11 2010 18:50 GMT
#14
Im exactly like this when it comes to working out. GL on your GREs
"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
Servius_Fulvius
Profile Joined August 2009
United States947 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-11 20:55:00
November 11 2010 20:52 GMT
#15
On November 12 2010 02:29 Xeris wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 12 2010 00:20 dekuschrub wrote:
wow 1500 is really high! If you got over 1400 the first time is it really worth it to take again?


I got a 1320 T_T ... I feel like it's worth it to take it again to shoot high so at least I can have an average score of 1400.


1320 is still pretty good. I got a 1240 and got into grad school (engineering) just fine. I think it's worth asking graduate advisors their opinion. For my program they primarily looked at the math score (makes sense since it's engineering), and if you had lower than a 650 your abilities came into question. No one really cared about verbal since it's an engineering program, but each program has particular expectations for each subject. Some schools may want you to be in the 95th percentile in everything, so I guess you don't know unless you ask.

If you decide to keep studying I highly recommend the Princeton Review study book ONLY for the verbal section. I saw a lot of familiar words and probably would have managed much more than a 490 if I took longer than a week to study. Still, if you scored higher than a 600 on verbal, which is like the 90th percentile, then you're probably ok. Then again, "probably" isn't going to cut it, huh?
JodoYodo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1772 Posts
November 11 2010 21:00 GMT
#16
I felt that studying for the GRE was not very useful.

The math is easier than the SAT and if someone were applying for a math/engineering/physics graduate degree and got less than 750 I would find that extremely questionable. A perfect score only puts you into the 93rd-ish percentile.

For the essay section I think the most important part is to know the form of the questions. They're almost always the same and you can answer almost formulaicly. Read a practice book, sketch out an essay template, follow it on a practice essay.

The reading section is probably the hardest only because the vocabulary gets pretty absurd when you get the first few correct. I took the practice list from the Princeton Review book and went over it a few times the day before. I'm pretty sure I got a bunch of questions wrong but it still put me in 650 verbal which was 96th percentile.

On the other hand since it looks like you're a law student I guess verbal is far more important to you than math is.
Dance dance dance 'till we run this town!
hazelynut
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2195 Posts
November 11 2010 21:17 GMT
#17
If you wait half a year - a year, I'll be your study buddy! :D But anyway good luck, and get your butt to DC
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dekuschrub
Profile Joined May 2008
United States2069 Posts
November 11 2010 21:59 GMT
#18
well you should know that the GRE isn't like the LSAT. A 99th percentile GRE doesn't auto get you in anywhere unlike what a 175+ LSAT can do

of course it doesn't hurt, but sometimes its not worth it to retake because grad schools don't actually consider the GRE that much. Some schools don't even look it again as long as you are over their cutoff
mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4943 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-11 22:11:04
November 11 2010 22:10 GMT
#19
I'm a math student, so the math (not the subject, the regular) was pretty much a joke. The verbal however was much harder than the SAT (in my opinion). It all just depends on what your strengths are.

To the poster above, you're absolutely correct--an 800 netted me a 94th percentile. )
JD, Stork, Calm, Hyuk Fighting!
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
November 11 2010 22:14 GMT
#20
On November 11 2010 20:52 baller wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 11 2010 20:26 SOB_Maj_Brian wrote:
Yea what happened to the LSAT =/ ??

no point in taking the test, where is the e-fame in that??

all the cool kids just blog about practicing and aiming 2 score high

xeris when will u be taking the mcat? i hear johns hopkins is not bad medical school

hahahaha i love baller

good luck xeris!
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