bluefly

yeah this one can be done pretty quickly if you think about it right dragonfinity has the right idea... you don't care what the points actually are and you don't want to bother taking the time to draw the graph since the functions are continuous you compare the values on different intervals, like between 1 and 2 for example, f(1)=1^12 = 1 and g(1)=2^1 = 2 so f g(2) = 2^2 = 4 so there must be a point of intersection between x=1 and 2. etc. I think dragonfinity explained it more thoroughly

a = -2 b = 1

Karmicsoul: Unfortunately, your old scores will show up on the report, along with your more recent scores. One of my professors (who was on the admissions committee at MIT years ago) said that they do look at your old scores, too. This seems pretty unfair to me but that's the way the system is... I think that if you show great improvement, though, they'll likely discount your first score and see that you've made up for it. I wish I were in a position to retake the test... I'm stuck for now so I'll just see how it goes. Maybe I'll get lucky?

Yeah, when you fill out those paper forms, you specify general, subject, or writing, and it sends out all of the scores at once. I think figured it out, and I think it does depend on which registration # you use on the form. If you enter a future number (or a future test date), they hold the paper forms until the scores from that date become available. But for over the phone reporting, I believe it will report everything that has become available so far. So you can either wait until the general scores become available and call back, or you can do it all by paper.

got my scores today: 600, 44% yeah I'm considering withdrawing some applications...

sorry, different test :P no one posts in the math forum though like they do here so I put my scoring question here, since that applied to subject tests in general

ah, nevermind 600, 44% I'm not getting in anywhere

Well on the form it says it will wait to send out the scores if you enter a "future test date", the problem is that they only ask for month and year, and I took both general and subject in the same month and year. Can't remember which confirmation # I used... I'm guessing and hoping subject since I don't think I had my general confirmation # at the time. It's also complicated because I have that CS subject test on my record, so I was just afraid of them reporting my current general scores along with my old subject score (which would screw me over again, plus it's not even the correct subject test for the programs I'm applying to). and man the suspense is killing me... I tried calling ETS for my score but got a "database is not available" error.

does anyone know if when you fill out those additional score reports, if your scores are sent out immediately from THAT time that they are processed (10 days after they receive the forms in the mail, I think), or do they wait for your subject scores to come in? I sent mine out a couple of weeks ago but if they had been processed AT THAT TIME, then my subject scores wouldn't have been on the reports because they're not available until, um, now it looks like. anyone know about this? ETS website isn't too helpful here

Yeah... I guess this is a little pathetic, but I just learned the other day that the writing topics are already on the gre web site; you just don't know which one you'll get. But anyway, I don't know the numbers, but my "issues" essay was the one about tearing down historical buildings to make room for modern needs, and the "argument" essay was the one comparing the mayor and the governor of two towns, Branchburg and something else (surprised I remember that much), and it was basically trying to say that the current governor should be elected against the mayor of the neighboring town. As an update, I just got my scores in the mail the other day, so now I know my writing score: 5.5 -- Pretty much what I expected, from taking the GRE last year.

Oops, nevermind, I read up.

Good job! Hey, this is slightly unrelated, but when I took my GRE, instead of two verbal or two math sections, I had one of each and an identified, optional section of nonstandard GRE questions. It said that the top 100 scorers would get $250 (something like that?) but it was the last section, I was tired, and it clearly stated that it was optional, so I quit after doing the first 9 questions. Is it just random whoever gets that section? My friend that took it the same time I did didn't get it; he got two verbal sections and one math section and had to do all three. When I took the GRE last year, I got two math sections and one verbal section.

I think the whole thing takes about 3 hours doesn't it?

Great score! I don't think it matters that you got 1490 instead of 1500; as someone else pointed out, you'll be over the 90th percentile in both verbal and quant.

My screen flickered too and it automatically converted to a lower resolution. I guess if you're having problems, you could convert to a lower resolution yourself before running the software.