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Hey! Whats funny is that I know where you got this essay prompt because it was the first practice essay prompt I used! Anyways. Here is my opinion on your essay (you are very brave by the way). Rating: 3 to 3.5 Reason: First off, I agree with PeakPerformance. I got a 4.5 on my first GRE (I took this one without any practice) and I didn't pay much attention to how many paragraphs I used. Its FAR more important to show them how well you can analyze a question and organize your response. Don't mince words, just cut to the chase. Use this opportunity to show off your understanding of the question and its implications. Discuss the topic it suggests, offering your own opinions, and then follow it all up by attacking the question itself. Generally all of the real GRE questions have varying degrees of weakness. ALSO don't fall for the trap that there is one correct position. Typically the GRE sets up the question so that it can be decently well defended regardless your opinion. You can readily assume that there will be more than one correct opinion and as such you should discuss the merits of both. This is mainly why your essay falls into the 3 to 3.5 category. You discuss one side for the most part. Your overall writing style is fine and following this advice your should get a 4 to 4.5 with minimal practice.

I took the actual GRE cold and got 152Q/158V. I have been using Magoosh for a few weeks and took a practice today and got a 158Q/158V (I think I got lucky with my first GRE verbal score). My experience thus far has shown that Magoosh does a good job of helping me think through the math questions carefully. Their questions certainly are tricky and have been a huge help to me thus far. The dashboard estimator is a little wonky I think. It has me at 154-159 Q and 153-158 V. I would say its probably underscoring me a few points on average. We'll see over the next few weeks if it starts to trend farther up. EDIT I should add that I took the ETS practice test after my first exam and got a 156Q 155V. This is perhaps the most accurate test so far I have heard. After looking at a lot of different forums and reading a lot of blogs...I am of the opinion that the exact scores that any given service will give you is accurate to within 4 to 6 points. I know that's a huge and perhaps unhelpful range, but that's as ubiquitous an observation as I can find.

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