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The accepted student's average is generally around 1400, 4.5-5.5 AW, and (I'd say) 3.7-3.8? If you're around that ballpark then I would say that everything else will just depend on your fit with the program in addition to having strong letters of reccs.

Wow, you must of gotten all 20 of the quant questions in the first section right or something. hehe

You could also take a look at the published data for accepted PhD students for each year from each respective school and program.

I think that the new gre removed the antonym and analogies section would maybe get rid of the huge percentile discrepancy between the verbal and quant section and the scores that test takers of the old gre went through, so I think you should be fine. Just pick up a book, take a look at it, and see for yourself!

haha, I'm just really interested in how this will work out when it's said and done. It's just strange because of the percentile discrepancies that I get from the various study books. =/

Daisy: who is decaf? lol On another note, yes 750-800 is the highest range anybody can get. I myself dislike the ranged score that they give us because it means a huge difference once it translates to percentiles so I usually just use the smaller number in the range (e.g. 650 from 650-730) to find my percentile; at least in this case, I won't get any strange surprises

Or maybe ETS will do already translate the discrepancy into the weighted score, which would then be translated into the percentile range? E.g., using the new gre as the example, 30/40 correct would give a raw score of 160, but being how verbal is in the old gre and assuming the same would happen with the new gre, the weighted score would be bumped up a couple points to 162 or so. This example is purely used as an example, and not backed with actual math.

Ah so now the interesting part is how the model that the original poster put up would translate to the two sections. I'm not reiterating Lox's comment entirely, but pointing out the part where there is a difference between how weighted scores translates to the percentiles is wholly different in the two sections. Using the old gre as the case in point: Quant:800~94th percentile and up Verbal:640-94th percentile and up http://en.wikipedia....rd_Examinations Not saying what Daisy did is wrong; not at all. I was just curious if the percentile could be accurately extrapolated from the wide range score that the new gre test is currently handing out (e.g. 650-750, 750-800, etc) to the 130-170 range, other than taking the easy route and just averaging the range and then figuring out the percentage.

or maybe the individuals with low test scores are: embarrassed to post it and/or don't practice as much as the individuals that use tools like thegradcafe forums to strategize their application process to get into graduate school.

A minor offshoot, but I will also add my point just because everybody is dying to learn as much as possible about this revised test: *Taking the test 8/31* (7/1/11) Initial projected range: 1150-1350 (V:500-600 ,Q:650-750) (8/3/11) Current projected range: 1350-1500 (V:600-700,Q:750-800) *last three tests peaking at 1450-1600 (V:700-800 ,Q:750-800)* To start off, I only bought the books that I needed to cater towards my needs and weaknesses; being that it's verbal, I bought Barron's New Verbal Workbook, Kaplan's New GRE Preimer /w CD, Barron's New GRE, Princeton Review's Crackin' the New GRE to tackle this issue(If you need assistance with quant, then I would suggest Gruber's). Based off of my experience, I think it's best to first pinpoint what your weaknesses are and then do thorough research to buy the specific books that would best fulfill this need. Of course, the practice courses are extremely useful; but I would have to say that it's totally unnecessary if you have the self-drive to continuously push yourself - if anything, I would only pay for a Kaplan or Princeton Review Course for their immense plethora of materials (but, of course, we all know how ridiculous that is ). In the end, I believe that it's just immense practice (if you need it) and to just continuously pound the questions and topics into your head until you understand it; but, also, make sure you have enough material so that you won't instantly recognize the questions with their respective answers (in my case I bought 5 books myself in addition to having access to well over 10 extra practice tests not included in the books). Send me a PM if you want further information

Quite frankly, I believe anything is possible - and I will use my example as the case in point: With about 60 credits left in my undergraduate career - and nothing to show for my graduate school application except for a 2.5 cumulative gpa, no laboratory experience, no publications, and a lack of clinical experience; so somewhat similar to your position about graduate school, I was left unsure about my success in getting accepted. However, with the help of several professors advising my and offering opportunities so everything could be put onto my C.V., I graduated with a 3.05 cumulative gpa (last 50 credits is around a 3.9), double majored with roughly 3.85 gpa for both, one national poster publication- and several in the works, an abundance of laboratory research experience in various research labs (project manager in one of the laboratories), and two clinical internships. With this, I got accepted into a decent master's program in Clinical Psychology, in which I would then go onto a PhD program. So yes, anything really is possible - just as long as you put your mind to it (and judging from your post, I believe you are). I also agree with your professor's suggestion on letting you take nondegree courses as this is just another alternative to getting accepted into a program. Just never get disheartened by a minor detail because PhD programs look into a multitude of variables before giving the applicant their acceptance into the program. Hope this helped!

Financial Aid should come back to us by the first week of April

Did anybody get into the 36 credit masters program (Psychology of Education)? I just got my response a couple hours ago

I know! The person on the other line actually chuckled when I gave my not-so-subtle reaction on the phone in response to her deadline answer. I admit that it was(and still is) a bit funny, but stil....

Admissions office for Teachers College stated that they will get back to their applicants around the middle of March...so there is still a couple of weeks for nail biting (or no nail biting!) haha