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Gracias Kitkat, and great name. That all makes sense though, appreciate the feedback! The main program i'm interested in doesn't go into the specs per section, but that's a good call, i'll have to see if others i'm thinking about do....thanks again! And to crater21 and the other new posts, great job on the final test!

Awesome--can you post it up here when you're done? Or send it via a private message or something? Thanks!

I'm a bit worried the initial idea of people scoring high might be right...i took the actual revised test last week and got a total range of 1260-1460. That was 620-720 on verbal and 640-740 on math. Two years ago when i took it to get into my master's program, i got an 1120 (550 verbal, 570 math). I studied a ton this time, probably about 3-3.5 weeks at 40 hours a week, if i added it up into regular work week format (though it was actually spread over about a month and a half); this was a good bit more than i studied last time. But that kind of increase does make me nervous.... As i posted in another topic, there's also the whole other issue of what this range of mine is actually equal to given the fact that i took the new test (i.e., a 1300 on the old test is not the same, ostensibly, as a 1300 on the new test)...i hate this.

I thought i'd stick this in here as a 2nd post so i didn't pack too much in the above, but i really do think it was irresponsible (to put it way too mildly) that ETS would 1) have this change go into effect right before application season (opposed to in say, Jan. or Feb.); and 2) that they would not just do it incrementally (which likely would've allowed them to continue to give actual scores right away, or at least more quickly). SInce they've pretty recklessly done it like they have, i and many of us will get ranges that we're not entirely sure about, and have to make the f'd up decision of either retaking it (when we possibly did not need to) or finding out we scored too low in NOVEMBER, and having to re-take it after not having studied for 2-3 months. I'm really considering an op-ed at some point, honestly, this is a stressful enough time for all of us already, let alone adding this crap in the mix.

So i took the actual revised test last week and got a total range of 1260-1460. That was 620-720 on verbal and 640-740 on math... It's super-frustrating though, b/c on the old scale the PhD program i'm most interested in is looking for a 1300 minimum. It looks really hopeful with this range, but it's hard to tell. Maybe someone can give me some feedback on this reasoning of mine though: They are clearly estimating since they're giving a range. If that's the case, the middle-high end of the range is likely to be closer to their conservative estimate, since they wouldn't (hopefully!) want to give too much false hope. That is, if i actually ended up w/the equivalent of a 1260, i would think they would have given me an estimate more like 1060-1260 or 1160-1360. Any feedback on that? It's of course a whole other issue of what this range of mine is actually equal to given the fact that i took a new test (i.e., a 1300 on the old test is not the same, ostensibly, as a 1300 on the new test)...

By the way, i was just going over some of my numbers for the little pile of practice tests i've done, and Daisy's numbers seem to jive with what i was seeing there. E.g., in the math section i got 26 out of 40 (& 39 for one) right in 3 out of the 5 practice tests i've done so far (or 65% correct for 2 and 66.7% correct for the 3rd)--one was ETS' online PowerPrep test, and 2 were Princeton Review's online tests. For the P.Prep one it estimated my score, using the old scoring system, as being b/w 680-780, in the 66-89 percentile range; that was one that i got 65% correct (26 of 40). The 2 Pr. Rvw. tests, like Daisy mentioned above, somehow are ahead (if they're accurate-ish) of ETS and give you your score estimate in the new scoring format. So i got a 154 for both of these 2 tests--that's 26 out of 40 for one (65%) and 26 out of 39 for the other (66.7%). SO, all to say that if i got 26 out of around 40 on all of them/around 65% of the Q's correct, giving me a 154 by Pr Rvw's estimate, and a 680-780 by ETS' estimate--and more importantly falling in the 66-89 percentile in ETS' estimate--that all seems to confirm Daisy's estimates above (where she guessed a 155 would be in the 75th percentile). That seem reasonably well reasoned to everyone? Hoping it bears out, both in Daisy's estimate being right and in my eventual percentile after i take it tomorrow!! All best to everyone as you traverse this madness they are calling education (which i think is only half-accurate)....

Sollee--2 mins in the middle of a section though? that seems like more than i could every really afford to stop answering questions during a test like this...

Thanks for all the thoughts on this, and especially to Daisy for working out some of the possible percentiles--what a mess in trying to understand what to make of your score. As if there wasn't already enough pressure around these issues. It'd be great to hear some actual scores people are getting too (or the ranges that is, since it sounds like that's all you get until November or later this year)...

@ Angelina - It seems like you'd have to research and/or contact the individual programs to get answers to those questions, though they seem like good ones. You might ask the schools about the percentage of international students in their programs, as I feel like that would be an important consideration for me if I was in your shoes (not that I'd want all international students at all, but just to see if there is a good mix of backgrounds, as well as others that could relate to my situation). @ Others - 1. Does anyone have an idea of the number of students who received Dean's Tuition Scholarships to Peabody? I did, and am just curious how many of those they give out, in terms of numbers or percentages. 2. Also, does any have any good advice on finding assistantships? Trying to start looking into that.... Thanks!