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Agreed with the previous posts. Although the test doesn't explicitly penalize you for answering wrong, the difficulty of the next question will drop. I've been told the best strategy is to really focus on getting the first 5 to 10 correct, because they determine the majority of your score, say 400 vs. 700. After that it finds the ten point interval you fit in. So 750 vs 780. It's always best to never leave a question unanswered. If you're running out of time and have many questions left, it's best to intelligently guess the most likely answer to make sure you answer all question.

Not free, but Columbia does own a lot of apartment housing in the area that they rent out to grad students and visiting faculty. You can't live free, but you can at least be close-ish to campus for a reasonable (for NYC) price.

@Safferz: That's good to here, after all accepting the old scores which schools familier with seems like the logical way to go. Then again I have friends that went into college right when the SAT was changed from 1600 to 2400 scale, and they had to take the new one in addition because colleges insisted. @UFgator I've always been competent with math, but I'm really hitting the prep books hard for the quant part, because I know top econ programs insist on 780-800 scores.

I've searched and been unable to find a satisfactory answer to this question (i.e., please don't flame me). Right now I'm a junior undergraduate, definitely looking towards phd programs for the fall of 2012 and beyond. It just so happens that because of a semester abroad I have a large chunk of time free right now with no other commitments, so I though it woud be a good a time as any to take the GRE. Enter the revised GRE. I'm not seeking advice on which test is easier, I just have the sneaking suspicion I may get around to the admissions cycle in 2012 and schools will decide they no longer accept old (800 scale) GRE scores. I'm relatively confident in my abilities and have been studying for a while. My fear is having my preparation rendered moot when I have to take the new test anyway. Does anyone have any inside info/experience on whether old scale scores are likely to be accepted for the next few years? In case it matters, I'm looking at econ and poli-sci phd programs. Thanks, sr