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I actually have done this in the past mostly for people with disabilities, and truthfully now after tutoring students for roughly 5 years to me when the people don't have a disability and simply buy the notes, it is out of pure laziness. I would talk to parents who would buy notes for their kids and they would wonder why they are not fully comprehending all the material. After all their kids were sitting in class just doing nothing while others took notes, it really isn't fair. As a tutor, it was my responsibility to go over material not reteach all the material. I actually do want teach one day, but really I was not getting paid enough to do so. As far as the whole strategy behind it, I think it is a good idea if the material is used as a supplement to what was already learned. To me it shows the complexity behind the field of education. Also, simply copying slides for people with disabilities is actually quite common, but if it is being done for others I think a professor has a write to complain because they spent their time doing them.

I think it would say really that you are applying to other competitive programs as well, but I also would consider what gellert and fuzzylogician noted about just making sure your research interests matches with these programs. Again really the whole application is about focus, now that I mention it maybe I should focus on mine some and starting getting apps sent.

http://www.amazon.com/Kaplan-New-GRE-Vocabulary-Flashcards/dp/1607148536/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315426673&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/500-Essential-Words-1st-Vocabulary/dp/1935707574/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315426673&sr=1-2 Also, you may try quizlet.com and search revised or new gre and find something for free on there.

For the math portion, yes old practice tests could work. This is only because the section hasn't changed much. If you aren't that strong in math I suggest checking out: and they have recommendations for prep on there. As far as practice tests, you can download I think 5 free practice test from 800score.com. I think manhattanprep.com offers one for free and has some prep material available for free and to buy. Greguide.com offers a bunch of practice sets. Princeton Review has a practice test available online as well. Really there is a wealth of free study materials. For practicing the AW section, you can do a practice essay and ETS will grade it. I forget how much it costs but this was the only prep I did for the AW section and felt pretty confident after taking the exam.

Does it help the applicant? That's a difficult question to answer and i am unsure how it really helps the applicant truthfully. I think listing certain schools shows how realistic your expectations are and how competitive you are as an applicant but not listing them I don't think will cost you when it comes to them deciding on your application. Also, some schools request this information because various schools have similar admission time lines, and this gives them an idea when to have decisions done by to get higher quality students.

I was a little bored so searched this for you. http://www.cs.uwyo.edu/grad/app.html It says a minimum combined score (verbal and quantitative) of 900 for master's applicants and 1000 for doctoral applicants is required so you do qualify in that aspect. Given you do have a good gpa you may be able to find other programs that require 1000 for the PhD and be admitted if other aspects of your application are just as good as it. Also note you need a TOEFL of a given score as well.

As far as monitoring your progress you can simply take practice tests every so often to see how you are improving and what you need to improve on.

For the Revised GRE you do not need such a big wordlist, so hopefully that helps some. I personally think you can get by with the top 500 words and be fine but you must know these words in the context of sentence completion questions and when it comes to reading comprehension. As far as time on each section, this really does depend on how much time you have to spend on it, how well you need to do, and how much Math and English you need to catch up on. Since you said you are using Barron's be sure you are studying it for the New GRE and not the old one, and then you can also use the Powerprep software for a few more practice tests. Also, ETS does provide a pool of essay questions, so you can practice with some of those for the AW portion of the test.

Some would say that the question is so academics can discuss with colleagues at other universities who gets who, but the majority of the time they just are curious for the universities' purpose in how to better market itself towards candidates. Also, most universities know that most candidates apply to a range of programs, so it really probably wouldn't hurt unless one school you were applying to was say in the top 25 while another wasn't even in the top 100. Typically, this is not a required field in the application, so you can just leave it blank if you wanted to. Just you may get questions later on asking why you declined an offer and where you decided to go.

As far as costs, my professors had advised me to expect around what balderdash's has noted. I will note in balderdash's case they are applying to top 25 programs only, which typically have higher admission fees. My costs are between $450- $650, which is a relief for me. I am applying to a few programs in the top 25 and then a few out of it strictly because I am limited by location for a lot of reasons. I have kept my costs somewhat low by doing the following: 1. Requesting transcripts from my undergraduate school way ahead of time which means they will provide them for free. 2. I have to pay 5 dollars a piece for transcripts from the 2 year college I attended prior, which isn't too bad. Some also will take unofficial and then need official ones if admitted. 3. I saved money by taking the revised GRE. 4. I received 2 application fee vouchers out of the 6 fee vouchers I requested. I can't receive vouchers at two of the others i am considering applying to but did save some money so can't complain. 5. I am also applying to schools I have already visited numerous times before hand. Also, I think everyone needs to remember it's an investment. $1000 dollars is not a lot when you are considering you will be living your life at these given places for roughly 5 years.

