Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 4:53pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
MasterforceII: Having finally written the GRE, I feel I'm in a position to advise potential test takers. It goes without saying that in order to obtain high scores, one needs to practise. Take as many practice tests as you can and keep working on improving your scores. Infact, the practice tests are coterminous with the actual exams. My experience today proved that. In addition to preparing for the exam, you should also be preparing yourself mentally. You should be googling stuff like "how to keep your brain active for four hours", "How to detect the experimental section in the GRE exam", "How to read 600 word Reading comprehension passages in 2 -3 minutes".
Congratulations!!! Thank you for sharing your test experience. With regard to the bolded, I will quote Magoosh's advice for GRE test takers which is to "never attempt to guess which section is the experimental one. You should be in the mindset that every section counts. Even if you think you have gotten the experimental section (you see a strange looking geometrical shape or a frightening word that wasn’t on your vocab list) do not assume this is the case. In the heat of a moment, many things on the test may strike you as strange. And if you misidentify the experimental section, the effect on your score can be catastrophic".Though, one cannot know exactly which section is an experimental section. But one can, at the very least, know whether the experimental section is math or verbal. So, if you got three math sections instead of two, you must understand that one of those math sections was the experimental section. Similarly, if you got three verbal sections, one of those three was the experimental section. That’s all you can figure out. The experimental section can come at the beginning, middle or end. The truth is – you will never know. Therefore, it is highly recommended that you do not attempt to identify the experimental section during the test. It is important that you take every section seriously and aim to do your best on each section. (Culled from Crunchprep's website).I wish all "Fall 2018" applicants good success ![smiley](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/smiley.png) 10 Likes |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by ladivaswt: 4:56pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
Ok please how can I send the private message @dreManuel or better still my email rebekahmylove1@yahoo.com. thank u |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 5:25pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
Help! Help!! Help!!! GRE is next tomorrow. I have taken a good number of full length practice tests. 3 marks short of my target composite score is d best I have achieved. Powerprep scores are 5-7 marks below the target scores. While the verbal is improving with RC my major problem is silly mistakes I make in Quantitative Reasoning. After doing the hard part of breaking problems down I just blow it by making mistakes like leaving out - negative sign or something. I am just kinda not comfortable.
Kindly advise on what I may do at this eleventh hour. Thank you. 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by DreManuel(m): 5:34pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
ladivaswt: Ok please how can I send the private message @dreManuel or better still my email rebekahmylove1@yahoo.com. thank u Sent you a mail. You may take off your e-mail address now. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by DreManuel(m): 5:43pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
okoope: Help! Help!! Help!!! GRE is next tomorrow. I have taken a good number of full length practice tests. 3 marks short of my target composite score is d best I have achieved. Powerprep scores are 5-7 marks below the target scores. While the verbal is improving with RC my major problem is silly mistakes I make in Quantitative Reasoning. After doing the hard part of breaking problems down I just blow it by making mistakes like leaving out - negative sign or something. I am just kinda not comfortable.
