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There is no official source, but when I browsed these results http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php I found most of the accepted people in USC and UCSD has a verbal score more than 150 and quant more than 160

Hello everybody today I had a bad experience with ETS powerprep I got : Quant: 156 (27 correct/ 40) Verbal 136 (7 correct/ 40) (5 of them are RC's) I'm not surprised with verbal, I know myself. In quant, I feel that I didn't do very well. When I reviewed the answers I found 2 things. First, I didn't manage my time well (I answered last the 2 questions from first quant part wrong due time). Second, I changed my mind in two questions, I left the right and went to the wrong choice. I think when ignoring time and stress, I may got 32 or 33 correct answers. In the last weeks when I was practicing on Kaplan's DVD, I got (19/20) & (17/20) & (17/20), with one or two minutes left for each section. The level of questions was the same as ETS ( I thinks ETS have 2 or 3 difficult questions in the whole quant sections). I think it's because of the stress, when I put myself in a complete simulation to the real exam, I was getting worried all the time and spending more time specially with the first half of questions. The last thing is What about adaptive scoring? I got 27/40 which is 68% and I got 156 (ETS only divided correct to whole answers) Nothing happened about adaptive scoring !!! So, any suggestions? analysis about my situation? note : I'm going to take barron's full test on DVD tomorrow

Thanks gatorgrad, Actually I'm good in communication and writing. In my country we have 1 English class everyday from elementary school to high school (12 years). In addition, My study in university was in English for 4 years (All courses) + Preparation semester before entering BS program containing 4 English classes (Reading + Writing + Listening + Grammar) from 7 AM to 1 PM 5 days a week with weekly quizzes and final exams to improve our language. When I started BS program everything was in English, textbooks and references were in English, language of communication was in English, and exams also. When I saw a movie or series or TV show, I don't need a subtitles ( I can understand more than 80%), sometimes I need English subtitle and it's fair enough. So, my language is good. My problem with the damned vocabularies that I never heard and I will never use at all.

Hello sir, If you read my thread, I mentioned in the first line that I started practicing since January. I saw a good improvement in my quant. However, No improvement at all in verbal. Actually I don't know how to calculate my score. I started Kaplan practice exams (DVD), In the last 2 Quant exams I got (19/20) & (17/20). So, I found it 90% but I don't if this is the right way or no. Actually I'm going to have a full practice test (powerprep II) on Sunday and I'll write my result here. When I talked about the universities, What I heard that some universities ignore verbal score at all, even there are 2 equal students, they don't look to their verbal scores (almost for Engineering and computer science). Also some universities publishes the averages for the admitted students last year. For example SDSU published the averages for admitted students last year in MSIS program. GRE average 70 percentile, with minimum a 25 percentile in each section. This is what I want to know about some universities, but there is no sources thanks

Thanks for your response. What I'm talking about is (I need some universities that don't care about verbal score). I still remember a university from the top 150 mentioned in the CS department website that "they don't care ever about verbal score" That's what I need

Today I practiced on Princeton Review 1014. In reading comprehension I got (4/11) correct answers (there were a long passage in a very very very unknown topic in biology with 4 questions ). Actually I'm done now. I don't have more time to spend in this worthless section. Let's be honest. I do very well in Quant (85% - 90%), What I want now is some top universities offers MS Computer Science or MS Software Engineering or MS Information Systems and they don't look ever on verbal section. My GPA is high (3.8/4) + I can get quant score between (85% - 90%) + I don't need any funding (I'm TA in my country and have fellowship) + I have recommendations from full professors and my college's dean + I will write the best Statement of purpose as possible. please suggest me some good schools and I guess that I should forget USC - UCI - UCSD my time is important for me and I should spend it in something valuable. IELTS or TOEFL for example thanks

Today I started practicing in Princeton Review 1014 Questions. I choose one drill for Text completion and one drill for Sentence equivalence In Text completion I got (3/10) correct answers. In Sentence Equivalence I got (0/10) correct answers. Very very bad start. Actually In most of the sentences I got the story, I understand the sentence, and I can pick a right answers from my own words. But, when I look to the choices I don't know any one of them, I can't choose. Most of my choices depend on eliminating one answer that I don't feel it's right, then I use my luck. Nothing more I'm very confused since I do well in Quant. In last practice exam I got (36/40). So, I'm sure that I need to increase my verbal score to have a great applications since my GPA is very high.

Could you give me the top 100 or 200 words? Could you suggest a good android app? thanks

Can you give me the name for a good books for latin roots ? and What is the benefit of using it? What I mean How can I use it for my GRE?

Hello, first of all I'm not English native speaker. I'm practicing since January. I want to discuss with you about my performance in practicing. In my preparation I used Kaplan book, Barrons, Cracking the GRE, and Manhattan (8 books). - In quant I do well, I got between 16 to 19 correct answers out of 20. - but the problem in Verbal. I do very very bad in verbal. I got between 4 to 7 correct answers out of 20. I'm going to apply in fall 2014 for MS Computer Science and as you know they require high scores in quant, but what I see that some top schools require (good) or (average) verbal score, we can say something between 150 to 160. Here is the point, I waste my time with the verbal without any improvement at all. However, I see myself get improved in Quant while practicing. So, What can I do with Verbal ? I want only 150 to 155 at most. It's very difficult to memorize a huge number of words. I see it impossible at least for me. Please I need you advise.

nice to meet you. I'm from Saudi Arabia, if you have any ideas about improving verbal section, just contact me via private messages, we may find a good way

This is very useful webpage. http://www.foreigncredits.com/Resources/GPA-Calculator/ choose your country and enter all your grades with the credits

I'm in the same situation like you. Verbal is very difficult and boring. by the way, where are you from?

Can I have barron's 6 tests electronically? cracked from CD or something like that?