This sounds so healthy, lol. So is it just vanilla ice cream with bacon bits in it or what? I am definitely interested, those are 2 of my favorite foods. I would imagine the saltiness of the bacon would go really well with the sweetness of the ice cream. Yum. You definitely have to try Häagen Dazs Rum raisin ice cream. Seriously, is it bad that I practically drool while reading this topic? Also, another flavor I have tried a few times while traveling throughout Europe is beer ice cream.

Something like this should suffice: http://www.amazon.co...15221732&sr=8-9 I actually went over some flashcards advised for the old gre but last minute I had to reschedule my exam, note these are the new edition. I don't recommend you learning as much vocabulary as before. Yes and no. Their aren't questions on the test that simply are asking for antonyms like before, but you may see a few questions where you have to give the word that mostly describes a word in a given passage. You will need to know some words that's a given. I think this is especially true in the sentence completion questions that ask for you to choose 2 or 3 correct words for the passage or in questions where you choose two similar words for a given phrase. Since there is no partial credit, vocabulary is important but huge word lists like before are not needed.

Here is the scoring report chart ETS has published: http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/scores/get. You do have to figure that the scores take a few weeks for schools to receive the scores, so if schools state all materials must be in by the 15th you obviously have less time than if things have to strictly just be postmarked by the 15th. Again sometimes this is strictly stated on the schools website but sometimes you have to just ask and see.

Pencilnerd and prasun are both correct. I actually was originally scheduled to take the old gre and had a set of the 500 most used words and used them some before taking the test. Did it help? Yes and no, I did happen to see a few words I actually went over, but I think going over other aspects of the verbal test could have been more beneficial.

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Obviously, if you can afford to do so then more study material is good. If you are fairly good at math I think going over formulas and the regular workbooks would suffice, but given you are in a science related field and a high quant. is probably more important I would say take a look at the Advanced GRE Math workbook. I don't think it would hurt you any. For me, I never study math because I tutor math on a daily basis.

Like dntw8up mentions ETS does give samples for each possible score. You will tend to notice that typically you want a substantive essay but formatting, spelling, grammar and such are still important. For instance, if you just wrote one huge paragraph with an array of ideas you typically wouldn't score higher than 3 or 4 if that, but if the same amount of writing was formatted correctly you could expect a higher score.

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This topic makes me upset because it makes me think of all the flavors Ben and Jerry's has simply stopped making. Currently though, my favorite flavors of B and J's ice cream flavors are Coffee Heath Bar Crunch, Pistachio pistachio, Mint Chocolate Cookie, and Everything but the... There actually are a few flavors I have tried I didn't think were as good as I hoped, ex: Red Velvet cake. On most occasions though, I simple go for a simple chocolate ice cream and toss a bunch of candy in it and there's my bowl of indulgence for the time being. Now if I am traveling somewhere and can find it I always choose pistachio gelato over any ice cream.

I am a little confused by this, is your main goal academia or a policy career? Also, now that you mention a few programs you are interested in I do see why you may consider retaking the test, but really I still think you would be better concentrating on other sections of the application. I originally had a list of about 15, throughout the summer I did a lot of reading of various work by POI and was able to cut the list down some by getting a better idea of fit with each program. Now, I am estimating I will apply to between 6 or 8 programs, both because this what I can afford and I feel it will at least give some option. Really it's about comfort and not regretting after the fact. If you can honestly see yourself at 10 different programs and think you have a chance at each apply to 10 if you can afford it. You know your chances given you have had a previous admission cycle under your belt. I also talked to the people that are writing my recommendations some and they have advised on which programs would be better for both my interests and career goals. Factors such as location, weather, and cost of living I will analyze later once I hear about acceptances.

Don't waste the money on retaking it with your scores. You can easily apply to another program with the money you save. Work on other aspects of your app. that you may think were not your strong point last time around. On another note, the programs you were admitted to were not bad programs by any means so maybe just consider applying to similar type programs you know provide better funding. Look at NRC data and you can see statistics on this. For other people thinking about retaking it though, I don't think you will have to put much time into studying for the revised test if you have taken the old one. The quant. portion hasn't really changed much and while the verbal portion has, having studied all the vocab prior you may just want to refresh some, because while there aren't any antonyms you do have to know what words mean and synonyms some. Actually, I didn't study any with the exception of a few powerpoints and old gre flashcards and I did fine.

Some schools have sections for courses that haven't been completed I was thinking maybe you can sneak it in there. Balderdash's suggestion on proof of enrollment also seems the most logical in this instance.

I am a little confused because your interests seem to be more entrenched in IR than law. With that said, have you considered a MA/JD dual degree option? It sounds like you would really benefit from this option as it would save you time and money if you want to work in law but in the other aspects you would really just benefit from a degree in IR.

The only time I used the calculator was to check answers. Trust me, this does save you time if you don't have to check every problem. I think throughout the whole test I used it 2 or 3 times given I can do math in my head and by hand a lot faster than most people. Now if there was some type of device to make the English portion easier I would have used it for half the questions, I still did fairly well though.