Scarf in the wind

I don't think his Quant score equates to 41%. I received a score of 153 which equated to 53%.

Because they must prove that you took the test, and didn't send someone to take it for you.

That means if you feel like retaking, you can do so in early November. Funny thing about that 21 days. I was told the same thing, but then I wrote that agreement the proctors require all test takers transcribe, and that said 30 days, and my GRE books even state 30 days.

Hello caprette, you don't need to retake. Your scores are great, splendid even. Work on your personal statement and application.

Actual Scores: Verbal: 159 Quant: 153 AWA: Unknown. Very happy with my scores. If I get at least a 4 for AWA I can finally move on with my life, and end this dreadful relationship with a test. Those aren't bad scores. I think they're great, as you can see above I got similar scores and I'm ecstatic. Then again, I'm not applying to schools like Georgetown or Fletcher. But if you feel they are low then you can check out Magoosh whose questions are quite difficult and will provide a challenge along with a thorough teaching of all the aspects of the test, and Manhattan's prep books which will do the same. I highly recommend both. Princeton Review is highly inadequate, and they're tests are easy. Their material was decent for the old test from a few years ago (my opinion), but not for the current test where the questions are more difficult and require a different type of thinking. There's also the inclusion of 6 tests when purchasing a Manhattan book. A Manhattan book. You only need 1 book to gain access to the 6 tests, but the entire set is great as well, though I don't quite care for the Text Completion/Sentence Equivalence book. For that, Magoosh is better. Also check out Manhattan's 5 pound book of practice problems. Also, see whether you need to change your study habits. I had been studying (come on at least a 4 for AWA so I can end the misery) since March. Yes, I know long time. You probably don't need that if those were your scores after a month. Just focus and work hard, that's all I can say. Good luck.

Hello. My test is in two days. I had been using Manhattan's books along with Magoosh. I spent months studying. Eventually I obtained a Q score of 155. Then a 157 a few weeks ago in Manhattan's practice test. Recently, however, I obtained a score of 146 on ETS' Powerprep practice test. I then did problems in ETS' Official Guide handbook and performed poorly in the Quant section, despite Magoosh placing my range between 155 and 160. Yes, I can take it again and will in a month, but this last week has frightened me in regards to Quant performance. Confidence brought down by a bad practice score heading into the test. I don't want to take it again. The attempt in two days will be the third time I take the GRE. If I take it again, that will be my fourth attempt, and so on for any possibly future attempts. But, I don't think I can take it more than once this year. This has been a truly enervating experience. I would have to take a break of a few years before I take the test again. And my Magoosh account ends sometime in November. Would rather just take the score I have and focus instead on my research experience. Luckily, I'm not applying to Ph.D programs, but I wanted a high score to ensure I never have to take it again for the rest of my life. Oh well. "Plans are fragile things." - Kreia For those who are interested, I am seeking a Master's in Psychology for Social Psych programs.

I'm in the same boat. I've been fearing the test as well since Saturday after I received abysmal scores from ETS Powerprep. Scores were completely different from what Manhattan gave me. Gellert, I figure I'll have to retake anyway so I'm going to sign up again this week for another test so I can study and perform more practice problems.

ETS Practice Test 2: V 157, Q 146.

ETS' Practice Test 1: V 150, Q 149. Manhattan Practice Test 1: V 155, Q 147 Manhattan Practice Test 2: V 163, Q 155. Manhattan Practice Test 3: V158, Q 157. I will take one more practice test before the actual test, but those are my scores so far.

I would like a quant score of 157. Curiously enough, that was my score on my last practice test. For those wanting to raise their verbal score, I suggest looking up Magoosh and their blogs, even if you don't care to pay for the program.

Hello, would either of you be willing to provide your Quant scores. I would like to compare the percentile rankings as reference for when I take the test in a couple of weeks. Thanks. p.s., I would think Quant would not have a strong effect on an application for graduate work in History. You can ask graduate students at the campus's you would like to attend what their scores were via e-mail.

