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Do it, man! I think your general GRE verbal scores will help carry it. Also, do all of your schools even require the Subject Test? Many great programs (Brown, Duke, et cetera) exclude it from their requirements.

Dude, mine didn't have any "Paradise Lost" on it.

Two questions, guys. 1. Anyone else feel a little betrayed by The Princeton Review? (Or maybe we ought to just blame ETS for being sadistic?) My test, at least, didn't encompass the MAJORITY of the material the "Cracking" book ASSURED would make an appearance. I finished on time with only 3 unanswered questions, but who knows how I did on the other 227. Zeugma? Really!? 2. How is the Subj. Test percentile ranking configured? Are we compared with all others ONLY on that test day, in the last one/two/three years, et cetera?

My first application is due in a few weeks. Eek! Crunch time. Conundrum: my old computer crashed, and devoured most of my undergraduate work. I have two very strong papers which I would like to use as writing samples. One is ten pages long, and the other I am aiming to expand into fifteen. Both papers are VERY strong, and directly related to the subject I intend on studying, although there is no way of combining them. I know alot of schools prefer one long essay to evaluate, but I simply don't have the time. Do you think sending two medium-length examples of my best work will hurt? Or should I push to expand the one into twenty pages (of possible shit?) Or would 15 pages be too few to send, considering many schools put the cap at 20-30? I want to be as competitive as possible. Has anyone submitted two writing samples and lived to tell the tale?!

UM Ann Arbor has a dual PhD program in English & Women's Studies that looks marvelous. And David Halperin's there! Definitely check it out, although it's highly competitive. Otherwise, the UC schools - specifically UCSC, UCB, and UCI - seem to be feminist studies-oriented.

It's totally learnable. For math, just review high school level algebra and geometry, and do a bunch of practice questions (preferably out of a variety of test prep sources--Princeton's the best, then Kaplan). For verbal, vocabulary is KEY! My diagnostic test reported my score as a 940 (yikes). I thought I was doomed. After a month of diligent studying and memorization, I ended up getting a 1530 (750 V, 780 Q) on the actual test. So just study, study, study! It pays off.

Hey all. I'm taking the Subject Test on November 7th, and am a bit freaked out. I spent a great deal of time studying for the GRE General Test, and did v. well, but I'm totally lost on this one. To make matters worse, it seems like the Princeton Review 'Cracking' series is obsolete now? So, what would be a good index of stuff to study for the 2009 test, for those who just took it? I'd really appreciate the advice. Good luck with your grad school process!!