Kindly advise on what I may do at this eleventh hour. Thank you. Tbh, there is nothing much you can do at this point to improve your scores considerably. However, you should be careful not to do things that can hurt your confidence thereby making your scores suffer. At this point, you should be reviewing your notes and the GRE Math conventions, your vocabs, and I don't expect you to be doing any practice tests at this point. You would want to get a very sound sleep tonight and face the test tomorrow with a solid determination. You must have prepared so hard and whatever scores you've been having in the past practice tests do not count - what counts is what you do tomorrow. In short, do not worry, stay focused, map out a strategy for tomorrow, review where you are prone to silly mistakes, get snacks to eat in between the test breaks, go to the test centre early, and tackle the test heads on. All the best! 2 Likes |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by athorello(m): 5:49pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
So I took the GRE 28th of last month here in PH. Results summary: Verbal: 157 Quant: 160 AWA: 4 Shockingly, I scored exactly 317 on my second powerprep test 3 days to my test date. I was only able to increase my score by 7 points from my first diagnostic test. Anyway, it was only God who helped me pull through because after totally breaking down for two weeks and getting better two weeks to test date, I discovered that I've lost some things. I just couldn't answer some question types like inferences and logic. Hmm! Including mixing up some subtle maths concepts. OK... What did I do? I gave up on relearning anything. I made a decision to work on my speed and tested that with the 2nd powerprep test. In the end, I scored 156 in verbal and 161 in Quant. While reviewing, I found out that most of my first gueses that I changed in the verbal were actually right (but I always have the challenge and fell for three trap in the actual test). In the quant I got all 20 questions right in the first session and 15/20 in the 2nd. I had a funny run down to the test. But my advice... 1. Please try as much as possible to eat something (my first mistake) 2. Take any medication you have to take for any challenge or pains (I went with my drugs but couldn't take them cos of doctor's warning not to take the medication without food) 3. Get as much water (I had finished 2 sachet and almost 1 Eva bottle before check in. Had to beg them to let me go outside the gate to get more water) 4. Pray it doesn't rain all day... Lol 5. Try to be as fast as possible. I was able to go through and review all my verbal answers with speed. I had 3 quant sessions. In two of them, I had 5 and 3 mins left respectively to review my responses and I was sure of not failing more than 1-2 questions per session. For one of the quant sessions, my time expired just before I will submit the answer to number 20 so no time to even review the questions I marked. Finally, village people almost entered the hall but God pass them. I was noticeably the only one with challenges. Back pains and general body weakness that I'll always rest flat on the desk every second I had to rest before and during the test. My system froze like 4 times during my last two quant sessions. The system was restarted, I was logged back on and the next time it will freeze the screen displayed an Error message so they had to assign a new system. But when I saw my final scores I was just laughing and smiling. God pass them. Anyway.... Profile Extra: BSc Industrial Physics (4.68/5) MSc Geophysics, 4.85/5 (3.91/4--wes unofficial) Internship experience No publication Seeking a Geophysics PhD (MS is also a go since mehn wan waka) No English test yet, will soon start working on that. I believe there are fellas here with good advice for me. Schools I'm considering right now: Texas A&M, CS U. Alabama Michigan Tech .....if possible U Texas @Austin and Mines ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) .... I'm open to more suggestions cos I'm not too clear on U. Houston and OU 13 Likes |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by mfarad(m): 5:56pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
athorello: So I took the GRE 28th of last month here in PH. Results summary: Verbal: 157 Quant: 160 AWA: 4
Schools I'm considering right now: Texas A&M, CS U. Alabama Michigan Tech .....if possible U Texas @Austin and Mines .... I'm open to more suggestions cos I'm not too clear on U. Houston and OU
Good scores man! Thanks for sharing #TeamFall2018 My 2cents, get ready for stage 2- SOP, LOR, etc |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 7:14pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
Athorello,
Great profile you've got there. Like someone else recommended, start working on the other parts of your application. I think you should aim for that PhD as you stand a good chance. Just try to contact potential advisors now so you won't need to waste your app fees in applying to too many schools. You might want to contact professors in UTK - I believe someone here has talked up their geophysics program and need for PhDs. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 7:18pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
MasterforceII: Thanks so much Scholastica. Means a lot to me coming from you. I hope my scores and GPA are good enough for the schools I have selected. I feel I'm being a tad ambitious sending scores to the likes of Georgia Tech and Michigan State but I know anything is possible if you believe. Right now, I am working on the other parts of my applications - preparing for TOEFL and writing my SOP- and should start rolling out applications by next month as unfortunately, I am not armed with my transcript at the moment. In the interim, I plan to instigate correspondence with prospective supervisors in the schools I have shortlisted after careful study of their papers. I hope this pans out well. Thanks once again.
