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I noticed that the Princeton Review book seems to give outdated information about scoring. PR says that ETS deducts a quarter of a point for each wrong answer. However, the ETS practice test and their subject test FAQs both say that nothing is deducted for incorrect answers. I think this is a pretty important change, since now there is no penalty for guessing.

I noticed that both Chicago and Brown have eliminated all GRE requirements for their English programs!

I thought that the article suffered from a lack of graduate student perspectives. We got some brief comments from a grad student, but the article did not give enough specific examples of how the department had failed to provide support and resources. The piece was more concerned with reporting the responses of established professors than with describing the department's culture and its systemic problems.

I hope everyone's studying is going well! I want to share some Quizlet flashcard sets that I recently discovered. They have been pretty helpful in reminding me about authors/works/terminology. There are quite a few sets, but I've looked at these four so far. https://quizlet.com/219568962/gre-subject-literature-flash-cards/ https://quizlet.com/gb/311425635/gre-literature-flash-cards/ https://quizlet.com/299879265/gre-in-literature-flash-cards/ https://quizlet.com/16183548/gre-literature-flash-cards/

Hello! I thought I would create a thread to see who will be partaking in the joys of the GRE Lit test. Perhaps we can share resources/tips/encouragement as the time draws closer. I'd love to hear from past test-takers, too. For my studying, I am taking notes on the Norton anthologies, supplemented by a couple of encyclopedic companions to English literature. I started perusing the Nortons earlier this year, but my studying has been sporadic until a few weeks ago. I also own the Princeton Review book but have not devoted much time to it, since I don't plan to take the PR and ETS practice tests until next month. The study process is simultaneously enjoyable and overwhelming. I appreciate the opportunity to review major writers and works, but I am still not very confident in my ability to apply my knowledge to the actual exam. Wishing everyone luck on the test and in other application endeavors!

I noticed some ambiguity on Yale's website with regard to the subject test, so I emailed the DGS about it. He reported that the subject test is not required for the 2020 app cycle. The test is still listed as a requirement on the general page for Yale's grad programs in the arts & sciences, but I assume that will change. I thought this would be good information to pass along.

I used several different study guides. For overall test prep, I really liked Magoosh. Their math tutorials were excellent, the verbal prep was solid, and they provide video explanations for almost every practice problem. They also give you a daily schedule for which tutorials to watch and how many practice questions to do. I also used Princeton Review's self-paced course, which was on the expensive side (my family was able to help me out with paying for it). The main benefit of the PR course is the eight practice tests. Their tutorials and drills for math and verbal were also very good, though I'm not sure they were great enough to warrant the high price tag. For a cheaper option, I'd recommend getting the PR book and accessing the two free online practice tests that come with it. For essay prep, I highly recommend the resources ETS provides. Definitely practice with the pools of prompts that ETS has on their website, and check out the ScoreItNow service, which gives you a grade for eight practice essays. I was also able to get two free PowerPrep practice tests when I registered for the test, and I found those helpful. In terms of my study methods, I tried to do some prep every day, and I did practice tests around the time of day when I would be taking the real thing. Knowing all the question types and doing multiple practice tests really helped me feel more comfortable on test day.

Hello! I've been a lurker for a while but finally decided to create an account now that the new cycle is approaching. I received my BA in 2018 and am going to apply to doctoral programs, with a proposed focus on British Modernism and on American fiction of the early to mid-twentieth century. I specifically want to study the works of female writers, along with questions relating to canonicity, popular culture, and the role of enjoyment in evaluating literature. I took the GRE earlier this month and am currently working on crafting a WS, studying for the subject test, and gathering ideas for my SOP.