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Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by iamblisz(m): 1:56pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
ponpon: pls pon pon, how do i go about doing all what you listed above, i have gotten list of schools, i deliberately pick schools their deadline are next year to enable me study well, honestly i must say its has not been easy studying for gre and working at the same time. pls is thier anything wrong with the school i choose because thier deadline are next year? will i get any form of funding from them since thier deadline are next year? Secondly, what material do i need to improve on my Q score, currently am using Nova, i need something different to improve my score. apologies if this questions are annoying , maybe you have answered them somewhere in between the thread. Thanks. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by sillysassysally(f): 3:57pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
what email exactly did you get the message from? Remen: |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Remen: 4:06pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
sillysassysally:<candidatecare@prometric.com> |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Wretch32: 5:48pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
Are you insinuating that university of Ibadan could be better than any of those schools in America? Lmaoooo hilaryxoxo: 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CptCharlesVane: 7:55pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
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Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by MasterforceII: 9:35pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
CptCharlesVane: Tried Crunchprep's free practice test? |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by MasterforceII: 10:16pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
Ph.D. Assistantship Available in Computer Engineering in Spring/Fall 2019 - http://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/binli/papers/PhDPosition.pdf 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 10:23pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
CptCharlesVane: You have everything you require. Just take the GRE soon and make early applications. Take note however, that the GRE is just one aspect. You will need to make sure the other aspects of your application are strong. As per schools, the schools you have up there are very good. Put more thought into it. Use LinkedIn to get a hold of some members of the faculty you are considering and try to contact professors where necessary. Not all will respond but you must take it in your stride. Most of them are very busy people. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 10:25pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
scipy: Full funding is difficult for masters but nothing is impossible. It is about reaching out to the right faculty in your proposed school. 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 10:27pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
Remen: They cancelled your exam. Reconnect with them as they are supposed to reschedule you for another at no cost to you. You will even do better so..better for you. 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 10:28pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
mrcodebreaker: Depends on the other aspects of your profile. GPA..etc. How good are they? 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 10:31pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
iamlucky: On point like a decimal. IIT will be a waste of your time. Look at Uni of Florida, Delaware. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CptCharlesVane: 10:36pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
Thanks. When do you think is late, my GRE is on the 14th Scholastica16: |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CptCharlesVane: 10:40pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind MasterforceII: |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by mrcodebreaker: 11:24pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
Scholastica16: My gpa was 4.25/5.0. I dont really test well in all the preps. Even in the 2 preps I did that was my range. I got about 293 highest. And I really dont have time. My toefl is coming up in december. I will try and squeeze in time for another gre this month. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by kylexy61(m): 11:36pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
Wretch32: The fact that a school is located in America doesn't necessarily mean it is better than EVERY university in Nigeria. There are 4000+ post secondary institutions in America and personally, I believe U of Ibadan is better than over 70% of them. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Sammiel: 11:50pm On Nov 03, 2018 |
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Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Wretch32: 12:56am On Nov 04, 2018 |
Well, your opinion kylexy61: 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 1:32am On Nov 04, 2018 |
mrcodebreaker: Your GPA is very good. Nothing amiss if you don't test well in standardized tests, it happens. Just make sure you explain it away in your SOP. And since you say funding is not key to you at this point, be wise in selecting schools to apply to. You can get good admissions as GRE is just one aspect. 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 1:34am On Nov 04, 2018 |
kylexy61: Better than 5, 10, maybe 15% of them, yes. Better than 70% of them...not in hell, no! 6 Likes |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 1:35am On Nov 04, 2018 |
CptCharlesVane: Anything before January is still good. January is not even bad at all but it favors people who have very good stats and are in communication with faculty already. Early bird gets the worm works outside the region I just described. 2 Likes |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 1:41am On Nov 04, 2018 |
johnsonpal: Every single resource you need is already here. I will just encourage practising. Hard time-based practice till you see GRE questions in your dreams. It is worth it. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by kylexy61(m): 6:39am On Nov 04, 2018 |
