AdilB990
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wrong turn
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sin bin
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Just been informed that my first app for Spring semester has been sent to adcomm for review! Feeling nervous, excited, worried, restless all at the same time!
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I used Princeton Review for GRE prep. And i got the feeling that its questions were slightly on the easier side in comparison to the actual test. Personally, i strongly recommend not to rely completely on PR. Buy some other resource(s) as well, or try out Magoosh if you still have some time before the test!
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ant bully
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glass full
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window cleaning
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authoritarian regime
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winning mentality
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exit strategy
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The confusion is understandable, I can totally relate to that. As you can see in my post above (in which I mentioned all my scores), my practice scores were very low as well. The last test I attempted was PowerPrep V2.0 and got a shocking and worrying 147 in the Verbal section! However, a week later I got a 157 (73%) on my official test. And keeping in mind that I'm not a native English speaker, I'm really pleased with my score. From my experience, practice tests are not exactly the best predictors, especially unofficial ones (like Princeton, Kaplan, Barron's etc.) that are not at the same difficulty level as the actual test. So, no need to worry. Just keep up the hard work and it will pay off for sure.
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I attempted 3 of my 4 of my practice tests less than a month before the real thing. The last one was exactly a week before the test.
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monkey business
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lion heart
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That's a good query, actually. I appeared for GRE last month and I have received 2 or 3 mails from ETS regarding the PPI. Don't know if its worth trying out or not. I'm interested to see if anyone has tried it. And what feedback they have.
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sea sickness
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idle hands
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If you're not a native English speaker, then your Verbal score is really good. You shouldn't worry about it. In your field, what are the average scores for admitted students in top schools for the respective GRE sections? That's a good starting point.
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I think your score will hold up really well if you write a great SOP/Personal Statement coupled with strong LOR's. A re-take isn't worth it, in my opinion. Best of luck!
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Perfect Storm
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torrid time
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merry fairy
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sweet tooth
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line up
