hi, i want to ask, whether college grades really matters, apart from your gre score
Hello Puys! I'm planning for an MS in CS.I took GRE this year and scored 330 - Quants-170,Verbal-160,AW-4. My TOEFL scores are 115.I have been working as a Software Engineer for the past 3 yrs. My percentage in college was 96.
Any suggestions on my chances at Ivy league schools like MIT,CMU,Berkeley,UCLA,Georgia Tech?
Neither can I get high profile recommendations nor do I have any publications/research work,etc.
Thanks in advance for your valuable ideas puys 😃
- MS in US
- GRE
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hi puys
plz share tips,suggestions ,strategies for nailing d vocab section on gre...
thnx in advnce
Hey Puys hoz EGE , Bandra kurla complex for gre coaching ?
am aiming at sept 2014 intake .
Electronics engg, 3 yrs of work ex.
plz help !!!Any good n inexpensive classes in western line?
- any other classes in western line
- EGE , Bandra kurla complex
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I am staying in Goregaon. Anyone interested in forming a study group and studying together ? Please let me know.
Hi Guys !!
Is it necessary to have experience of 3 yrs for GRE or GMAT ?
I have only 1.4 yrs of experience with 1.5 yrs of gap in job 😐.. am i still eligible, Pls comment !!
Hey Guys!! I'm new here, and find this forum really useful. I'm staying in Pune and planning to appear for GRE this year. Please suggest some coaching classes for GRE, in Pune. Please do reply asap as I want to appear for GRE in next two months. Any other tips and advices for GRE are most welcomed.
Thanks in advance,
Geetika😁
Can any1 pls suggest me any good book for GRE verbal ( for Basics and theory..)
Hello everyone! I'm planning to buy GRE Verbal Grail as it seems the most exhaustive book for gre verbal.. Can you please let me know where should I buy it from ? It's not available on flipkart
hi friends!!! i need to know gud classes for gre prep in delhi asap.m giving my test in october.
Hii, any1 interested in practicing vocab (Intermediate level) through voice chat.. !!
Can anyone please share some links or thoughts to help me know everything that is there to know about GRE particularly regarding non technical streams rather management oriented streams to do MS in and colleges which are not very costly? I will appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
which are the best colleges to do management through gre in china and usa?what are the cut offs for the same?and what is the average cost of the entire program including accomodation?
How to get a high GRE Verbal score(for the verbal phobic Indian engineering brethren
)
I have been getting a lot of PMs since I posted my GRE debrief(scored a 334 overall V-165,Q-169). I'm sorry that i can't respond to each of them because it is too time consuming. However, since most of the queries are centered around how to score high on GRE Verbal, I thought that I would give a few tips here on how to score well on GRE Verbal.
Before I start, let me tell you that it's very difficult, if not impossible, to improve "drastically" within 2 months. Improving from a low score to a very high score within 2-3 months is difficult if not impossible.. It requires much more time ,energy and dedication.
Here are some reasonable targets
On diagnostic What you can expect on actual GRE
145 155
150 160
155 165
You should start by forming a strategy for yourself and taking a pledge that you will do everything possible to achiever your target score on verbal and also take a pledge that you will try your best to not stop following the schedule for yourself,something that we often end up doing.
Number of days to dedicate on verbal per week to ace the GRE-5 days
Number of hours per day - 3 hours on the weekdays and 5 hours on the weekends. These hours include reading newspaper articles etc. Basically everything that you will be doing to score well on verbal
Here's
1. Start reading the editor's page in the newspaper: Reading long articles from a variety of topics is really helpful on the GRE. It helps build your vocab and improves your mental stamina to read long RC passages
2.Personal pocket dictionary- Often it happens that we come across a word somewhere-newspaper, magazine etc-and we check its meaning but we forget the word itself very quickly. Maintaining a personal dictionary really helps or if you have a smartphone, type down the new words in a file and keep adding the words there
3. Books
a)GRE Verbal Grail- The best book for GRE verbal
How to use the book ?
a)Before practicing questions, make sure that you go through the strategies in the book. For RC, there's quite a bit of theory and lot of strategies and you might feel like skipping it but trust me it will help you a lot. Do go through the theory before you practice.
b) When you practice questions, do not go for an overkill and do many questions at a time. Try doing only 15-20 questions at a go and do a rigorous analysis of the questions. Basically from each question you should learn something new- why you got an answer right, why you got an answer wrong.
c) Develop a thought process. Your focus should not be on doing a lot of practice questions in verbal. Your focus should be on developing a thought process. For example, after doing 10 passages from the book, I would ask myself, what is the common thing i have observed in the wrong answers in primary purpose type of questions.. Doing this will really help you.
b) Word Power Made Easy – Great book to learn vocabulary
How to use the book ?
a)Target spending 30 minutes per day doing vocabulary from this book.
b)Make sure that you revise the words that you have done; otherwise you will end up forgetting a lot of them.
4. Form a GRE study group: Try forming a study group to discuss new words. Remember the more you pronounce words, the more likely you will remember their meaning. To be honest, you will hardly use the GRE vocab in your daily life, so forming a study group with others will give an impetus to your prep and keep you on the track
I know doing all this looks hard, but then it's the people who do all this, go the extra mile, who get those high scores. Hope the plan was helpful.
P.S.- Please do not PM me with your individual queries. If you have any queries, please post on this thread only so that others can help you as well.
hey everyone .. i have a question ... what after GRE .. i mean to say after i am done with MS , it is easy to find j ob... ?? and what all are factors which is required for JOB...???
which are the best colleges to do management through gre in china and usa?
Guys, which is the best book for GRE Verbal ? How is GRE Verbal Grail as compared to Princeton/Kaplan books ?
hi everyone i am planing to give gre this year can anyone tell me the details.....like when form is filled....??
I'm from West Delhi and my GRE test is in September. Planning to start the preparation with a group or creating a group because the coaching just isn't worth it. Also, i'm a B.Tech fresher. Dull in quants.
Can someone text me on 8447309191 if interested or a study group like so exists.
Thanks
Maneesh.
Can anyone help me here? I wish to study Telecommunication Engineering, or Wireless Networks abroad, which University should I be looking at? I am appearing for GRE this November, and my TOEFL iBT score is 111.