Mahn, anything is possible. I personally believe you stand a great chance. Besides, I have seen or rather heard of lesser profiles that got into UPenn and Boston Uni for Master's fully-funded. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by paulbets: 9:35pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
Congratulations bro.. Great scores... athorello: So I took the GRE 28th of last month here in PH. Results summary: Verbal: 157 Quant: 160 AWA: 4
Shockingly, I scored exactly 317 on my second powerprep test 3 days to my test date. I was only able to increase my score by 7 points from my first diagnostic test. Anyway, it was only God who helped me pull through because after totally breaking down for two weeks and getting better two weeks to test date, I discovered that I've lost some things. I just couldn't answer some question types like inferences and logic. Hmm! Including mixing up some subtle maths concepts. OK... What did I do? I gave up on relearning anything. I made a decision to work on my speed and tested that with the 2nd powerprep test. In the end, I scored 156 in verbal and 161 in Quant. While reviewing, I found out that most of my first gueses that I changed in the verbal were actually right (but I always have the challenge and fell for three trap in the actual test). In the quant I got all 20 questions right in the first session and 15/20 in the 2nd. I had a funny run down to the test.
But my advice... 1. Please try as much as possible to eat something (my first mistake) 2. Take any medication you have to take for any challenge or pains (I went with my drugs but couldn't take them cos of doctor's warning not to take the medication without food) 3. Get as much water (I had finished 2 sachet and almost 1 Eva bottle before check in. Had to beg them to let me go outside the gate to get more water) 4. Pray it doesn't rain all day... Lol 5. Try to be as fast as possible. I was able to go through and review all my verbal answers with speed. I had 3 quant sessions. In two of them, I had 5 and 3 mins left respectively to review my responses and I was sure of not failing more than 1-2 questions per session. For one of the quant sessions, my time expired just before I will submit the answer to number 20 so no time to even review the questions I marked. Finally, village people almost entered the hall but God pass them. I was noticeably the only one with challenges. Back pains and general body weakness that I'll always rest flat on the desk every second I had to rest before and during the test. My system froze like 4 times during my last two quant sessions. The system was restarted, I was logged back on and the next time it will freeze the screen displayed an Error message so they had to assign a new system. But when I saw my final scores I was just laughing and smiling. God pass them.
Anyway.... Profile Extra: BSc Industrial Physics (4.68/5) MSc Geophysics, 4.85/5 (3.91/4--wes unofficial) Internship experience No publication Seeking a Geophysics PhD (MS is also a go since mehn wan waka) No English test yet, will soon start working on that. I believe there are fellas here with good advice for me.
Schools I'm considering right now: Texas A&M, CS U. Alabama Michigan Tech .....if possible U Texas @Austin and Mines .... I'm open to more suggestions cos I'm not too clear on U. Houston and OU
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Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by MasterforceII: 10:42pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
GlitteringStar:
Congratulations!!! Thank you for sharing your test experience.
With regard to the bolded, I will quote Magoosh's advice for GRE test takers which is to "never attempt to guess which section is the experimental one. You should be in the mindset that every section counts. Even if you think you have gotten the experimental section (you see a strange looking geometrical shape or a frightening word that wasn’t on your vocab list) do not assume this is the case. In the heat of a moment, many things on the test may strike you as strange. And if you misidentify the experimental section, the effect on your score can be catastrophic".
I wish all "Fall 2018" applicants good success ![smiley](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/smiley.png) Thank you so much. I did just as magoosh recommended but still I suspect my first verbal section was the experimental section. I guess we can never know for sure which is the experimental section. Just answer all questions as best as you can. 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by MasterforceII: 10:49pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
Scholastica16:
Mahn, anything is possible. I personally believe you stand a great chance. Besides, I have seen or rather heard of lesser profiles that got into UPenn and Boston Uni for Master's fully-funded. That you believe I stand a great chance is giving me ginger. lol. That and the fact that I have also heard of people with lesser profiles get admitted to top schools. I will be sure to drop my application and admission updates on this thread. #Fall2018 We move! 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by DreManuel(m): 10:52pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
athorello: So I took the GRE 28th of last month here in PH. Results summary: Verbal: 157 Quant: 160 AWA: 4
Shockingly, I scored exactly 317 on my second powerprep test 3 days to my test date. I was only able to increase my score by 7 points from my first diagnostic test. Anyway, it was only God who helped me pull through because after totally breaking down for two weeks and getting better two weeks to test date, I discovered that I've lost some things. I just couldn't answer some question types like inferences and logic. Hmm! Including mixing up some subtle maths concepts. OK... What did I do? I gave up on relearning anything. I made a decision to work on my speed and tested that with the 2nd powerprep test. In the end, I scored 156 in verbal and 161 in Quant. While reviewing, I found out that most of my first gueses that I changed in the verbal were actually right (but I always have the challenge and fell for three trap in the actual test). In the quant I got all 20 questions right in the first session and 15/20 in the 2nd. I had a funny run down to the test.