Scholastica16: Better than only 15%, which implies that Ibadan should be ranked somewhere below 10,000th in the world. Come on, you can't really think that lowly of the best unis in Nigeria. Times Higher Education ranks it around 800-ish. Not even 1000 oo. Well, no need to argue. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Scholastica16: 7:11am On Nov 04, 2018 |
kylexy61: All those rankings generally mean absolutely nothing. Last time I checked, Sheffield University in UK was rated top 70 in the world yet TAMU college station is about 115-150- I forget. I guarantee you, most Sheffield students will not even agree with that ranking. As a rule of thumb, I like to make my assessments on these issues with what I have seen on ground. As it stands, any world ranking of universities I see that does not even have US schools occupying the top 10 position, I render it- trash... null...void. That is not to say other schools are not good. They very well are. US schools are for the most part just better and you will have to see it to know it. 5 Likes |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by MasterforceII: 8:24am On Nov 04, 2018 |
Scholastica16: Man like Scholastica � Couldn't agree more. Good to have you here. How's your program going? |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by MasterforceII: 9:32am On Nov 04, 2018 |
See response I got from a prof I mailed at UMass. His research aligns with my interests although he's in the computer science dept and I have my BSc in Elect/Elect. Would you advise I proceed to submit my application? Application to the school is expensive - have to send official scores, transcript, and pay an application fee of $80 - and I don't know how much of an assurance this reply is. 1 Like
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Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 10:38am On Nov 04, 2018 |
MasterforceII: I believe you have a good profile which I have seen already. NO Professor can single-handedly verbally guarantee your admission to a PhD program as most times admissions are decided by a committee. Nevertheless, I believe he has given you assurances already so I encourage you to apply and if he is on the admission committee then your chances go up. For me, a better way to gauge your chances of admission is to look at the profile of currents students(incoming class profile and admission statistics) also check if minorities are adequately represented (if no your chances go up) Please don't take this advice seriously as it is coming from someone that has never filed a grad school app in the US but will be filing soon. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 10:40am On Nov 04, 2018 |
Scholastica16: Nah Bro. In as much as I agree with your assertion, I believe Oxford and Cambridge belong in the top 10. 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CptCharlesVane: 11:06am On Nov 04, 2018 |
Ok I would submit all my applications before Mid-December. How's your program (PhD?) going, Do you get to do some teaching? Scholastica16: |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CptCharlesVane: 11:32am On Nov 04, 2018 |
How many of the US institutions have you been to? 70% you say ![]() ![]() Looking into STEM fields, what equipments are in UI and how much access is a regular student granted? XRD, NMR, MS or MM modelling software. For chemistry in labs abroad, acetone is used to wash glassware, like it's free and you could use up infinite amount of solvents learning the ropes for flash chromatography. I'm sure you're trolling, if not then I wonder. How much goes into education in Nigeria? How much external funds does UI get how much is internally generated and how often and much do the staff get payed and owed? A cursory look at universities website tells a lot and when did they start using one. I suggest you read an article by Pius Adesanmi on Education and universities in Nigeria. How many foreign students are in Nigerian unis, you think if it was so good even in West Africa there wouldn't be lots of foreigners here? Say what you know and be proud of your uni but don't talk about what you know nothing about. If you compare universities like high schools, based on students and alumni performance as a result of teaching, perhaps. but universities are mainly the birthplace of new knowledge and you damn need a whole lot of money for that. I'd rather send my ward to Ghana for an education than Nigeria. Simple transcript and responding to emails they need genuises for that. ** There's a researcher who collaborated with a professional association of scientists to send old model lab instruments that have been replaced to African universities for very subsidised rates, sometimes even for free. They occasionally come around to teach your uni professors how to operate old low resolution models of spectrometers. Nigerian universities are based on rote memorisation that's why AW on GRE record low scores. We were never taught or encouraged to question, just follow, do as I do. That's why you have professors with huge egos abusing students in Nigeria. You can memorise how an electron microscope works but can you deduce the principles behind it and why one is needed in the first place to build a better and more affordable based on paucity of funds in the 3rd world. Raman was Indian and developed Raman Spectroscopy in India and won the Nobel Prize that's how you measure universities (Places where knowledge is generated that becomes useful for future inventions) how do you do that with hungry lecturers, can you even do research without funds? but even then our tertiary institutions began in the 60s, while universities have been in existence way before the 10th century. Tip for you: go to a university where there is more money per member than big ego 'prestigious' universities that strike over workers emoluments. kylexy61: 6 Likes |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 12:01pm On Nov 04, 2018 |
CptCharlesVane: True. But I think it makes sense to try as much as possible to apply the best school your profile affords you. Going to UI is far better than going to an[b] unaccredited [/b]school in the USA |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by sillysassysally(f): 12:08pm On Nov 04, 2018 |
Check the rankings for yourself. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats University of Ibadan and Covenant University fall between 601-800th globally. University of Nigeria falls above 1,001+ Wretch32: |
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