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You get a lot of other stuff on GRE than Algebra. What about that ? Are you prepared for that ? If you have taken Magoosh, you must be knowing about certain topics in Quant where your skills need to be polished. Try focussing on syllabus topic wise. One big algebra class isn't going to help you a lot. Focus on all the topic of quant and you should be okay.

You can send your scores even before applying. It's al-right to do so.

My personal opinion : NO. 320 is a good enough score. You might want to focus on other aspects of your application now.

500 words. Please.You can have a much much better start. Try reading a Manhattan GRE book. It has nice samples and explanation in it.Bigger Paragraphs.State real world example or related quotes, if you can.Ending is crappy and needs more flesh. PLEASE WRITE AT-LEAST 5 sentences in your conclusion.You have just ONE supporting point. You need three more. Start collecting more ideas in the first five minutes.

Nothing is final and no one is perfect. Just stating my personal opinion : Increase your essay length. Write more. Touch 500 words. Please.Larger paragraphs required. Please Please write more.There is a dearth of ideas. I do not want to be mean. But, look at your ending. It's horrible. You do not have to make a conclusion of the argument. Please read what the question has asked you.The question wants you to : (a)discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument (b)explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.You cannot take a side and state that the conclusion is correct or incorrect. You have to evaluate the stated/ unstated assumptions and the evidence needed to evaluate the argument.Do you know what's following ? Following means anything that comes after the sentence in which following is mentioned. Use a few GRE words, if you can.

My personal opinion : Should've taken GMAT. Nonetheless, your score is decent.Rest of your profile seems to be pretty good.Looking at your field (PS), my aim would be that Verbal has to be good and you have already achieved that.Don't waste time in retaking your GRE. Focus on making a solid SOP. Also, start talking to professors/employers for LORs and all.

Argument Essay : 300 words. Are you kidding me ? 500 words. Please. A paragraph should contain at-least five sentences.Number of questions asked should be around five (minimum).Mention the limitations of your arguments.Mention the limitations of the assumptions stated/ unstated in the RC.Change in paragraphs should be fluid. This point is to be kept in mind, when you have a substantial amount of ideas to be put in. Length of the essay matters a lot. Make it as long as you can.

Issue Essay coints to be noted / corrections: 370 words appx. Try to touch at-least 500 words. Avoid starting your essay with a one liner which explicitly states your stand. Try to make a paragraph which takes a holistic view along with supporting your stand. That would be ideal.Instead of stating "100,000 dollars" try to write "thousands of dollars".Sample correction of a particular paragraph : A lot of students are there who have not decided about their future profession yet. For them the opportunity to attend courses from different areas is beneficial. They might go for a career choice based on the science courses, art courses, sociology, law – everything they could grasp – and make the right decision in the end. Changing profession after receiving education for a particular can be expensive and painstaking. So it's worth to take a year or two for attending 6-12 courses from different knowledge areas. Your conclusion states that university should pursue the student. (Why should they?) This essay is in dire need of more ideas. As I say, do not milk the cash cow. Don't stretch the whole essay on one idea. Try including some real world examples, if you can. Make bigger paragraphs. Change in paragraphs should be fluid. This point is to be kept in mind, when you have a substantial amount of ideas to be put in. Length of the essay matters a lot. Make it as long as you can.

Send the last one as quant score will matter more for you.

Magoosh has already made study plan for free. See if it suits you.

You seem to be right on track. You might wanna have some solid SOP and LOR as UCB is not easy to crack but your profile suits otherwise. Need better quant (165?).

