Congrats Scholastica16

Thanks Bro. Sorry I've been occupied with prepping. I replied your PM, what you wanna know. Team Tiger

happyday:

Congrats. Go Tiger! "Have faith, not fear"> I got that! I'm thanking God on your behalf.

Ride on, bro.

I'll PM you shortly.

Sorry for my late response. No its not funded. I chose not to apply for funding upfront. LSU: Louisiana State Uni,,yes. All the best to you

baum1:


Guy, nice one, uplifting testimony, praise God.

Is this a funded MSc? And does LSU mean Louisiana State Uni? If yes, then congrats again. Louisiana has a good record for oil company placement whenever the oil industry is good.

Hi. Yes you can send me a PM; and I will do my best to respond to whatever queries you may have. I'm glad you found my text encouraging, never let your circumstances or deficiencies intimidate you, the only one who could ever hold you back from succeeding is you. Aim high, you have nothing to lose.

seeker88:

Thanks for sharing this....so encouraging!
LSU is one of d schools in my list....please can I send u a pm ?? Cheers!

Scholastica16:
I wish I had a better testimony to give but this one will make do for now afterall, it is the end-goal that we are all interested in and by end-goal I mean Admission and funding.

I am a second time writer. My first was in late October perhaps about the same time that Drhopeful and Seeker88 wrote theirs. I had just about 2 months of preparation which started with some online blogs and slowly graduated into using the materials that were provided on this thread.

Excellent scores. Congrats!!!. This is an excellent testimony and I'm sure many will find it inspiring. Just ensure you wrap up your applications on time. Wish you success in your applications!!! #TeamSecondTimeWriter

hirschfelder:


Excellent scores. Congrats!!!. This is an excellent testimony and I'm sure many will find it inspiring. Just ensure you wrap up your applications on time. Wish you success in your applications!!! #TeamSecondTimeWriter

Thank you. You should have seen your AWA by now. How was it? Did you do TOEFL and are you done with your applications?

TheZed:
Congrats Scholastica16

I appreciate. Have you written?

Topiipii:

Congrats!

Thanks but you quoted my first one. The second was Q-164 V- 160. The AWA will be out in 10 days I think. Hope your second AWA was as you wanted it to be.

fysapop:
Wow!!! Congratulations on your great scores....This is the motivation I need...My exam in on Wednesday.....Hopefully I would have a good testimony...

I am grateful. Really. You would have one. Just be optimistic.

Scholastica16:

I appreciate. Have you written?

No I haven't

Scholastica16:


Thank you. You should have seen your AWA by now. How was it? Did you do TOEFL and are you done with your applications?

Yes, I have. It was okay, 4.0. I didn't do TOEFL,had IELTS. I am almost done with my applications.

Scholastica16:
I wish I had a better testimony to give but this one will make do for now afterall, it is the end-goal that we are all interested in and by end-goal I mean Admission and funding.

I am a second time writer. My first was in late October perhaps about the same time that Drhopeful and Seeker88 wrote theirs. I had just about 2 months of preparation which started with some online blogs and slowly graduated into using the materials that were provided on this thread.

I read HappyDay's post on how he got his 5.5 and I think I emulated his template (without his content obviously ).

Waoh! You just smashed the test! Plus you wrote so lucidly. Thanks for this very detailed update. You've no idea how much you've helped us here. Like people have been saying here, "have faith, not fear". I'm hopeful your AWA would be awesome as well.

My boss, go straight to the applications. If you're going to be denied admission, I tell you, it won't be because of your GRE. Work hard on the SoP and the LORs. Make sure you really nail the SoP (esp if you're going for a PhD?), and do all you can to make those profs write you glowing hot letters of recommendation.

Good work! God bless you!

Cheers!

Congrats on your scores scholastica16. Your scores mirrors the level of hardwork you put into prepping. Lovely scores!

So I gave the GRE today. My scores weren't good enough. I had a total of 310 (Q161, V149).

My verbal score isn't suprising to me. I've always known I'm weak on the verbal. I tried my 'best' to pass the 150 threshold but I guess my best wasn't good enough.

