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Oldman · 07-18-2008, 04:13 AM

Thanks for the great responses.

For the essays, create a template and stick to it every time. I cleared about 1000 words for each essay in the exam solely due to having a solid template in mind before I took the exam. Volume is one of the biggest components of the essays, so once you get your ideas just start writing. Also, read the paper every day until your exam. Try the New York Times or the Economist. This will help you with RC and thinking of ideas for your essays. Seriously, come up with a template and write it a few times until you have it memorized. Then, it's just a matter of filling in the details. Even if you are tempted, don't deviate from the template. The essay graders are not looking for a sensational news story, just to see if you can write a basic college level essay with good grammar. Also, if you're not 100% sure you know how to spell a word in the essays don't use it. Most academics correlate intelligence with spelling, so if your essay has silly spelling mistakes you risk a lower score.

For the verbal, I agree I created some crazy mnemonics to get those hard words. The thing is, vocab is best built over time. 2 weeks is going to be tough to get a score like geek goddess, but you can memorize the high frequency list in that time.

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Oldman Within my grasp! Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 242	Thanks for the great responses. For the essays, create a template and stick to it every time. I cleared about 1000 words for each essay in the exam solely due to having a solid template in mind before I took the exam. Volume is one of the biggest components of the essays, so once you get your ideas just start writing. Also, read the paper every day until your exam. Try the New York Times or the Economist. This will help you with RC and thinking of ideas for your essays. Seriously, come up with a template and write it a few times until you have it memorized. Then, it's just a matter of filling in the details. Even if you are tempted, don't deviate from the template. The essay graders are not looking for a sensational news story, just to see if you can write a basic college level essay with good grammar. Also, if you're not 100% sure you know how to spell a word in the essays don't use it. Most academics correlate intelligence with spelling, so if your essay has silly spelling mistakes you risk a lower score. For the verbal, I agree I created some crazy mnemonics to get those hard words. The thing is, vocab is best built over time. 2 weeks is going to be tough to get a score like geek goddess, but you can memorize the high frequency list in that time. .