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Chiming in to say I've been accepted to the University of Delaware's PhD program with full funding. I've also been waitlisted at UConn, so I'd imagine decisions are out for them. I tried to coax the size of the waitlist out of the UConn DGS without outright asking but no dice. Does anyone have thoughts about Delaware's program? I haven't seen much about it on here.

Ah I see, well thanks anyways. I was hoping for some info to make the wait a little more bearable, but I'm sure soon other parts of my application will take over my attention nad help me forget about that

Thanks everyone for the advice, I think it went okay- I agree with all those who say more comprehension, I would definitely say they've changed the test to such a degree that info in test books is no longer accurate. Huge amounts of comprehension now, I wish I had been prepared for that much, it takes up a lot of time. A lot of the questions I remember I have ended up having wrong answers for, but I guess you remember the ones you are most unsure about so maybe it's okay... @doubledogderrida and others who took the test in September, what did the raw score/percentile breakdown look like? I'm wondering if the new comprehension focus has shifted the balance between the two. The test ETS has made available online has 206+ raw as 99th percentile, 173-176 as 89th, 157-160 as 79th, 145-148 as 69th, and so on. What did those breakdowns look like for your test? I'm worried that the raw score needed for those percentiles has gone up..

So you didn't feel like there was a lot of Old English? At this point, that's what I'm most worried about.

Hi all, I'm taking the GRE Subject test in literature on Saturday, and at this point I'm freaking out more than a bit. I've looked at comments posted here about recent tests, and it appears that the most recent tests have been heavier on comprehension (as well as on Old English for some reason) and lighter on the identification that's so heavily featured in the prep books and the available online tests. Is this impression accurate to people's experience? Is there anything you would recommend to study specifically (if Old English is in fact more prominent, I'm not exactly sure how to prepare for that, as I have no Old English background, but suggestions are appreciated) or any good last-minute tips you have for me and the other students who are taking the test on Saturday? Any advice is welcome from all, but particularly so from those who can speak to the apparent new direction the test is taking. Thanks all! And good luck to those taking the test Saturday!