Posted: 1/6/2012 8:44:12 AM EDT
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Who here has taken the GREs and what is your opinion?
I am particularly interested in anybody who has taken the new computer-based one. I need to take one very soon (next 8-10 days) or postpone an important career move by 6 months. Input requested Should I just go in blind? Study my ass off for a week? Postpone my career for 6 months? thanks |
| I didn't study when I took it. I did good on the math and decent on the English. I probably could have done better, but I had bad bubble guts that morning. Even though they say you can't leave once you start that isn't true. They followed me as I ran to the bathroom and I could hear them outside for a second, but once the smell hit them they knew I was legit and not a cheater. |
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Quoted: Study. Not to learn information, but learn how to take the test. ETA: Actually, what kind of scores do you need for the career move? Do you just have to meet a minimum? This. My dumbass rocked it by learning all the tricks and forcing myself to take TIMED practice exams. |
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Study. Not to learn information, but learn how to take the test. ETA: Actually, what kind of scores do you need for the career move? Do you just have to meet a minimum? With the way the new scores are I need a 155/155/4.0 (old scores were 500/500/4.0). Not the minimum but definitely not max. |
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I swear to god––this place is full of e-penis braggarts sometimes.
If I were you, and I had never taken a GRE before, I'd put it off as long as I could (even if that meant 11 rather than 10 days) to study for it, unless you are comfortable with the idea of flushing $160 down the drain (and hitting your year (IIRC) limit) quicker than you may like. |
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Study. Not to learn information, but learn how to take the test. ETA: Actually, what kind of scores do you need for the career move? Do you just have to meet a minimum? With the way the new scores are I need a 155/155/4.0 (old scores were 500/500/4.0). Not the minimum but definitely not max. If you think you can pull that off, study for a week and take it so you don't have to put your career on hold. That situation is different than if you would be competing against other candidates and you needed the best score possible. |
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I swear to god––this place is full of e-penis braggards sometimes. If I were you, and I had never taken a GRE before, I'd take AT LEAST a week to study for it, unless you are comfortable with the idea of flushing $160 down the drain (and hitting your year (IIRC) limit) quicker than you may like. It's been about 20 years since I took it. The best thing you can do is to relax and sleep well the night before. It never hurts to study, but I don't know too many people who did. If you are decent at math, then I wouldn't worry about that part of it. It wasn't hard science level math. |
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I bought two of the GRE books and studied my ass off.
I took it last year in 2011. It was the new computer based test. I found it rather difficult. The program they use for the written section is abysmal. I would study, it helped me. Oh, and I did get into grad school, (UofO).  
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A buddy of mine took it blind and did horrible - then he got one of the Kaplan study books, retook it, and did well.
So when I took the test I got one of the Kaplan study books, studied it off & on for a month, and got a 550/550/5.5. Not the best in the world but it did the trick. If you can put 5/6 hrs a night into study for a week & get a good study aid, I'd go that route. |