sociopolitic
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Yeah, I've got to say I've been very disappointed with Kaplan's math prep. I took their in-book practice quant exam and despite getting more right on it than on my diagnostic exam, scored two points lower! But when I looked at what my score would have been had I gotten just 4 more correct, I would have been put 8 points over the score I'm hoping for. I'm thinking that their score estimates are pretty crappy. My Manhattan 5lb book should be arriving tomorrow though! Hopefully I can make up for any damage Kaplan has done with this book - I'm taking the GRE in a month (yikes).
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'Am I competitive? ' thread (Sociology)
sociopolitic replied to Andromeda3921's topic in Sociology Forum
No problem, @Andromeda3921! By the way, I agree with the above that boosting your quant score would boost your application, but with a verbal score of 168 you'll almost certainly make the GRE cut-off at a lot of places. Maybe retake it once and aim for a high quant score, but even if you end up around the 70th percentile most places (maybe not Harvard) will give your application an honest look, I would think. Depending on how much you think work bumping your quant score would take, it might be more worthwhile (and time-effective) to spend that time writing a killer SOP! -
'Am I competitive? ' thread (Sociology)
sociopolitic replied to Andromeda3921's topic in Sociology Forum
@Andromeda3921What I've found helpful in identifying schools with good fit is searching Google Scholar for work that interests me or that is similar to the kinds of questions I hope to explore in grad school, and checking out which departments the scholars that are publishing in those areas are working at. -
Another hopeful applicant here. Currently looking at Michigan, NYU, UChicago, UNC, Harvard, Duke, UCLA, Minnesota, Arizona, and maybe at Northwestern and Berkeley - not sure how great my fit there is. I've got a solid writing sample ready but have yet to write my SOP, though I'll definitely be busting my a** to make that flawless. Currently starting to study for the GRE, particularly quant, but instead I've mostly just stared at a closed Kaplan book. Speaking of, what books are you all using to self-study? Any idea whether there's an actual best prep book?