But my advice... 1. Please try as much as possible to eat something (my first mistake) 2. Take any medication you have to take for any challenge or pains (I went with my drugs but couldn't take them cos of doctor's warning not to take the medication without food) 3. Get as much water (I had finished 2 sachet and almost 1 Eva bottle before check in. Had to beg them to let me go outside the gate to get more water) 4. Pray it doesn't rain all day... Lol 5. Try to be as fast as possible. I was able to go through and review all my verbal answers with speed. I had 3 quant sessions. In two of them, I had 5 and 3 mins left respectively to review my responses and I was sure of not failing more than 1-2 questions per session. For one of the quant sessions, my time expired just before I will submit the answer to number 20 so no time to even review the questions I marked. Finally, village people almost entered the hall but God pass them. I was noticeably the only one with challenges. Back pains and general body weakness that I'll always rest flat on the desk every second I had to rest before and during the test. My system froze like 4 times during my last two quant sessions. The system was restarted, I was logged back on and the next time it will freeze the screen displayed an Error message so they had to assign a new system. But when I saw my final scores I was just laughing and smiling. God pass them.
Anyway.... Profile Extra: BSc Industrial Physics (4.68/5) MSc Geophysics, 4.85/5 (3.91/4--wes unofficial) Internship experience No publication Seeking a Geophysics PhD (MS is also a go since mehn wan waka) No English test yet, will soon start working on that. I believe there are fellas here with good advice for me.
Schools I'm considering right now: Texas A&M, CS U. Alabama Michigan Tech .....if possible U Texas @Austin and Mines .... I'm open to more suggestions cos I'm not too clear on U. Houston and OU
Brotherman, Congratulations on your scores. I just wish to make few suggestions, and I'm assuming you are applying for fall 2018. My first take is that your "Why" has to be very strong, and that will take care of the "Who", "Where" and "When". That means you would know the exact thing you want to research on or focus on in your field, and the potential professors or departments/schools that can deliver that. Then you can create a shortlist. Any school, however prestigious it may be, that won't address your "Why" can always be struck off. But you will have to sit put and do a lot of personal research. Once you've identified potential supervisors or schools, then your next step is to introduce yourself to them. You would have to tell a great story here based on your "Why" and your work/academic history. If you make a good impression, they will respond to you and will usually tell you if they have funding or not and other avenues you can explore. If a professor doesn't respond even after you follow up with your mail, that's a sign that you are not likely needed by the professor. You either move to the next professor of interest in the school or next school on your list. Note: However stellar your grades are, if there are no professors willing to take you on in a school, you are most likely wasting your money and time applying. And a corollary to this is that the question of whether a school is ambitious or not would be answered. Personally, almost all the schools that gave me admissions with financial aids had their professors respond favourably to me. On one occasion, one opened up that I was one of his picks. One another occasion - though I didn't apply eventually - the professor encouraged me to apply and while he said he won't make promises, he felt I would be competitive for funding based on the info I supplied to him in my introductory mail. I could go on... Based on the responses you've gotten from above, you can narrow your list further to the schools you should apply to. Those are the ones you should really focus on. Others can follow. In a nutshell, put in the hard work to research many schools based on your program, and reach out to potential supervisors, other things can follow. 7 Likes |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 11:43pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
MasterforceII:
Thank you so much. I did just as magoosh recommended but still I suspect my first verbal section was the experimental section. I guess we can never know for sure which is the experimental section. Just answer all questions as best as you can. Exactly! One should not waste time trying to determine the experimental section as there is no accurate way of determining the section. We should therefore aim to do the best on each section. I wish you the best! ![smiley](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/smiley.png) |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by ponpon(m): 1:30am On Oct 10, 2017 |
You guys are doing great, great scores everywhere...Focus on other parts of application now |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by athorello(m): 5:49am On Oct 10, 2017 |
DreManuel:
Brotherman,
Congratulations on your scores.
