imnotbatman

Thank you so much for replying! That makes me feel a bit better and I'll talk to my supervisor. I just felt a bit silly before -going to them with my undergrad gpa and telling them I want to apply. thanks again!

Hey everyone! I was taking a look at the major scholarships in Canada (CGS, OGS, NSERC etc) and it seems that gpa is a major component of the whether you are successful or not. 1) Has anyone ever been successful at obtaining these scholarships with a sub-par gpa? (roughly 3.0-3.3?) 2) Are there scholarships out there that weight research experience and publications more than gpa? I'm a non-traditional student in that my bachelor's was sub 3.0 and my master's was 3.3 (but ranked top 20% in my program). I am currently in my M.A program and hoping to apply for scholarships but it seems that despite my research experience and publications (2 in peer-reviewed journals, 5 conference poster/presentations), I am still greatly hindered by the gpa requirements as they take account my undergrad gpa.

Hey! I took the GRE last year and I took it twice. I also used Magoosh and supplemented it with Manhattan prep and Kaplan practice tests. I've always been a 'math' person, but on both tests, I actually did much better on my verbal sections (156q 163v and 166q 167v). I improved during my second GRE exam which I took 2 months after. Between the first exam and second exam, I didn't do much to try to improve my verbal scores- I worked mostly on improving my quantitative section. I quite enjoy the magoosh verbal quizzes, and I did questions whenever I had time- in between commercial breaks, on the bus etc. Any words I didn't know, I wrote on flash cards. One thing I would suggest is to try to NOT memorize more than what you are capable per day. For myself, I can memorize only 10-15 new words per day and I will always go over all the previous words I learned first before attempting to memorize more. Going into the GRE, I learned ~800 new words. I also read more than usual - especially the economist and the new yorker. Again, any word I did not know, I wrote down and looked it up. Using mnemonics also helped! Have you used manhattan practice exams? I think using other practice tests also helped since different companies have different styles of test writing. I'm not sure if it was the Manhattan practice exams or Magoosh, but I think they also have a 'test breakdown' portion where they tell you which part you are most capable in and where you need a little more work. Do you know which part you struggle more in? For me, I usually did well in the sentence completion but RC was my weak point. This was surprising to me as I actually enjoy that section. If you are like me and RC is the issue, then the memorization of vocab may not mean as much. Also, don't forget to work on the essay section! I left that until 3 days before the exam and since its the first part of your exam, doing well (or not) can really affect your confidence! Good luck!!!

Hey! I strongly recommend Magoosh. I bought the Magoosh online prep for the same price as you and I borrowed the Manhattan books from the library. I'm not sure how long you have to study or your financial ability to pay for the textbooks/courses etc but I would recommend Magoosh if you could only choose 1 thing to get. Try to find the Manhattan GRE books in the library first (or the GMAT ones- they are the same except for one part.) That will save you money. For myself, I studied 6 months on and off using Magoosh and ended with a 318 (162v and 156q). I was really nervous on the day of the exam and from the Magoosh predictor my actual quant score was wayyyyyy below the predicted score (160). I took a month off of studying and then bought the Manhattan online tests (http://www.manhattanprep.com/gre/storeitemshow.cfm?ItemID=76) for $30 and spent the next month strictly working with Magoosh and the MGRE tests. I ended up with a 333 (167v and 166q). What I really liked about Magoosh is the detailed explanations for every single question as well as their lessons. For the Manhattan ones, sometimes, you have no idea what you did wrong and the explanations are not that great. If you want to score above 330, what I would suggest is to work on Magoosh and filter to the 'hard' questions only. Always do it in 'timed' mode. Buy/do as many 'full' practice tests as you can and always correct your mistakes. My biggest problem was not that I didn't know the answers- but on test day, I was so preoccupied about getting everything correct that I spent way too much time per question and ended up with a lower score. I hope this helps!Good luck!

THANK YOU for posting this!!! I always feel that I have 'accidentally' plagiarized or have not paraphrased well enough. In fact, I even run my drafts through the free online plagiarism checkers...and I am seriously thinking of actually buying an account on the paid sites. I would hate to have someone accuse me of plagiarism 20 years down the road and tarnish my rep... *crazythoughts*

hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone has received an official acceptance from York university yet? Also, does anyone happen to have insight as to how the admissions process works? Ie. Does the application get sent to the graduate department first to screen prior to going to the department? Or does it go to the psyc department first and the graduate school makes sure that the applicant meets the minimum requirement after departmental approval? >>I applied to the clinical psychology stream.