nastydamus:


Thanks bro. I used Edulight Consultants but I don't know if the stress involved is worth the savings man: sometimes they'll just ignore your calls and text messages, other times they'll be making incoherent sentences when they decide to pick your call.
I gave them four schools (recipients) for my TOEFL scores but they didn't register a single one and they gave me my login details when it was too late to add the schools; I had to raise an additional $19 * 4 because of their mistake.

Glocal1:
Ok bro. The cost is still fair, how was ur toefl? What's d file size of d regular magoosh and d premium magoosh videos, just want to know d one I'd need to download again. Thanks.

Ajibade105:
Hello,

am new on this thread, I wanna write GRE in November and I need materials to prepare for this exam. I will be glad if anyone can help with any. Here is my email ajibade.kehinde@yahoo.com

nastydamus:


The premium videos are in a compressed file that is about 1.1GB large. The regular videos are not compressed into one file so you'll have to download them individually, they shouldn't be more than 2GB.

Teaser4:
Afternun guys, planning to write gre next year. my sch minimum score is 610(metu, ankara). how tough it is to meet that. am scare d exam look tough, most the quantitative part, i hate maths, only did it in my 100lvl during my college days.

happyday:

You're welcome to the thread.

Now, when you say 610, what actually do you mean? 610/800? For the Quant section only? Kindly elaborate.

Please note that the GRE tests secondary school-level physics, in 'cunny' ways. So, that you even did it in college is a big plus for you. The test looks tough, but if it was too easy, then it wouldn't be too much of an accomplishment to ace the GRE? Will it?

There are no two ways about it. Go through the thread, gather relevant materials and buckle down to study. Study and practice. Practice and stay focused.

Enjoy your study prep. And check in here if you run into bumps along the way.

nastydamus:
Hi everyone,

Been following this thread, although from the shadows. Wanted to write the GRE this month but couldn't get a slot anywhere in PH so I had to travel to Lagos to write on the 13th.

Got to the JKK building quite early and then the wait and anxiety started; can't say why but I was feeling uneasy about the test, not like it was going to be my first or last exam in this life sef.

Anyway, as we joined the queue to be screened before commencing the test, the people that were screened first had already started typing away. I got to my computer and started typing too (#50k no be play o, plus transport fare and hotel bills). After the AWA section (which looked rather fair to me), I got down to the first verbal; it must have been the experimental part because boy, was that section harrrrrd (ets should try to leave that type for last na).

It sort of destabilized me but I soldiered on o (again, #50k + siblings), 'attacking' the quantitative section that followed and the others after that. Altogether, it was quite an experience sha. After everything: V 157, Q 164, AWA: 4.5 (I expected more in the AWA but well...).

Very helpful were the Official ETS guide (for AWA, V & Q), Memrize App (for vocab building), the Magoosh Videos (regular and premium) and also Powerprep and Manhattan Six online Tests (to simulate the actual test in terms of timing and, to an extent, difficulty).

There you have it friends...my hustle only just started as I'm looking at UIUC, CMU and PU (God dey o). Thanks to all contributors on this thread, every single one of you.

PS. Just got my TOEFL score: 111. I used the ETS official guide and watched some noteful videos on YouTube. Couldn't even practise with the ETS software because I didn't have enough time, wrote the TOEFL test on the 15th.

Good luck to all future test takers, you can do better.

Ajibade105:
Hello,

am new on this thread, I wanna write GRE in November and I need materials to prepare for this exam. I will be glad if anyone can help with any. Here is my email ajibade.kehinde@yahoo.com

sirRiddy:
babisho congratulations!
That is a great total score and a monster verbal score
Many engineering students would kill for your quantitative score,
so stop being modest
Thanks for sharing, most importantly. Keep this up!
Good luck with application, funding and all other processing.
Wish I could like your post one more time. LOVE YOU PLENTY.