I just wish to make few suggestions, and I'm assuming you are applying for fall 2018.
My first take is that your "Why" has to be very strong, and that will take care of the "Who", "Where" and "When". That means you would know the exact thing you want to research on or focus on in your field, and the potential professors or departments/schools that can deliver that. Then you can create a shortlist. Any school, however prestigious it may be, that won't address your "Why" can always be struck off. But you will have to sit put and do a lot of personal research.
Once you've identified potential supervisors or schools, then your next step is to introduce yourself to them. You would have to tell a great story here based on your "Why" and your work/academic history. If you make a good impression, they will respond to you and will usually tell you if they have funding or not and other avenues you can explore. If a professor doesn't respond even after you follow up with your mail, that's a sign that you are not likely needed by the professor. You either move to the next professor of interest in the school or next school on your list. Note: However stellar your grades are, if there are no professors willing to take you on in a school, you are most likely wasting your money and time applying. And a corollary to this is that the question of whether a school is ambitious or not would be answered. Personally, almost all the schools that gave me admissions with financial aids had their professors respond favourably to me. On one occasion, one opened up that I was one of his picks. One another occasion - though I didn't apply eventually - the professor encouraged me to apply and while he said he won't make promises, he felt I would be competitive for funding based on the info I supplied to him in my introductory mail. I could go on...
Based on the responses you've gotten from above, you can narrow your list further to the schools you should apply to. Those are the ones you should really focus on. Others can follow.
In a nutshell, put in the hard work to research many schools based on your program, and reach out to potential supervisors, other things can follow. Thank you so much bro... I have started action on researching and I'll take the next step by narrowing down, not to waste funds on unnecessary applications. Thanks once more. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by mikeayus(m): 2:29pm On Oct 10, 2017 |
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Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by mikeayus(m): 2:30pm On Oct 10, 2017 |
Please can you send me Princeton review to my mail ayus.mike@gmail.com ? I am writing in Dec 1st. Congrats ooo.. Nice scores MasterforceII:
Thank you so much. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by jagadab: 10:13pm On Oct 10, 2017 |
DreManuel:
Brotherman,
Congratulations on your scores.
I just wish to make few suggestions, and I'm assuming you are applying for fall 2018.
My first take is that your "Why" has to be very strong, and that will take care of the "Who", "Where" and "When". That means you would know the exact thing you want to research on or focus on in your field, and the potential professors or departments/schools that can deliver that. Then you can create a shortlist. Any school, however prestigious it may be, that won't address your "Why" can always be struck off. But you will have to sit put and do a lot of personal research.
Once you've identified potential supervisors or schools, then your next step is to introduce yourself to them. You would have to tell a great story here based on your "Why" and your work/academic history. If you make a good impression, they will respond to you and will usually tell you if they have funding or not and other avenues you can explore. If a professor doesn't respond even after you follow up with your mail, that's a sign that you are not likely needed by the professor. You either move to the next professor of interest in the school or next school on your list. Note: However stellar your grades are, if there are no professors willing to take you on in a school, you are most likely wasting your money and time applying. And a corollary to this is that the question of whether a school is ambitious or not would be answered. Personally, almost all the schools that gave me admissions with financial aids had their professors respond favourably to me. On one occasion, one opened up that I was one of his picks. One another occasion - though I didn't apply eventually - the professor encouraged me to apply and while he said he won't make promises, he felt I would be competitive for funding based on the info I supplied to him in my introductory mail. I could go on...
Based on the responses you've gotten from above, you can narrow your list further to the schools you should apply to. Those are the ones you should really focus on. Others can follow.
