creativelives Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Verbal - 700 (97%ile) Math - 770 (86%ile) AWA - 6/6 I am thrilled with my AWA scores. I had practiced like crazy, and had some of my literatti friends score my essays. In the beginning, they said that my essays rambled, lacked substance and were too grandiose. They said that I was a 4 out of 6. I began to force myself to write essays in the American style. It really helps to brainstorm for five minutes, think of as many examples as possible and use them at appropriate time. I made my introductions and conclusions very strong. I was expecting a 5 or a 5.5, but a 6 is heartening! Also, I cannot believe the number of students that have now begun to crack the Quantitative! I think my 770 must mean that I got most of initial questions right. I only attempted 27 of 28, and also am pretty sure that I got atleast two incorrect. My Verbal score was disappointing because I had practiced like crazy, but my percentile is pretty decent. I expect that I got at least 25 questions right out of 30, and most of the initial ones right. I wonder whether colleges receive percentile scores. I read somewhere that they don't. I would be at a disadvantage if the Humanities/S.Science program I applied to knew my Verbal score and not my percentile. Does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmigoRo Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by creativelives Verbal - 700 (97%ile) Math - 770 (86%ile) AWA - 6/6 Congratulations and celebrations When I tell everyone that you got a 6 in essays GRE Congratulations and jubilations we want the world to know we're happy as can be. (with apologies to Cliff Richards) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xaero Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 GREAT SCORES!! :D CONGRATULATIONS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthia Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 GREAT WORK. All the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubble Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 CONGRATULATIONS! AWESOME SCORES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramya Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 CONGRATS !!! ............. your awa scores are putting me at a loss of words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaushik_r Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Spectacular AWA score, that!!Simply outstanding!! Kaushik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativelives Posted November 20, 2002 Author Share Posted November 20, 2002 Thank you. I practiced a lot and got feedback early on from friends who were good writers. You can ask your English teachers to go over your essays. I sucked in the beginning. It took a lot of practice I tried to absorb the texture of the sample essays on the GRE website, if that makes any sense. I also purchased Thomson's Writing Guide which helped a bit. Also, always time yourself from the very beginning. And practice the essays as if they were part of the normal test. That is, do two essays, take a 10 minute break and then solve a verbal and quantitative. Hope this helps. All I know is that my essays on D-day were the best ever in all practice, because I somehow could come with many examples. I knew that something was going right. Guess I was building myself to that level (although in Quantitative i did pretty bad compared to my regular performance; i didn't even finish the test) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sri Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Hey CreativeLives, Sorry I missed this post...Congrats and good luck with ur apps!!. -Sri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_krishna_prasad Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Wow... Sorry i am late, this is some superb scores, its simply amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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