Quant is relatively more facile to me than the verbal and it's obvious from the scores. There was still room for a better performance on the quant but I guess I threw it away; I kept worrying over my bad verbal performance on the previous section.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed positively to this thread. You guys are amazing! This thread is a major source of my inspiration. I would certainly give the GRE a comeback and I know you guys would be here to help and inspire me, especially on the verbal, just like scholastica16 has just done

cuspy:
Congrats on your scores scholastica16. Your scores mirrors the level of hardwork you put into prepping. Lovely scores!

So I gave the GRE today. My scores weren't good enough. I had a total of 310 (Q161, V149).

My verbal score isn't suprising to me. I've always known I'm weak on the verbal. I tried my 'best' to pass the 150 threshold but I guess my best wasn't good enough.

Quant is relatively more facile to me than the verbal and it's obvious from the scores. There was still room for a better performance on the quant but I guess I threw it away; I kept worrying over my bad verbal performance.

Congrats Man! I've been anticipating your post regarding d GRE and I must let you know am not disappointed cos you've got a great score, albeit you can do better. Ur Q 161 is definitely going to get you into a gud graduate programme in Economics. Just make sure u get a good LORs and write a good SOP. You should be fine cos you've got a good GPA and GRE. Stay Cool...

Congratulations Scholastica16, A score of 324 is nothing to sneeze at. What I have realized during the course of my preparation is the importance of taking practise test under exam conditions. Toward the end of the 4 hours duration, the brain is so fatigued that the test becomes a test of endurance like you rightly pointed out. Also, the quant is not a test of ability to solve the questions, but rather how fast one can solve the questions. It is imperative one practise solving quant questions under timed condition and learn to skip any tough question since all questions carry equal marks. One can always come back to it if there is time left. I am glad I learnt this while taking practise tests and not in the exam hall as I would have been devastated. Once again congrats and you score is really good.

Congratulations Scholastica16... All d best with ur application, admission and funding

I would be writing TOEFL this coming friday. Please who has an idea of a not too expensive hotel close to the test center JKK HOUSE 229 IKORODU ROAD ILUPEJU LAGOS. I am coming from Ibadan and it would be foolhardy to leave on the test day. Any links to good toefl material would also be appreciated. I have not really given TOEFL much attention, although I will use the remaining days to prepare for it.
Also, if you have any information on U.S schools that accept fall application in February or all year round, please let me know. I am writing GRE on Jan 6 and would like to submit applications towards fall 2017 admission if possible.

Cephas0009:
Congratulations Scholastica16... All d best with ur application, admission and funding

Thank you very much.

Time2Smile:
Congratulations Scholastica16, A score of 324 is nothing to sneeze at. What I have realized during the course of my preparation is the importance of taking practise test under exam conditions. Toward the end of the 4 hours duration, the brain is so fatigued that the test becomes a test of endurance like you rightly pointed out. Also, the quant is not a test of ability to solve the questions, but rather how fast one can solve the questions. It is imperative one practise solving quant questions under timed condition and learn to skip any tough question since all questions carry equal marks. One can always come back to it if there is time left. I am glad I learnt this while taking practise tests and not in the exam hall as I would have been devastated. Once again congrats and you score is really good.

Thanks. And you are right @ timed conditions.

cuspy:
Congrats on your scores scholastica16. Your scores mirrors the level of hardwork you put into prepping. Lovely scores!

So I gave the GRE today. My scores weren't good enough. I had a total of 310 (Q161, V149).

My verbal score isn't suprising to me. I've always known I'm weak on the verbal. I tried my 'best' to pass the 150 threshold but I guess my best wasn't good enough.