In a nutshell, put in the hard work to research manu schools based on your program, and reach out to potential supervisors, other things can follow. just sent you a pm please I will like to have a chat with you regards certain info on my GRE and app school I anticipate your response soon |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by denniece1(m): 9:12am On Oct 11, 2017 |
Pls, someone should help me with GRE prep materials, preferably Manhattan and Barron. I have been using Kaplan only and it is obviously not adequate. my mail is denniece1@gmail.com. Thanks in advance. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Bayo0502(m): 9:17pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
Ninaann39: Good morning great minds. I am happy I came across this thread. Please I need some advice and I'll appreciate any contribution.
So I would want to do my Msc but I dont want it it be in same course as my undergraduate course which is electrical engineering. I would want something general like ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT or any other. My GP is 3.74 on a scale of 5. My questions are 1. Can I still meet up with fall 2018 if I start preparations now. 2. What country might be best for me, considered Canada but didn't find much for the course I'm considering.
Please I'll appreciate answers. Thank u all
U can check Bowling Green State University, they offer Engineering Management Technology 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by aanexplus(m): 10:13pm On Oct 11, 2017 |
Hi guys..
Does anybody know about UT@Tyler?
Thanks |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Mspeezie: 5:28am On Oct 12, 2017 |
DreManuel:
Sorry I can't drop my number here. PM means Private Message. Otherwise, you could drop your e-mail address here. Once I acknowledge, you can take off your e-mail address. Hello DreManuel, please can you send the materials to my mailbox too? Please... ayodelesolaa@gmail.com Thanks |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by casid: 1:30pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
I need a study partner for GRE residing in Ajah or Ikosi axis. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by seeker88(m): 4:44pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Phew!!!.....It's been a while. My journey to the US was very smooth....no hitch at all! Sorry I didn't get the opportunity to share in details my travel experience. It's really nothing different from what folks have shared here. Nothing spectacular to share.... ![smiley](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/smiley.png) And then, it's been very tasking here!!! I have missed so many pages here and would definitely not have time to catch up. Homework here and there ![sad](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/sad.png) . And for my other fellow Fall 2017 hopefuls, trust your dreams came through eventually.....are you guys also getting the kind of workloads I get here ![](/faces/huh.png) It's quite overwhelming ![undecided](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/undecided.png) ..... Also, to those Fall 2017 hopefuls who didn't make it eventually, don't give up on your dreams, keep trying because it's worth the trials..... BTW, I give kudos to those who still make out time to keep this thread running despite their busy schedule here....especially those currently studying here, e no easy! ![cool](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cool.png) , una do well! I just had time to sneak in here today, though I will keep checking in as often as I can. Finally, I'm so glad to read from scholastica16 again after such a long break from this thread. Welcome back boss!..... And to the prospective test takers, I wish you all the best in your tests. God bless you all! 12 Likes |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 5:58pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
seeker88: Phew!!!.....It's been a while. My journey to the US was very smooth....no hitch at all! Sorry I didn't get the opportunity to share in details my travel experience. It's really nothing different from what folks have shared here. Nothing spectacular to share.... ![smiley](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/smiley.png)
And then, it's been very tasking here!!! I have missed so many pages here and would definitely not have time to catch up. Homework here and there . And for my other fellow Fall 2017 hopefuls, trust your dreams came through eventually.....are you guys also getting the kind of workloads I get here It's quite overwhelming ..... Also, to those Fall 2017 hopefuls who didn't make it eventually, don't give up on your dreams, keep trying because it's worth the trials.....
BTW, I give kudos to those who still make out time to keep this thread running despite their busy schedule here....especially those currently studying here, e no easy! , una do well! I just had time to sneak in here today, though I will keep checking in as often as I can.
Finally, I'm so glad to read from scholastica16 again after such a long break from this thread. Welcome back boss!..... And to the prospective test takers, I wish you all the best in your tests.
God bless you all! Legend of the seeker88 ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by ponlear(m): 7:59pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Sup guys
Can the peeps that wrote GRE exam today share their experience?