Hello, icydubloon. What of Magoosh's practice questions? Are they more difficult than the actual GRE exam itself? How do you think their medium questions commensurate to GRE's difficulty levels? I recently got a 155 for Quant in a Manhattan practice test, but am feeling unsure of myself in replicating that score on the actual exam, or receiving a higher score, as there are topics I am not adept with yet.

From what I gather, each question equates to 1 point on the test. So, since you scored a 162 on Quant, you incorrectly answered 8 questions. If I am wrong, someone please correct me on that. As for whether you should retake, I take it you are a foreign student? You may not have to depending on how strong your application is, however I have no knowledge about Immunology programs specifically, and natural sciences generally.

It's likely you'll get scores within those ranges. For Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence, I've read the GRE is less inclined to focus on difficult words, and focus more on confusing sentences to trip up test takers. For Paragraph Argument, look up Magoosh.com and check out their blogs on the topic. To nns91, would you mind if I sent a personal message regarding the test? Just something I want to ask. Nothing personal. It pertains to the Quant section, and I don't want this thread to meander away from focusing on you.

Hello Hello Char, What was your score for Verbal and Math? I'd like to know the score equivalent for when I take the test. Thank you.

Bullshit! I've seen people who are racists get into Ph.D programs. I've seen people who believe luxury sports cars cost about $1,000 to make get admitted into Ph.D programs. I've seen people whose whole career was based on sucking up to their PI, rather than any hard work get, into Ph.D programs.Shitheads can get admitted into Ph.D programs as well. It was a mistake. Learn from it and grow.

I'm not too worried about the Verbal, but a bit fearful of the math portion.

Hello, can someone critique my Issue essay? Thank you. Prompt: "Some people believe that society should try to save every plant and animal species, despite the expense to humans in effort, time, and financial well-being. Others believe that society need not make extraordinary efforts, especially at a great cost in money and jobs, to save endangered species." Instructions: "Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented." There are merits in stating humanity should expend all resources in ensuring every plant and animal is kept from the brink of extinction. However, the wording of the prompt makes supporting the speaker or writer's assertions indefensible. Though I wholeheartedly support ensuring animals are saved from extinction, a point to be discussed later, I do not believe we should do so irrespective to the cost and damage we would incur ourselves. Such costs include not allocating resources to disaster stricken populations, allocating resources to ensure early detection of natural disasters, the deterrence of nuclear proliferation. Rescuing all animals and plants from extinction, irrespective to humanity, is short sighted. Take, for instance, people who have experienced natural disasters? Should we not allocate resources to assist these individuals? Hurricane Sandy, the superstorm that leveled New York City, caused upwards of a billion dollars of damage. Many people were left without power, some were left without homes. Furthermore, the city was a major hub of economic activity. The billions of dollars worth of damage, coupled with the chilling of economic activity - from a freeze in wall street, to closures in department and groceries stores - meant the city was losing out on money they desperately needed to spur growth that would be needed to recoup the losses. The closure of Wall Street meant no global trading, affecting economic markets the world over. Were we to follow the recommendations outlined in the prompt, the people of New York City would be left to fend for themselves, in a somewhat eerie recreation of Escape From New York. With less hyperbole, allocating resources to save a poisonous plant in the rainforest instead of the city to spur growth would mean all countries the world over would take a hit in their wallets, and that would cause disastrous ripples in society. Speaking of natural disasters, allocating resources to ensure all dung beetles can live long lives, means we would be unable to expend resources on detection of natural disasters. For instance, states in the MidWest have come to expend resources on the early detection of tornados. After the economic damages, not to mention the lives lost due to an inability to properly warn citizens of impendind doom, the government has spent billions of dollars to better detect the formation of tornadoes to help protect citizens from being caught unware. Universities now have the ability to detect not only abnormal formation of clouds, scientifically proven precursor for tornados, but the measure the temperature of the clouds themselves, especially useful considering the mixture of cold and hot temperatures are integral in forming tornads. These technological advances has allowed us to minimize economic damage, but to protect human lives. Speaking of protecting human lives, there is one issue that must be addressed, and this is the threat of nuclear proliferation. The threat of nuclear proliferation has repercussions for mankind, the animal kingdom, and the verdant Earth. Rescuing a obscure, little known plant from extinction, and failing to halt the advancement of nuclear weapons would prove shortsighted. For the rescuing of an animal or plant may become moot and insignificant if it were obliterated by a nuclear weapon, and I do not feel that is hyperbole given the nature of our society today. As written in the introduction, I do support assisting in the rescuing of endangered animals. However, I feel one must do this through practicality rather than an idealistic sense of self righteousness. Some animals, I feel, may not deserve to be rescued. A plant that has no discernible use in assisting either mankind or the animal kingdom should be left to decay. Some may argue, but that is my position. However, an animal, such as wolves, should be rescued from extinction. One may argue that a wolf is a threat to humanity. Yes, to a degree. However, the benefits of saving such predatory animals outweighs the negatives of not doing so. The postives, of course, being the ability to control population growth in a natural manner. Animals who benefit mankind, in my humble opinion, should be rescued from extinction. In conclusion, I feel there are merits to saving animals and plants from permanent erasure. But the statement that we should do so regardless of the costs we as humanity would incure does not sit well with me. As oultined above, there are myriad reasons why we should not expend resources on damning ourselves to a hellish existence.