TJ18:
Sirriddy baba, wow,i could not be more happy for you and being thankful to God on your behalf.This guy is a classic example of a good turn deserving another.I thank God that your 'another' happens to be a prove of God's providence. I remember 'disturbing' when i was to write my GRE and TOEFL last year, your cool and calm nature still mesmerizes me till date. Well, I got my admission at UTD but shelved Msc for some multinational experience. You know quite well that the journey just began,but don't stop being you ,and expect a jolly ride.Congrats man.

pennstate:


Hey have you gotten the GRE material if no, let me know so I can put the following in the mail for you:
ETS QUANT
ETS VEBAL
ETS Official Guide 2nd Edition
(May be) Manhattan GRE Set of 8 Strategy Guide
5LB Manhattan

Abimmbolar:

Please, how do I convert 3.92/5 cgpa to a 4.0 scale. Using my normal math, i get a 3.14 equivalent, but from your post, 3.64/5 is equivalent to 3.28/4...help pls

ponpon:
I got to jkk around 8am, hoping the exam would start by 10am, since it was a standardized exam, we didn't start till like 11am.

I met one nairalander at the venue, nice guy, he recognized me and came to greet me, even during this hardship faced in nigeria.

The whole venue was very boring na him I spot one unilag babe, we got chatty, all gre fly comot for my head.

Did the data capture, they collected everything we had on and gave us pencil.

Started with the first section, it was blessed, as prescribed on the 1st page, I used Kaplan for my issue, it was smooth, It was a topic about studying the a society and the city, and just showing that a city is Germane to study of a society or not, I didn't practice with ets pool of topics because I wanted the exam to be like a exam were I would be able to think creatively, and not try and remember a topic I have practiced earlier.

The argument aspect was better, but I couldn't conclude well, Manhattan book helps you in seeing 1001 flaws, too much points too little time, I articulated them well, but my conclusion didn't pull through about 5 lengthy paragraphs.

2nd section was Verbal, I knew my strong point in verbal was Reading comprehension, the first set of text completion were abstruse, I couldn't find the pattern easily, I answered some correctly(maybe), I moved to my the RC, 1st Rc was short , blasted it, under 2 mins, next was the usual 4 questions very long RC, I practiced with coadcoax, so long RCs were a blessing, unlike the short ones filled with so much logic, long RC I read it calmly, I identified the main idea, the tone, and other senrenre, I wrote the RC down like a tweet, so the whole thing was fixated to my mind, Sentence equivalence on the Real gre is not the type you see in those books oooh, they are not the popular synonyms, they make sense individually. If you look too much at the options, another meaning enters your head.


3rd was the Quant, In my mind I said this is the time to shine, the questions you see on the 1st part of the gre are the ones gruber made is 25 strategies about, there is no need for too much calculations from the 1st to like 5th question, just your the test of knowing that a variable can carry any sign unless stated and Co, i wondered why ets always reiterated that to you should know questions you miss during practice, they have a format and these questions would hunt you, I fumbled in all the 3 data set, I didn't practice data set in the last 4 days of the exam, I thought it was moimoi as usual, but the charts I saw!... I missed the usual compound interest questions which I always miss, you won't see this interest and Co clearly stated I 5lb Manhattan and the rest,I also missed the independent probability question which I always miss, I missed like 5 or so In this section.

4th section verbal, it was easier than the 1st,it was clear I either performed woefully in the 1st part or It was the experimental section, it was straight forward, the text completion were the normal ets style, clue, pointer and gre vocab, RC was harder for me now, they were short, they were more and would require more time. Only one on RC scaled through

The 5th was quant, the first question was like a RC it was long, from practice tests, I noticed the 1sr questions are tough, the question after quantitative comparism tough and after data set too tough, they are time Consumers, but I made a mistake which I always knew was a mistake, I wanted to ensure I performed well In this part because I Don mess up for the 1st quantitative, I was solving to the letter, lo and behold I met one of my favorite missed questions, instead of skipping, I ran ri mo , chop valuable 3 minutes, moved on to the data set, the one was even more complex 8 mins, 7 more question to go, I didn't know one there my eye just dey see black, next question the sum of a recursive set that is in every ets material, I missed it and he choop time, I was able to run through the last 3 questions about to click answer for the last time dissappear, I said to myself, this is the end. When I clicked the next section and it was verbal, none of my quant was experimental they were the real shit!!!!

Last section, I clicked continue continue continue, I didn't even look, I said to myself, I Don fail gre, I looked at the guy at my side that one didn't have clue, I garnered hope, I just did the last section, one kind one kind, even RC, I skimmed for the pointers and answer questions using the bad options methods,

I finished my Gre and I told myself, omo u Don cast, 65,600 Don burn, I didn't want to report scores...

I reported scores blah blah blah...

Quant - 156
Verbal - 154

310...

156 was my minimum score in Kaplan online test, I had 2 156,1 158,1 162...in verbal I had 147s highest was 150...

Princeton I had 153 in my 1st quant, 162 in my 2nd, 150 and 153 were my verbal scores

Manhattan test 159 quant, 154 verbal.

Power prep 2 149, 158 were my quant scores yeah I did the power prep test 1 twice, verbal 150,152... I didn't do power prep 2 2nd test, I read it like 3 days to the exam..

My little advice, the 1st page of this trend can give you a good gre score but find what works for you.

Verbal, : verbal grail, coadcoax and 1014 Princeton, magoosh flashcards and that new meme software that dude recommended days ago is very good, but it was late

Quant : 5lb Manhattan, official guide, ets quant set, kaplan online quiz and gruber you are good ...

Need to buy a single text book buy the official guide and get a good Internet connection, the Internet is the best resource...

To access the Kaplan online portal for 2016, the answer is text


More gist dey I just gats summarize...


Danjaninja special thanks sir... You are a blessing and bless up to everyone who helped me and the Facebook group was the place I got confidence after the 149,150 score in power prep 1 test...
The difference from the 149 and my 156 score now was the material I used to study.....

pennstate:


Hey have you gotten the GRE material if no, let me know so I can put the following in the mail for you:
ETS QUANT
ETS VEBAL
ETS Official Guide 2nd Edition
(May be) Manhattan GRE Set of 8 Strategy Guide
5LB Manhattan

pennstate:


Hey have you gotten the GRE material if no, let me know so I can put the following in the mail for you:
ETS QUANT
ETS VEBAL
ETS Official Guide 2nd Edition
(May be) Manhattan GRE Set of 8 Strategy Guide
5LB Manhattan

doziej84:

Guys, I have a skype interview coming up soon with an European University for a PhD position.

Can anyone, who has a similar experience, give me an idea on what it looks like or entails?

opportunities like this don't come often & I need to be in top form.

Thanks.

First, they ask about your research interests and career goals. Then they could ask if you have any publications/conferences attended. Then they can also ask if you have any ideas for the PhD positions. Just be calm and confident. It's gonna be easy.
What course is it?

doziej84:

Guys, I have a skype interview coming up soon with an European University for a PhD position.

Can anyone, who has a similar experience, give me an idea on what it looks like or entails?

opportunities like this don't come often & I need to be in top form.

Thanks.

babisho:
So I wrote the GRE too and i'll like to share a bit of my experience. 
Analytical writing: 4.5 (82nd percentile).
Quantitative reasoning: 158 (70th percentile).
Verbal reasoning: 164 (94th percentile).


Finally on analytic writing, i'm interested in knowing anyone who has scored 5 or more. I know people get it, but I think the exam is rigged. ‎

Abimmbolar:

Please, how do I convert 3.92/5 cgpa to a 4.0 scale. Using my normal math, i get a 3.14 equivalent, but from your post, 3.64/5 is equivalent to 3.28/4...help pls