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Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Patrick2go: 8:13pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
MasterforceII: My head hurts. No, I am not thinking about the present situation of the country, the recent NNPC scandal, the fact that we have not had light for days, I have just written my GRE exam. After months of on and off and off and on and off and off and off and off and on preparations, I can now call myself GREat. Lol. Having finally written the GRE, I feel I'm in a position to advise potential test takers. It goes without saying that in order to obtain high scores, one needs to practise. Take as many practice tests as you can and keep working on improving your scores. Infact, the practice tests are coterminous with the actual exams. My experience today proved that. In addition to preparing for the exam, you should also be preparing yourself mentally. You should be googling stuff like "how to keep your brain active for four hours", "How to detect the experimental section in the GRE exam", "How to read 600 word Reading comprehension passages in 2 -3 minutes". I did not have as adequate a preparation as I had wished. Work was so demanding and I couldn't find the time. Still, I studied whenever I could; on commutes to work reading articles from Aldaily, using the magoosh vocab app, memorising words from a list I had earlier created on quizlet (Studying GRE PRACTICE on Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/202373358/gre-practice-flash-cards/ ) - this was especially helpful as associating words with pictures ensured I remembered them. For the quant, I watched the magoosh videos and skimmed through the Manhattan sets. Serious preparations however began 2 weeks ago. I digested the whole ETS guide in one weekend and took the practice tests (158Q, 154V). No other material can substitute the ETS official guide in my opinion. That same weekend I took the powerprep and had (158,152) and I was like hay God! Is this my destiny? I hurriedly went through the Manhattan 5lb for quant and princeton review for verbal. In hindsight, I regret the haphazard manner with which i read the Manhattan 5lb. It is another great resource to ensure a good quant score. Took the second powerprep and the free crunchprep test yesterday and was averaging Q162, V158. Na so I close shop. What else could mans do? I was just hoping that ginger go enter my body today which would cause my scores to miraculously shoot up. Lol. Got to the center and was shown my desk. It was when I sat down that I realised I had not brought any snack. No water. Nothing. And Nairaland people advised me. How could you forget son? It was gonna be a long four hours. I got the VQVQV format. The first Verbal Section no be here o. I was tempted to walkout and go and pick masters form at Unilag. The 2 quant sections on the other hand were not bad at all. I was able to answer most if not all of the questions correctly , at least from my own perspective. Lol. The remaining verbal sections were fair. I did not encounter any strange words. The bulk of my time however was spent trying to decipher those arcane and convoluted RC passages. My advise, tackle the TCs and the SEs first, then the paragraph arguments before dealing with the RCs. That way, you are left with enough time to deal with the RCs. Reported my scores and was not surprised. I was just hoping for more. Sent to my preselected four schools and left the building to go find food and water.
Profile: CGPA: 3.64/4.00 (WES unofficial score) GRE Score: 321 Quant: 163 Verbal: 158 AW: Check back in 2 weeks. Applying for MS Electrical Engineering. #fall2018
This thread really helped a lot and it's only fair that i repay by giving an account of my GRE experience so that prospective test takers may glean from it one or two stuff like I did from reading others' experiences on here. I don't think I would be rewriting the exam. I don't think I can subject myself to that amount of mental drudgery again. Schools will have to accept me with that score whether they like it or not. Lol
A resounding congratulations to you sir. Your expectations will be crowned...Amen! Please could you help me with the prinction review to aid my preparation. pa3rkdphenom@yahoo.com. Thank you sir. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by MasterforceII: 8:27pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Patrick2go:
A resounding congratulations to you sir. Your expectations will be crowned...Amen! Please could you help me with the prinction review to aid my preparation. pa3rkdphenom@yahoo.com. Thank you sir. Thanks bro. Amen. I have sent you the Princeton Review. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 9:31pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
ponlear: Sup guys
Can the peeps that wrote GRE exam today share their experience?
Cheers Yours is this month right? I have been meaning to ask how your prep's been going. 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 9:32pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Seeker88, we see you. We'd be needing you every now and then.
Cheers mate. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by ponlear(m): 9:41pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Scholastica16:
Yours is this month right? I have been meaning to ask how your prep's been going. Early next month boss Still having some challenges with my verbal but am getting better. Thanks bro 1 Like |