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  1. I'm an English-y person like bdon19, and while I didn't do as well on my quant section (that's an awesome score!), that had less to do with calculator use and more to do with sucking at math. For me the calculator was extremely helpful with doing basic calculations that would have taken me a lot longer to do manually. I really didn't use it much, come to think of it. Math concepts I'd neglected to study were what tripped me up...
  2. I just took it today, and had the opposite problem to you! I'm not a math person AT ALL and found the first quant section I got incredibly hard. Then when it got too easy in the second section... well, I knew I'd done pretty dismally on the first. I got a higher quant score than I needed for my courses--which I know is most important--but it was by a pretty slim margin. Hoping my (99 percentile) verbal makes up for it. And good point about the likelihood that the scores quoted on this forum are probably above well average! Sometimes when I'm on here for advice I get discouraged by the level some people seem to be at--publishing papers in undergrad etc.--even though I'm not applying to an Ivy or anything.
  3. Cheers guys, this helps a lot. Especially fuzzylogician's note on post-degree salaries, as mine is not a particularly lucrative field either. Also, since I'm international I'm not eligible for federal loans. Looks like I'll be ticking 'no' too.
  4. Thanks for your response. That's an interesting point on full disclosure, even if I don't think there's really any dishonesty involved with either answer. I didn't realize I'd framed it as such myself, but I shouldn't have. Because 1.) I think I've understated my need for funding, and chances are disturbingly good that I 'honestly' couldn't finance it myself when push came to shove. And 2.), more generally, I don't think this question has much to do with honesty in the first place. Seems to me it's strategy play for both the university and the applicant, especially for 'cash cow' Masters. Now that might be undue cynicism, or it might not For anyone else who needs help on this question, I also found this after I posted: But I would still love to hear others' experience with questions like this and what the most... strategic? answer would be. It looks like it's not an overly common question.
  5. Hi there, I'm applying to Masters programs and I've come across this question on one of my applications. Not sure how to answer it. I was wondering: - Would ticking 'yes' reduce my chances of funding? - Would ticking 'no' mean that if they can't offer me funding they won't offer me a place at all? (Thereby not giving me a choice as to whether I can attend or not.) As for the honest answer to the question: I probably would be able to, but it would mean a loan of some sort. It's my top school, and barring a great offer from a school lower on my list, I would want to do what I could to make it work there. I was lucky to get out of undergrad debt-free thanks to scholarships, so while I'm still looking for every which way to reduce costs, I do feel like I have a little bit more lee-way with regards to grad school. I'm a longtime lurker here, so I've heard plenty of sound advice about GAs and other funding being scarce for Masters students, especially a professional program, which this is. (It's a pretty obscure one though, not an MBA or the like.) And I know that there are some general, albeit incredibly competitive GAs available at the university. But I'll be coming from Australia and, well, I'd rather not leave the country without funding, given work restrictions on visas etc. Anyway, would appreciate your thoughts!
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