1510 (800Q 710V)...hmphhh..dunn have to learn those list again..

[nidhi_roy]

Hey all,
I'm pretty new to this site and have posted only one thread before..but I found this to be pretty useful. Especially in the days when I was pretty depressed and lack lustered.. So lemme begin my experience..
Got to the place around 1 hr before.. got all the necessary sign up and doc checks.. They gave me a locker number and i put everything in that..this means everything..they even took a 5-star which i had ..
Then at 1 pm they called me in and guided me to my PC...It was a big 17' CRT with fonts big enough to be viewed by a man sitting 10 feet apart
Then came the usual 30 min session of tutorial... I used 20-25 minutes of that to get use to the place and get a hands on to the excellent ear plugs that they provide.. As always in happens in the beginning, I was greeted by an issue..I didn't had enough time for writing and was not able to practice it for once, had only studied a few issues from NOVA.. to my luck , one of the two issues was the one which i had read..So i was able to handle the issue with much ease..It was followed by a argument which was comparatively easier than the only one I had done as a practice..

Then came the 10 min break..I got for sip..they made me sign on a sheet wen i left and again wen i entered..
To my surprise i was then given a Quant section..
I never did a test in which quant comes first..It was kinda setback coz the verbal section sort of prepared me for quant..I managed all the questions with ease..I had already seen 10-12 of them earlier in forums of daily GRE... and this gave me enough time to handle DI (which was very easy)

Then came the verbal section.In the practice tests, I always had all my sentence completion correct, and verbal section started with a sc...I easily did it but to my sorrow the second question was a word which i had never heard.. suddenly(this is what is called luck), a feeling came that this is the meaning of the word(I had not even looked at the answer choices by then),, when i half-consciously looked at the choices, the antonym was there.......After that mostly of the words came from barrons, in fact all of them were from barrons.. I finished my test with less than 1 min to spare but it was quite easy to do..
I clicked with trembling hands on the show score button..it showed me 710 V and 800Q.......hurrrrrrrrah..


now a word of advice to all the future aspirants..:

1. Do barrons thoroughly..do it before doing anything else..
2. After u finish up with barrons( I prefer u should have 20 dayz to GRE wen u finish it), start taking up tests..along with do all the antonyms and analogy of BIG book..its a must...
3. Do take up Quant section seriously.. its a think most students overlook..Do all the quant sections of practice tests along with the verbal to get a feel of the tests..
4. I took these tests: 800 score
kaplan(excellent)
princeton(excellent)
gre bible(do it in the starting,)
cambridge review(excellent)
...
now the most surprising part is that i scored 720 in only one princeton test in verbal and once in cambridge..apart from that..wen i gave PP, i got a score of 420V and 780Q - and that was just 2 dayz before the exam..I though that maybe there was some bad luck involved.. I gave a princeton test just after and got 450V and 800Q...Still i managed to get 1510 in teh real test..
I suggest that one should ever loose hope...No matter what happens... try to give as many tests as possible..and do barrons and big books sincerely as u can..

PS: if u want any of my material ...drop me a mail at gonewiththeway@gmail.com

[MonaD]

AWESOME score Nidhi, Congratulations, thats a GREAT score. How long did u prepare? i mean did u do full time or were u working? all the very best for your apps. Im sure you'll get lucky there too

[rajas]

congrats Nidhi

do tell us abt ur preparation!

[nidhi_roy]

I learned barron's to the core.All the words only 40-0 of them were real hard to remember.
Then i hogged on to all the tests i can get.
also websites like number2.com , greguide.com etc.
I recommend that everyone should do barrons first then other things..

[qwarentine]

Congratz nidhi, thats a great score. I guess that word was HAP

[samarfadl]

it's really so nice to hear that u did very well in your exam

i haven't visit the forum lately and i was wandering about what you did in your exam.

and now I'm very happy to know that you did a wonderful job there

congratulationsssssssss nidhi_roy for these great scores

best of luck to you and keep going

[kkaman]

nidhi for that awesome quant score.
can you shed more light on your preparation! thanks....

[nidhi_roy]

hey samarfadl...lets see what i do in AWA..

@qwarentine: that word was hogged..not hap..

Where should I apply now.. ??? Georgia tech and texas at austin are my targets.. got a international journal paper under review and a paper on Satyjit ray. only 7.63 GPA..??
Whr should I apply?? and can I only apply after my toefl result comes..?

[robosom]

Congrats!! Excellent Score

Good luck for your application process..

[davy.jones1210]

hey nidhi,
super score. i've gotta tell ya, i totally agree with wat u say bout not losing hope. i was in the exact same situation as u during the run up to the GRE. i had a very poor score in both the PP tests (450 & 550 in verbal and 740 & 780 in Q) i was really tensed . but i ended up getting 670 in V & 800 in Q.
u were even greater with 710 in V.
all the best for ur application process.
cheers!