missdvo

Yep, both of my topics were also from the pool...too bad I didn't get a chance to check them out. My friend took the old version and both of her topics were also from the pool so study those and you should score perfect on those!

I studied the "top GRE words" from Kaplan (2010-2011 Premier edition), so that was about 180 words or so. I also looked at Princeton Review's "top words" but did not really study those (there were just TOO many). I took almost all of the sample tests in Kaplan, Princeton Review, & Powerprep. It helps to give you an idea of what types of questions will appear but on test day, nothing is the same. You should learn as much as your brain can hold...better to know some words like the back of your hand than try to memorize too much and forget all of them.

Hi, I just took the revised GRE 2 days ago...it was pretty stressful and I didn't do well. I haven't started my SOP yet although I have been narrowing down schools and preparing professors that I will request LORs from them in the next few months. I am still taking prereqs, working, and planning a wedding, so it's pretty hectic...so you're not behind at all! just follow up with the school deadlines and you will be fine.

Hi everyone, I took the revised GRE on the 2nd day it was offered (Aug. 2) and unlike some other people who got Verbal for the "extra" section, I actually was given the Quantitative. That was actually Ok since the verbal seemed harder to me cause of so many tricky questions. The range of scores at the end for me was pretty low. I never do well on these types of questions and on one of the sections, I actually ran out of time (forgot if it was V or Q section) so had to guess on about 5 questions, which I'm sure totally helped to lower my scores. I was just glad to get out of the testing center that I didn't write down my scores but was told from the proctors that I will receive my scores in 2-3 weeks. Study charts and graphs if you're not good with those because I had a tons of those questions come up. I don't remember any Verbal "GRE words" that I studied from Princeton Review and Kaplan books coming up at all. As for the writing, the issue topic was something like: government should not fund scientific research that do not have clear consequences, and the argument topic was something like: this one chemical that's also used as a food additive has been shown to lower headaches in this one town. Take the Powerprep sample tests; they're almost exactly like what my test was like. Hope that's helpful to some of you & Good LUCK! Thank goodness my top choice university doesn't require GRE scores (they did away with them THIS YEAR!). diana