GRE Physics

[ElectroPhysics]

Share your experiences about benifits that u got by taking GRE Physics test.
U can also tell the story about your preperation for the test.

[hhegab]

I am currently preparing to take the test, I use Halliday and Resnick and also Serway for preparation. I have some schaums books to to review things from it.
I am to take it next nov.

hhegab

PS.
Pple here who have gone through this experience should help us in this please

[dimitra]

HI

Can anyone tell me some reference books and internet links for Physics GRE.

Thanks

Dimitra

[hhegab]

best thing is to re-read the courses you had studied before in ur undergrad. and try to solve the 3 exams released from ETS.
you can share me ur opinions.
as for links,
www.grephysics.com is a nice link

hhegab

[dimitra]

Here is a more systematic way to communicate to prepare for the test:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/physicsgre/

Thanks

Dimitra

[Crumbles]

Does anybody know where I can get hold of a copy of the official ETS GRE Physics Prep Book? I've tried amazon, ebay and the major bookstores but nobody seem to have them in stock!

[Gokul43201]

Share your experiences about benifits that u got by taking GRE Physics test.
U can also tell the story about your preperation for the test.

Having an Engineering degree and applying to grad school in Physics, I was required to take the GRE Physics test.

About 3 or 4 days before my test, I found a book - it was either the ETS book or a Schaum's Series book - that basically listed a whole bunch of important results, without going into any of the theory. I quickly went through it to refresh my memory.

I did okay...not great, but not too bad, considering my background. I scored about 800 out of 990 (or about 80 percentile, if I recall correctly).

As I was accepted by more than half the grad schools that I applied to, I'm guessing the score didn't hurt me too badly.

[Gokul43201]

Does anybody know where I can get hold of a copy of the official ETS GRE Physics Prep Book? I've tried amazon, ebay and the major bookstores but nobody seem to have them in stock!

Is this (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0886851971/103-0236998-3915802?v=glance) not it ?

[Crumbles]

Is this (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0886851971/103-0236998-3915802?v=glance) not it ?

Thanks for that, didn't think of checking on the .com site!! :blushing: I wish they did it on the UK site. Guess I'll just have to wait longer for delivery!

[Crumbles]

USD 125 sounds a bit steep for such a book to me though! :uhh:

[Gokul43201]

Yeah, books are way expensive here. But oddly, there was something about $13...on that page - I didn't look carefully to see what that was.

I sometimes buy books from the UK to get them cheaper. :redface:

[mborn]

Gokul43201, can u give me some names of those places you applied to?

mborn