Has anyone taken the GRE? Tips/Advice/Suggestions

[Da King]

They are not the same, but they are highly correlated

They are correlated in the sense that if you take the GRE once and only once it could be an indicator of ones IQ, I'll give you that. But the OP can prep for the GRE, buy the books, take practice tests, go through practice problems and section tests.... his score will greatly improve, hence the reality that the GRE is no longer of any indication of his IQ

 

[EQ.]

Just buy the books. I prepped on and off for 2 weeks. I say 2 weeks of prep is enough. I'm sure others will disagree.

How well did you do? I'll prolly need a month, 2 jobs got my free time looking

 

[Da King]

How well did you do? I'll prolly need a month, 2 jobs got my free time looking

Breh, it depends on what score you want and what score you get when you take your initial practice test and see where you stand. From there you will know how much you need to study and how long you see to study. Someone saying they study for 2 weeks or 2 years is irrelevant.

 

[Ciggavelli]

How well did you do? I'll prolly need a month, 2 jobs got my free time looking

I did well enough to get into a PhD program.

I didn't take the test seriously at all. I even smoked weed the night before. It's really not as bad as everybody says. The math is dead ass simple. THe vocab can be tricky. I'll give @Public Enemies that. If you can memorize a million words, your vocab score will probably go up

 

[EQ.]

Breh, it depends on what score you want and what score you get when you take your initial practice test and see where you stand. From there you will know how much you need to study and how long you see to study. Someone saying they study for 2 weeks or 2 years is irrelevant.

I did well enough to get into a PhD program.

I didn't take the test seriously at all. I even smoked weed the night before. It's really not as bad as everybody says. The math is dead ass simple. THe vocab can be tricky. I'll give @Public Enemies that. If you can memorize a million words, your vocab score will probably go up

Good looking out brehs just needed a general idea of what to expect. Will def try the practice exam to see where i stand and go from there.

 

[Ciggavelli]

They are correlated in the sense that if you take the GRE once and only once it could be an indicator of ones IQ, I'll give you that. But the OP can prep for the GRE, buy the books, take practice tests, go through practice problems and section tests.... his score will greatly improve, hence the reality that the GRE is no longer of any indication of his IQ

I dunno about greatly, but yes, he should prep. I'm not saying that. These tests are aptitude tests, not comprehensive.

 

[Da King]

I did well enough to get into a PhD program.

I didn't take the test seriously at all. I even smoked weed the night before. It's really not as bad as everybody says. The math is dead ass simple. THe vocab can be tricky. I'll give @Public Enemies that. If you can memorize a million words, your vocab score will probably go up

My nikka


What does that mean without details? You get into a PhD program at Harvard or was it a state college? Because that's a NIGHT AND DAY difference. Also what was your GPA because it's all irrelevant without context

 

[Ciggavelli]

My nikka


What does that mean without details? You get into a PhD program at Harvard or was it a state college? Because that's a NIGHT AND DAY difference

Well, I didn't go to Harvard. lol. I went to a state college. What I got has nothing to do with anything though, but I scored above average for the incoming class.

What really matters is looking at scores as a whole, across the population

 

[Ciggavelli]

My nikka


What does that mean without details? You get into a PhD program at Harvard or was it a state college? Because that's a NIGHT AND DAY difference. Also what was your GPA because it's all irrelevant without context

I just erased my IQ and GRE. I don't need that out there.

My GPA was 3.96

 

[EQ.]

Breh, it depends on what score you want and what score you get when you take your initial practice test and see where you stand. From there you will know how much you need to study and how long you see to study. Someone saying they study for 2 weeks or 2 years is irrelevant.

Regarding score i need atleast a

153 new scale (500 old scale) verbal
144 new scale (500 old scale) quantitative

 

[Ciggavelli]

Regarding score i need atleast a

153 new scale (500 old scale) verbal
144 new scale (500 old scale) quantitative

Oh you should be golden. The average person gets a 1000. WHat did you get on your SAT? THose scores are also highly correlated

 

[EQ.]

Oh you should be golden. The average person gets a 1000. WHat did you get on your SAT? THose scores are also highly correlated

keep it real i do not remember breh.

 

[Ciggavelli]

keep it real i do not remember breh.

Do you read a lot?

I'm telling you the math is easy as hell. The verbal is what's tricky. If you read a lot and have a good vocabulary, you're good

 

[EQ.]

Do you read a lot?

I'm telling you the math is easy as hell. The verbal is what's tricky. If you read a lot and have a good vocabulary, you're good

Yeah, if anything i feel maaaad comfortable with the verbal/writing parts. Might need to brush up on the math tho, i'm at math highest grade i got in it through HS and college was a B

 

[Ciggavelli]

Yeah, if anything i feel maaaad comfortable with the verbal/writing parts. Might need to brush up on the math tho, i'm at math highest grade i got in it through HS and college was a B

It was heavy with geometry and simple algebra when I took it. It was easy for real.

If you're not good at math, then you might need to study more. There are some tricks you can learn (especially with geometry)