Quant is relatively more facile to me than the verbal and it's obvious from the scores. There was still room for a better performance on the quant but I guess I threw it away; I kept worrying over my bad verbal performance on the previous section.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed positively to this thread. You guys are amazing! This thread is a major source of my inspiration. I would certainly give the GRE a comeback and I know you guys would be here to help and inspire me, especially on the verbal, just like scholastica16 has just done

You would do better I have no doubt..just try to still make use of this one even as you plan to write another. I doubt the SEs would have been an issue to you so just work on the RCs and TCs (especially TCs because they seem to be getting harder progressively). RCs on the other hand, I still think it is better to read less into it than to try to read it word for word. At the end of the day they barely test you on more than 4 aspects of the whole passage. Always write down the answer options on a piece of paper and then strike any answer choice that doesn't ring a bell even by barely reading the passage. What practice helps you do is, it gives you the confidence to work with that approach on test day because you'd notice that you'd be getting most of the answers and with less headache than if you tried so hard to decipher the whole text. I hope this helps.

Thanks BTW for the mention.

happyday:


Waoh! You just smashed the test! Plus you wrote so lucidly. Thanks for this very detailed update. You've no idea how much you've helped us here. Like people have been saying here, "have faith, not fear". I'm hopeful your AWA would be awesome as well.

My boss, go straight to the applications. If you're going to be denied admission, I tell you, it won't be because of your GRE. Work hard on the SoP and the LORs. Make sure you really nail the SoP (esp if you're going for a PhD?), and do all you can to make those profs write you glowing hot letters of recommendation.

Good work! God bless you!

Cheers!

You are far too kind. I mean it. Hope your applications are done and dusted.

hirschfelder:


Yes, I have. It was okay, 4.0. I didn't do TOEFL,had IELTS. I am almost done with my applications.

Work don finish be that. Abeg inform the house when you are getting headaches on which of the top 20 schools whose funding you are trying to accept. I saw that you deleted some posts you made on PRESSID. In fact, to have posted on that thread already gives us an indication of the CGPA you are working with. I hail!

TheZed:
No I haven't

Ok are you still looking at this year?

Time2Smile:
Congratulations Scholastica16, A score of 324 is nothing to sneeze at. What I have realized during the course of my preparation is the importance of taking practise test under exam conditions. Toward the end of the 4 hours duration, the brain is so fatigued that the test becomes a test of endurance like you rightly pointed out. Also, the quant is not a test of ability to solve the questions, but rather how fast one can solve the questions. It is imperative one practise solving quant questions under timed condition and learn to skip any tough question since all questions carry equal marks. One can always come back to it if there is time left. I am glad I learnt this while taking practise tests and not in the exam hall as I would have been devastated. Once again congrats and you score is really good.

hello bro. Pls how can I reach you ? I am presently in ibadan. Pls chat me on whatsap : zero seven zero three two zero three five three one seven

Scholastica16:


Thanks but you quoted my first one. The second was Q-164 V- 160. The AWA will be out in 10 days I think. Hope your second AWA was as you wanted it to be.

Woo.....hoot!!!!! Boys and girls murdering the GRE!!!!! Congrats dear! Gotta love your V score! Are you applying for PhD? Which schools are you applying to?

Meanwhile your previous scores were not bad at all oh!!! I would not have rewritten if I scored those. You dey find Harvard?

Scholastica16:


Thanks but you quoted my first one. The second was Q-164 V- 160. The AWA will be out in 10 days I think. Hope your second AWA was as you wanted it to be.

Correction made, my AW score remained the same, so it's 42nd percentile for me.

Just a 6 mark differential from the first one

6 marks is a lot, once again I wish you success in your applications.

Topiipii:

Correction made.

6 marks is a lot, once again I wish you success in your applications.

Topiipii!!!! How u? Long time!

drhopeful:
Topiipii!!!! How u? Long time!

I'm good and you? How's the application proceeding?

drhopeful:
Woo.....hoot!!!!! Boys and girls murdering the GRE!!!!! Congrats dear! Gotta love your V score! Are you applying for PhD? Which schools are you applying to?

Meanwhile your previous scores were not bad at all oh!!! I would not have rewritten if I scored those. You dey find Harvard?

My thoughts too when I saw the scores, especially the AW part.

Krazzy scholars here oooooo..........
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all the best in the applications @drhopeful,scholastica etc

happyday, its been a while, at my end though

Scholastica16:

Ok are you still looking at this year?

Yes