My personal view. Certainly ain't the final word or the best advice you can get out there. Still : ISSUE : 1. Starting paragraph needs to be better. 2. Grammar seems to be fine. 3. Paragraph formation needs to vastly better. (Or did you just mess up while copy-pasting?) 4. How about you talk about stuff other than USA ? Don't stretch too much on one example. It's similar to milking the one cash cow you've got. 5. The ETS needs to know to more ideas you can get regarding a single issue. At-least try to give two examples, if not three. 6. I don't know the amount of words you have got there, but try crossing 500. 7. Include a few GRE words. ARGUMENT : 1. Starting paragraph needs to be longer. Try including four to five sentences. 2. Grammar seems to be fine. 3. State more questions. Five to six should be adequate. State shortfall of each question. Sample questions: (a) Why should you do conclusion base on just one hospital statistics. (b) Higher Percentage always doesn't mean more numbers. (c) Period of data collection. Weather etc. 4. Include a few GRE words. How about some KARMA now ?

If you really want a third opinion, try giving the free Manhattan GRE test. It's on par with Magoosh. ~ Better than Kaplan IMHO.

Things are not so simple. Depends on university you are applying to. Decent university might accept that. 2.94 is al-right. Would've been better if you could have covered the lost ground in GRE. Nonetheless, try and cover it in SOP and LOR. State reason for low acads in SOP. If you have a few research papers under your belt, you might well be on your way to success, sir.

Ahhh. Sir. Test is adaptive. If you perform better on the first section, you are bound to get a tough second one. If you don't perform well on first one, you get an easier second one. That's common knowledge. Everybody know it.

Agreed. You should. Also , Texas A&M (College Station) is moderate for your profile. You should easily get Georgia Tech . Do try CMU .

Agree with Vince. ETS questions are complex although slightly easy. If you are getting 161 to 163 here, you should be able to get 166-168 appx on the actual test. Depends. Also, yes, the Manhattan and ETS tests are the best out there. Use them extensively. The quant has got tough these days. Just gave the GRE today.

Just overlooked this and didn't read it properly. Still, some pointers : Make bigger paragraphs. So many paragraphs are not required. Your grammar and content formations seems to be on the right track.Two small and two to three large paragraphs should be enough. Try touching 550 words, if you can.

He is correct. Although, a lot of colleges in US accept both. It's your choice. Both the tests are totally different. Search the internet for differences. You will know. Although, I will suggest TOEFL, if going to US.

Again, Work on Past-tense / present -tense etc. Grammar Basically.Ask more questions. You are required to. I couldn't even find one question mark. Be rhetoric. Read the Manhattan book for GRE Essays.I found this essay a little better than the Issue one. An argument essay generally is.

This was my answer and this is also not perfect. See, if you can learn something : New technology is invented almost everyday. Almost anything and everything that gets invented gets old within a matter of few weeks and something even better comes up. But, as these new technologies are invented, and as they start coming out in the market, people start relying heavily on them. Humans have less work to do by themselves. The first and foremost example of this can be a calculator. At one point of time, mental maths or even solving long mathematical equations and problems had to be done on a sheet of paper. This really made humans think fast and made them agile and quick. Now, even a simple calculation such as to divide a sum of sixty-seven by seven, humans use calculator. Calculators have made the work of the human brain easy on one hand, but on the other hand people have stopped doing even the simplest of calculations. Such simple technology has had such a huge effect. People are becoming dumb. Just to add up two simple numbers, they rush to get their calculators. The calculator is just one small piece of technology people use while shopping. Now, before shopping, people generally make a list. A list in their mind which has the name and quantity of all the stuff they have to buy. Humans now use their mobiles and write the stuff down in it or keep a voice note to make them remember the stuff they have to buy. This makes them think less, makes their work easier. The less they think, the dumber they become.Brain constantly needs problems to solve to remain sharp. A human is the one who invents new technology. So, it would be unfair to say that as new technology gets invented, all of the humankind will get dumb and their ability to think for themselves will surely deteriorate. Humans who actually do invent such technology will surely have to rack their brains. Technology can also be used to make such programs or software or apps which make people think and rack their brains. Such technology is needed to keep giving the brain the exercise it needs. All technology doesn't make people dumb. Hence, the right sector of technology to invest in needs to be identified and kept in mind. A human cannot lie vacant for long and always searches for something to do. Problems, mental exercises and mathematics or science equations to solve is food for the brain. Brain constantly needs food to grow. The more it exercises, the sharper humans will be. For example, humans who play chess are generally very intelligent and have a high IQ. As new software are being made to solve problems, humans will start becoming mentally handicapped, unable to think and fend for themselves. So, it is up to humans to make the right choice. It is up to humans to decide whether they invest in such technology which is beneficial for the mankind or technology which might one day make us equivalent to robots; unable to think and fend for ourselves.

