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GRE score question
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:41 pm
How difficult is it to get a 297 on the GRE? I did well in school and am a naturally good standardized test taker, I just have no frame of reference when trying to determine if I want to take this test or not. I don't HAVE to have it for what I'm trying to do, but it would make things easier.
Edit: Sorry, it's a 297 on the combined verbal and quantitative. Not the whole test.
Edit: Sorry, it's a 297 on the combined verbal and quantitative. Not the whole test.
This post was edited on 4/14/15 at 9:44 pm
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Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:42 pm to iLikeMike
I got a 1900, 20 years ago.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:43 pm to iLikeMike
You get 260 just for spelling your name right
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:44 pm to iLikeMike
Should be very easy to get
What was your ACT score?
What was your ACT score?
This post was edited on 4/14/15 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:46 pm to iLikeMike
My wife teaches GRE prep classes, it's an average score really, so it shouldn't be that difficult. The wife scored a 321. Do practice tests, over and over, and get used to the format.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:47 pm to biglego
They changed the scale. The highest you can get now is a 340.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:48 pm to iLikeMike
Not too difficult. A few of my undergraduate students used the Princeton review book and all scored over 310.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:48 pm to iLikeMike
They changed the math section up quite a bit from when I first took it 8 years ago.
Originally my math score was much better than my verbal. I flip flopped under the new system. Still scored better than a 300 and I don't consider myself a strong standardized test taker. However, I did practice with a study manual for a couple of months before the test.
Originally my math score was much better than my verbal. I flip flopped under the new system. Still scored better than a 300 and I don't consider myself a strong standardized test taker. However, I did practice with a study manual for a couple of months before the test.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:48 pm to iLikeMike
He has the right scale, 260 is the lowest possible. Those numbers are meaningless, it's percentiles that matter.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:49 pm to TheWalrus
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What was your ACT score?
30.
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My wife teaches GRE prep classes, it's an average score really, so it shouldn't be that difficult. The wife scored a 321. Do practice tests, over and over, and get used to the format.
Thanks!
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:50 pm to iLikeMike
Should be a piece of cake then
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:51 pm to TheWalrus
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Should be a piece of cake then
Great, thanks everyone for the help!
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:52 pm to iLikeMike
The key is answering the first ten right in the computer test.
If you get one wrong of the first ten, you're fricked.
If you get one wrong of the first ten, you're fricked.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:53 pm to iLikeMike
I took this years ago but it was really just a formality for getting into school - they don't really care about the score as long as it's not terrible. Do most graduate programs really care about your score?
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:57 pm to AubieALUMdvm
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Do most graduate programs really care about your score?
Yes, it's how they weed people. Grade inflation is a real thing, so the GRE gives schools a different parameter that is more reliable. It really starts to matter in competitive programs/top schools.
This post was edited on 4/14/15 at 9:58 pm
Posted on 4/14/15 at 9:58 pm to iLikeMike
I remember the GRE being much easier than the SAT.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 10:00 pm to AUbagman
Particularly the subject tests.
You should blow your specialty out of the water.
You should blow your specialty out of the water.
This post was edited on 4/14/15 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 4/14/15 at 10:03 pm to Brosef Stalin
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I remember the GRE being much easier than the SAT
Agreed, GRE and ACT were much better than that horrible essay test called the SAT. Bunch of fancy vocab words I've still never run across to this day
I got a 310 on the GRE using the princeton review book. Needed to work on vocab so I spent much more time on that versus the math and still did better in the math. You'll do fine as long as you use those review books and actually take the time to study a little each week.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 10:06 pm to iLikeMike
I made a 286 and I didnt know what I was even reading half the time. Its a tough test.
Posted on 4/14/15 at 10:09 pm to AUbagman
What is the basic application process for graduate programs?
For vet school we had the GRE but like I said it was just a check mark really. The bulk of the process was a very long application that includes a national, more generic one and then a separate one for each school - both require a pretty long, typed personal statement and numerous other questions about your experiences in the profession, related work, school, etc... If you made it past that you got an invite for an interview with an admissions committee. It was all pretty expensive.
For vet school we had the GRE but like I said it was just a check mark really. The bulk of the process was a very long application that includes a national, more generic one and then a separate one for each school - both require a pretty long, typed personal statement and numerous other questions about your experiences in the profession, related work, school, etc... If you made it past that you got an invite for an interview with an admissions committee. It was all pretty expensive.
This post was edited on 4/14/15 at 10:11 pm
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