Yeah, same here. They'll keep it. To them you're someone who will help them accrue wealth in the form of grants and scholarships, not to mention prestige. They have an incentive to assist you.

The only thing about the 5lb book is the difficulty of the questions. When I encounter difficult questions I become disheartened.

What's your advice for someone who has no life and an immense amount of time? It took me a day to get through Magoosh's videos on Interger Properties yesterday. I apologize for my grumbling peevishness when I should get down to doing practice questions.

Also, to others posting, can you give me some advice? I have the Manhattan GRE series of books, and a subscription to Magoosh's GRE prep material (also, I recommend Magoosh's product to the original poster). What is the best way to learn from two different sources? I feel all test prep materials have questions designed to put over their own product, not necessarily what one may find on test day. But that's my take. Also, I feel a bit lost with the two products. Manhattan's question I do not find too difficult, but I tend to notice that I answer questions incorrectly due to mindless mistakes. However with Magoosh, though I still commit mindless errors, I feel the questions are much harder and require their own approach to answer correctly, despite Magoosh praising Manhattan's GRE prep books (the Text Completion/Sentence Equivalence excluded). I had planned to take the test on July 31st, but feel I may need more time, and I have difficulty choosing what to study everyday since I have two materials available to me. How do I pick from a Manhattan book or Magoosh o a given day? Okay, that's all. Thanks for reading. p.s., I want a score of 160 in both Quant and Verbal, but I don't foresee that happening. To be blunt, I only require a score that meets or surpasses the 50% percentile ranking for entrance into a particular Master's program (the sole reason I am retaking the test after 3 years), and I have enough research experience and know I'll have good-great letters of recommendations from people I've worked with to allow me entrance into the school, but I still want to do well and I feel no matter how much I learn, there's always something more to learn, and this knowledge has kept me from applying to a test date. Okay, now I'm done.

Hello. Can someone give me a clearer idea of what they mean when instructing people learn a word in context? I read the New York Times, the New Yorker, ALdaily, orion magazine's site, and I feel I'm not learning the meaning of the word. Furthermore, I write down sentences I find on wordnik.com, as Magoosh's product instructed, and I feel I'm not really learning the word any differently then when I learned via rote memorization with flash cards.

Hello, what was your percentage rank on Quant with a score of 153? Thank you.

What was your percentile rank?