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Situation: When I took the gre three years ago, I did well enough to get into several MA programs. After not getting in anywhere cycle, I'm starting to realize that my gre isn't quite strong enough to make me competitive for phd apps. When I last took the test, I received a 520v, 620q and 4.5 writing. I'd like to bring my verbal up to at least the 80 percentile and my quantitative to the 70th. Questions! 1. Is this seem like a reasonable goal? 2. What diagnostic and study resources do you recommend?

There's something simular to this over in the political science forum. I thought this slightly altered version would be helpful for 2014 English applicants. For those of you who participated in the fall 2013 application season, please consider filling out some of the information below. Profile Type of Undergrad Institution: Major(s)/Minor(s): Undergrad GPA: Type of Grad: Grad GPA: GRE: Time between undergrad to grad and/or MA to PhD: Teaching experience: Research experience: Conference experience: Other experience: Letters of Recommendation (position of recommender, relationship, etc.): Subfield/Research Interests: SOP (how much time you spent working it, what you focused on, what you left out, etc): Results Acceptances ($ for partially funded, $! for fully funded): Waitlists: Rejections: Pending: Going to: Reflections Are you satisfied with the outcome of your applications? Most helpful resources/advice: Most unhelpful resources/advice: Strongest part of application: Weakest part of application: What you spent the most time on: What you spent the least time on: Regrets: Lessons learned: Words of advice: