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Tdearr wrote: However, you want to take every unidentified section as if it counts because sometimes you can't be sure which unidentified section is experimental. Is that what you were asking? I'm not the original poster. I only meant to say that when I reported "no experimental section" but also reported "experimental questions were present" ... I must have been confusing two different administrations of the GRE.

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if you go thru old posts under GRE/GMAT, you'll find that dozens of people have all come to the same conclusions: 1---powerprep is the best predictor of your real score; and 2---the various commercial practice tests, i.e., kaplan, princeton, barron, peterson, et al ALL give you a LOWER score than your real score. It IS demoralizing and even cynical in my opinion---their motive is to recruit you into their prep classes john

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Maybe I'm confused. I've taken the test three times in the last year, and one of those times, I had an unidentified experimental section.

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I'm sure it has been useful. And on the other hand, not everybody has fancy phones capable of running applications like that (myself included--I have the bare minimum). You've done anyone who has the equipment a service, whether they acknowledge your contribution or not. Cheers, John p.s., If I could find such an application (with lots of advanced words!) for German, I might just buy a fancy phone to use it.

Stroke of Midnight wrote 1. I'd avoid the big companies. Most of the smaller companies tend to have far more rigorous hiring standards. The biggest companies also have the lowest pay for tutors (sometimes only a 1/3 as much as the other companies)...hence, typically the least experienced tutors. Not only that, but the two biggest companies' "first cut" in hiring is an audition, designed to determine if the prospective teacher has "charisma" and can "engage a class" etc. ... THEN they look at the prospective teacher's test scores, teaching experience, GPA, etc. etc. I know this because I was rejected for "lack of charisma" by BOTH of the top two companies (in the USA). Point is: They want people who can SELL THEIR OWN COMPANY first, and be experts on the test materials second. And Stroke of Midnight is also right about the second point. The biggest companies pay their instructors much LESS than the smaller guys. So, a BIG second to his/her recommendation, "Avoid the Biggest Companies" if at all possible.

Not only might you ruin a perfect 800-Q, the 650-V is MUCH better (percentile-wise) than your previous 570-V. I'd leave it alone, and write a GREAT writing sample and SOP. If you're a non-native speaker of English, be sure to get a native speaker to proofread any written material you submit. Then don't sweat it. A 4.5 is plenty-good-enough, and, they do see ALL of your scores.

You can request a re-grading of your AWA for a mere $55.00 USDollars, or you can re-take the whole test; but with a 3.98 GPA and a 700 Verbal, I don't think it's worth the trouble or expense. Write a super-squeaky-clean-polished Statement of Purpose and (if asked for) a super-polished "Writing Sample" and the adcomms will see that the low AW score is an aberration. I've taken the GRE three times (trying to get my Quantitative score up) and have received AW scores of 4.5, 5.0, and 5.5 .... and I think the 5.5 was the time I had a completely WTF-attitude towards the AW (while still not reaching the Q-score that you got BTW). Point is: Nobody cares much about the AW score, when the applicant has a 3.98 GPA and a 700-Q, plus excellent writing samples to back them up. Don't bother re-taking, IMHO. John

Good luck. A great GRE never hurts.

I took the test on Sept 17 and did indeed have one numeric entry problem one multiple fill-in-the-blank-with-the-right-word sentence completion. and an experimental Verbal section with $250 prize, which I declined to take.

Only Verbal and Quantitative, listed separately. No combined score and no percentile (which is new---years ago they also listed percentile scores---now you don't find out your percentile until you receive the notice in the mail). Congratulations for getting a score that surprised you in a good way. John

The quant score is definitely a problem, especially if you're applying to any of the more selective universities, or the "harder" engineering specialties (E.E., for example, or C.S.). In 2003, so ETS reports, a 710-Quantitative score, while being 78th percentile over ALL GRE test takers, was only 35th percentile for Engineering applicants. Scores have increased a bit since 2003 also. People are preparing more intensively, and there are more applicants (many of whom are out-of-work professionals seeking to upgrade from an M.A. or M.S. to a Ph.D. for example). So, I'd definitely take the GRE again, try to improve your AW, but really concentrate on the quantitative score. Your target for your Q-score should be preferably 770 or so (90th percentile for all takers, 66th percentile for all engineering specialities). Good luck, John

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Test takers whose scores are canceled will forfeit their test fees and must pay to retake the entire test. No record of the score cancellations or the reason for cancellation will appear on future score reports. http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/scores/how/

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1/2 of my posts were on the "drop a word / add a word" games so they don't count