flounder Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Hello I am relatively new here and planning for GRE test within 5 or 6 months. I am interested to know what should be the frequency of learning new words. 100-200 per week or even more pace. I think the important thing is the pace at which you can effectively remember and revise the already learnt words while building up newer vocabulary :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Does anyone know if "Gre Secrets" is really so great as it's stated on the company's website? What about ARCO words for smart test takers? What's your opinion? I don't know... for me as an international student Barrons' 3500 list seems so hard! I can't even imagine to fill up my brains with all those words. Do you think arco is enough for around 400-600? I can understand that Barrons list seems rather intimidating, but the thing is that those words are more or less what is expected of a person entering a graduate program. You'll probably encounter many of them as you start reading journals, papers, Wall Street Journal (if you are a business major), books etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Hi Ali, Your advice was surely helpful.Please can u help me with some GRE math questions that im stuck on.Can i hav ur email or u do often visit this site.Please reply asap. maz. Errrr, are you still preparing maz ... Sorry for the late reply :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 @DesT depends on which uni u apping .......some top ranked unis prefer computer engineering s to give subject test...like Gatech . Yeah Berkeley, UIUC and CMU also prefer that you take the GRE subject. If you end up getting a good subject score, thats like a plus for your app in any case, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 This is very informative. Thanks! you're welcome violet :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 hey ali very neat n comprehensive view of how ,where to start for GRE. thnx again sandy Thanks Sandy :) ... Appreciate it ... Hope it helped ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Thanks Ali, Thats really some work done. I have a problem to discuss, i have given GRE once last year and wana give again because i got low score (1170- 760Q 410V) I wanted to ask if it would be of any extra help if i would give subject tests instead of simple GRE this time (I wanna go for CS). and also can you give me some moral boosting tips to help me start my preparations again. Rahul. Well if it helps, I had a friend who retook her GRE and raised her score by more than 300 and was able to get into Berkeley with those scores. The subject test is always helpful because it gives your app more depth than other candidates even if the university says its not explicity required. At the end of the day, GRE is just one part of you admission application, the others being your previous grades, letters of recommendations (very important), statement of purpose, which university did you do your undergrad from etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerstudy Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 hi a wonderful post man. anew people like me get the full details:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnph Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 question... in the actual test, i did not see the buttons "confirm" and "next" in the AWA. Only present were "help", "section exit", "test quit", and "time". Which means, I had to wait for the time to expire since I didn;t see anything that will say that "You're done, click proceed" as the time still ticked. am i safe? or the worst is just around the corner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francisc Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 of course my quantitative will be 800.the verval.....wowooooooo. thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bovp2000 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 question... in the actual test, i did not see the buttons "confirm" and "next" in the AWA. Only present were "help", "section exit", "test quit", and "time". Which means, I had to wait for the time to expire since I didn;t see anything that will say that "You're done, click proceed" as the time still ticked. am i safe? or the worst is just around the corner? You did it for practice didn't you? Did you type your essay in? As I remember, they will allow you to click proceed. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipen01 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Very Good Post even after 2 and half yrs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mukta Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 hi my name is Mukta Desai .. and the problem is tht i have registered for my gre for the 9th of may two months back.. and havent really been studyin for it for long .. i cannot score more than 10/20 in math,and apart from tht i also have college midterm exams till 10th of april .. so u have to give me advice on a crash course on how to take the gre .. considerin the time limit .. and give it the best i can... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancy_cao Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 wonderful!many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silence Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 This TestMagic forum is fantastic with such kind people like Erin and Flouder. I have prepared TOEFL for a such long time with this forum. Now, GRE :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkangle Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 good job~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef_d Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 The biggest problem is that all the tests are written to be run on a windows platform. For us Linux users, its a pain to actually log into Windows just for the sake of doing tests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namita13 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 thanq so much ali for having posted "how to".... it really helped me a lot as i was contemplating taking the gre road but had many queries.... ur post helped me!! thanx..[clap] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambutler212 Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 But there are several GRE test prep websites that run on any browser, and for them it doesn't matter if you are running Linux or Windows or Mac. For example http://www.mygretutor.com http://www.number2.com http://www.maxmytest.com/ These are three good ones (in order of "goodness") :); mygretutor has actual GRE computer adaptive tests, so I think that's legit! But I agree, it's lame that the GRE prep materials require windows -- I wonder if Microsoft paid them off! LOL The biggest problem is that all the tests are written to be run on a windows platform. For us Linux users, its a pain to actually log into Windows just for the sake of doing tests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmanoj Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 This is my first day at TestMagic (my first post as well) and I've got two words ... interesting and inspiring. Good job sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yusiye Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 This is my first visit here as well. Which book should I get to start? I'm a little overwhelmed with all the book choice. I'm really looking for a place to start. Please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activel Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 check out Graduate Test Prep it has some great vocab exercises and a realistic adaptive GRE tests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manish_manish Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 nice thread :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newclearbomb Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Very information and a nice writeup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleAnn Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 helpful post.Thanks Ali:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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