Mariamonte

Thank you so much!!! I haven't downloaded anything yet because file share was apparently too busy, but I found it and will keep trying. Thanks for your info. That was really cool of you to do that to help me. :-) Maria

Thank you so much. I have seriously met the coolest most helpful bunch of people in this forum and you are one of them! I am glad that your advisor said that to you about the combo of things needed - cause all the rest of my stuff is pretty good. Last month I even won a stipened and award for outstanding psychology students (a big deal in my school) as soon as I bombed the test, my professors starting tellimg me apply to masters programs. I couldn't believe how quickly they lost faith in my ability to do anything. I am glad to hear grad programs won't be as polarized in their opinion of me. Thanks again!!!

Thanks for posting more detailed info about what you studied. Every littel bit helps. I am glad to see many people succeeding at this - it gives me hope!! :-)

Hello my helper!! LOL...I followed your link and it worked. It brought me to another forum and I signed up. Everything became available to me except the GRE information. Said I had to make a donation of $30.00. I thought this was fishy, but tried to do it anyway and it said that the person I was trying to pay couldn't except payments at this time. Is this whole thing even normal anyway? Do we have to pay for access? I really need to get to that info - I am seeing a tutor that I can't afford for three hours next week - one shot - to bring her everything I don't get and kick this tests' you know what on December 6th. Thanks in advance for your continued help. Maria :-)

Hey, hate to be a pain in the ***, but the link you sent me (and thank you so much for that) didn't work. Any suggestions? Maria :-)

Please you need to tell me what you did!!! I am desperate!! I too am a psychology major and not great in math. I studied my *** off and got my quantative up to about a 650, but average around a 600 usually. I took my GRE on wed night and did not know how to approach any of the problems and got a 470. Very embarassing to say the least. I might have just ruined any chance I have of getting into grad school unless I do something dramatic by Dec 6th (when I am retaking them). Most of my problems were variables too and it didn't matter that I knew my geometry or algebra, etc. They tripped me up. I was totally unprepared for them and have no clue how to get prepared. Any suggestions about what worked for you? What specifically did you practice? Thank you in advancefor your help!!!! Maria

I agree with apeksha.jp the are clear opposites...If you feel the need for a bridge...use a "lack" bridge. You can say someone who Procrastinates lacks alacrity or vice versa.

Thank you so much for your advice and taking so much time out to write me. You are so right about needing to be able to do the math without numbers. I think that was a big problem for me. I am going to buy the Barron's Book and I think someone gave me the Princeton book (although it is some years old). If you can think of anything else please let me know. I couldn't find the link for the ten powerpreps, but I did download the PP software and that has two exams on it. I will do ANYTHING to get a good grade on this test. Everything I have done academically to this point has been to get into graduate school and I refuse to let one bad day beat me!!! Maria :-)

Thank you for the advice I appreciate it. I am retaking the test in the morning this time. Taking it at night might not have been the best choice. Since you were so kind to reply perhaps you can answer something else for me. I didn't get any questions on the test that I could make sense of to even apply formulas to. They were all very abstract questions with variables and no numbers - Kaplan did not properly prepare me for these. Another example was the one triangle I got had a rectangle floating in it with a set perimeter (which I was given) and one angle measuring 45 degrees. I then had to find the length of the hypot. In kaplan I learned about the 45:45:90 triangles so I knew the hypot had to have radical two in it, but didn't know what else to do. I knew the given perimeter of the rectangle must have been given for a reason, but didn't know what to do with it - and every answer choice had radical two in it, so I couldn't even narrow some choices down. It's like if I had just been given one more piece of info I could have answered the question with my eyes closed. The entire test was like that and after I bombed the first 6 questions I couldn't even think straight. I have never felt such an awful feeling. I am always so prepared for exams. I will take your advice and appreciate anymore you can give me about my specific problem. I will visit the GRE math forum as well. Thank you!

I took the Kaplan course and was averaging 1280 on my CAT's and my Gre power prep practice tests (680 V, 600 Q). Nothing to write home about compared to some of your scores, but I am a Psychology major, so they were good enough. I took the test on Wed night and seriously did not know how to do any of the math. I memorized over 1,000 words and I saw maybe a handful on the test. I re-learned all the geometry and was given one triangle the entire test, one! I got a horrible 1,000, my Q score was beyond terrible. I am an honors student and a tutor and I am so embarassed - everything for my applications was nearly perfect (GPA, research experience, publications, awards). Now its all ruined. My professors are even treating me like I am an idiot all of a sudden because everyone thought I was going to break 1300 at the least. Anyway, mortification aside, I have to retake this test ASAP or I am not going to get into any Ph.D programs. I took another practice GRE yesterday and scores a 670 V, 610 Q. So, I am confused as to how I bombed so badly. How could this have happened? Is there something I am missing? When I saw everyone elses practice scores they seemed to match their real ones, but not mine (and I have taken 5 CAT's!). I am rescheduled for December 6th. Any advice? Thank you!