Please Note : I am not an expert nor is my review final and the best. I am just doing what I can. I am not responsible for any outcomes. I hate to be grammar Nazi but, sir, you need to work on your grammar. I suppose that English is not your native language. But, ETS people won't be knowing that. You Need practice. You might want to read Aldaily or NYTimes or some other good English newspapers and novels. At a lot of places you have typed 'n' instead of 'm'. In this statement IT is pretty clearporpuse of ;Purpose to adventages and disadventages ;advantages and disadvantages that those issuesc; that these issuespeople had left; people are leftOne clear example is the topic of modern music, I am not saying that I do not like this music, but I always prefer classical and rock and roll rather than pop electronic, because this kind of music is a little more ¨artificial¨ genre, and its sounds are more elaborated and not from original instruments as in classical music, this kind of music define a new style, however, the development of in create creating a song and composing it note by note is limited(You mean difficult or scarce?). So, I am agree to think that as people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.; Please try to avoid using 'I'. You can write it as " A lot of people nowadays prefer classic and rock and roll.... ". Also you don't write "artificial" . That's incorrect. Write 'artificial'. Use single inverted commas when you need to emphasize on something and use double inverted commas when you are quoting somebody's words as it is or anything similarFor example, many people can say that trough their mobile phone they can contact their relatives or friends worldwide just in minutes, but think about it this quote ¨technology brings us closer to distant people but moves us away form from closer people¨, which means that technology in our cell phones prevaricates really real thoughts and feelings of people in what really significance who are significant and important in our lives is. ; Sir, you cannot use a quote without giving it's source. You will be negatively marked for it. Might even get all your scores cancelled. Beware!!Your word count needs to be more and the change in paragraphs should be fluid. Try reading the Manhattan strategy guide for Essays. Might help you.

Hours Studied : A LOT. MONTHS. 5 months total out of which 3 months was conc. Unlike other I did not push myself a lot at the end. Just watched movies and all. Also revised my Magoosh Flashcards. A lot of words were there from it. Manhattan's Verbal has unreasonably difficult words which you'll never get. But, it scares you enough to make sure that you study hard. Overall, found Verbal Easy and Quant extremely tough on Actual GRE. Still don't know how I got that score on quant. My sections : VQVQV

My first post and I would like to contribute back to this thread. You guys have given me hope when I had thought that I am done for. This thread saved me from depression. Took GRE exam on : 01 October 2015 Important Realization : Quant has certainly become very very tough as the rumours say. I found Manhattan Quant on mocks easier !! Yes sir, I did. Exams in the order I gave them : MGRE 1 8/15/2015 158Q 154V MGRE 2 8/23/2015 157Q 157V MGRE 3 9/2/2015 159Q 155V MGRE 4 9/5/2015 164Q 154V ETS GRE POWERPREP I : 157Q 152V MGRE 5 9/11/2015 159Q 156 V ETS GRE POWERPREP II : 161Q 148V MGRE 6 9/17/2015 154Q 155V MGRE 1 (REPEAT) 9/24/2015 159Q 157V MGRE 2 (REPEAT) 9/26/2015 163Q 157V MGRE 3 (REPEAT) 9/27/2015 160Q 153V MGRE 4 (REPEAT) 9/28/2015 166Q 156V ETS GRE POWERPREP II (29 SEPT 2015) : 158Q 154V (YES. MISERABLE SCORE) (I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED) ACTUAL GRE ON 01 OCT 2015 : 166Q 155V AWA(?)