secondarydefinitions Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I know that the difficulty of the second sections depends on how well one does on the first sections, but how difficult are the first sections? Approximately how many L4/L5 questions are there? And if one does very well on the first section, how difficult is the second section, per the same criteria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coonskee Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I did quite well on my GRE (169V, 164Q) and I actually thought that both sections were disturbingly easy - so much so that I started panicking that I'd failed the test entirely (which is why, I think, my Q was so low - I spent too much time worrying and made stupid mistakes). Don't try to gauge whether your second section is harder or easier, and by how much, because it may really mess you up. Just my $0.02! I'm at the lab now but I'll log in to my diagnostic tonight (don't have my login saved on this comp) and post my ratios for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondarydefinitions Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 (edited) That seems to confirm what my hunch was based on information some people had posted about how many Q's they missed/their scores. Thanks for the nice response and I would def appreciate it if you could post that info from your diag report. Edited March 2, 2012 by secondarydefinitions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicejcw Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Both sections felt about equally easy to me even though the difficulty level went up, so I would agree with coonske, don't worry if your second sections don't feel much harder! I think I would've done better on the second quant section if I hadn't been really tired and second guessing myself. Try to stay calm - I ended up doing MUCH better than I thought I was while I was in there. Here are my ratios and results from the diagnostic. Verbal Section 1 Level 2 - 3 Level 3 - 14 Level 4 - 3 (2 wrong answers) Verbal Section 2 Level 2 - 1 Level 3 - 6 Level 4 - 8 Level 5 - 5 (5 wrong answers) Final score: 165 Quant Section 1 Level 1 - 1 Level 2 - 2 Level 3 - 9 Level 4 - 4 Level 5 - 1 (I got 1 wrong and omitted 2) Quant Section 2 Level 2 - 2 Level 3 - 3 Level 4 - 10 Level 5 - 3 (4 wrong, 1 omitted) Overall score: 156 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondarydefinitions Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thanks! I appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coonskee Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) Sorry - I totally forgot about this! Verbal: Section 1 2x Level 2 (both correct) 15x Level 3 (1 incorrect - whoops!) 3x Level 4 (all correct) Verbal: Section 2 6x Level 3 (one wrong - sigh) 11x Level 4 (one wrong) 3x Level 5 (all correct) Verbal Total Incorrect: 3, for a final score of 169 Quantitative: Section 1 4x Level 2 (one wrong - ouch!) 7x Level 3 (one wrong) 6x Level 4 (one wrong) 2x Level 5 (both correct) Quantitative: Section 2 11x Level 4 (2 wrong) 9x Level 5 (2 wrong) Quantitative Total Incorrect:7, for a final score of 164 I'm still upset about missing that Level 2 question Hope this help!! Edited March 4, 2012 by coonskee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGuy Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 interesting.... i missed 5 questions on quant and got a 163. You missed 7 and got a 164. what the hell kinda scoring system are they using?? by the way congrats on columbia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coonskee Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) Bwahh sorry! I misremembered my score - I only got 161. .____. I thought my score didn't seem as bad as I thought it had been when I first got it... sigh. And thanks My memory is starting to make me question whether I should actually go or whether I'll fail out in the first semester Edited March 6, 2012 by coonskee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitty Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Woah where did you guys get your diagnostic breakdown from? Do they give you feedback on the Writing section as well. I'm hoping it's free.... *fingers crossed* ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGuy Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 (edited) Bwahh sorry! I misremembered my score - I only got 161. .____. I thought my score didn't seem as bad as I thought it had been when I first got it... sigh. And thanks My memory is starting to make me question whether I should actually go or whether I'll fail out in the first semester lol you should be PROUD of yourself for forgetting what you scored on a stupid/worthless test like the GRE and not obsessing over it like i do... You're going to have a blast in New York. Edited March 7, 2012 by TexasGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGuy Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Woah where did you guys get your diagnostic breakdown from? Do they give you feedback on the Writing section as well. I'm hoping it's free.... *fingers crossed* ! hey..no feedback ont he writin section....and yeah the diagnostic is free...just log in here with your 7 digit registration number https://grediagnostic.ets.org/GREDWeb/gred/signIn.jsp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coonskee Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 lol you should be PROUD of yourself for forgetting what you scored on a stupid/worthless test like the GRE and not obsessing over it like i do... You're going to have a blast in New York. Hahah thanks And I know I will - Columbia's actually my alma mater; i'm completely in love with the school, in case you can't tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitty Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 hey..no feedback ont he writin section....and yeah the diagnostic is free...just log in here with your 7 digit registration number https://grediagnosti...gred/signIn.jsp Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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