Gre Definition and 429 Threads

Dear all, I just finished my GRE general test yesterday, and my score in verbal reasoning is low (147). I am worried about the effects of this score on my graduate school application, but I have heard from some of my friends that the verbal section does not matter much for a Physics...

I'm 18 years old and I would like to know if it is possible to me to take the GRE exam and let's assume I passed the exam and got a good score would that guarantee me a scholarship?

Homework Statement Two blocks of masses M and m are oriented as shown in the diagram. The block M moves on a surface with coefficient of kinetic friction μ_1, and the coefficient of static friction between two blocks is μ_2. What is the minimum force F which must be applied to M such that m...

Hey all. It has been a while since I've posted a question in the academic guidance section so here we go. I am a physics major who just took the general GRE and am a bit disappointed in my scores. V 157 (74%) Q 161 (80%) I scored much higher on the quantitative during practice tests (>90%)...

Hi fellas, I am in senior year of my undergrad and will be graduating next May. If I want to apply for the fall-2015 session, which universities will best fit me with my academic record? I have a cgpa of 3.87 out of 4.00 . I have not given general GRE yet but wish to give within December...

Hey! I'm planning on applying at some schools in the US next year/this year and I need ot take the GRE exam this fall. I've looked at some old exams and they look pretty straightforward, but I was wondering if anyone knew any resources for the physics exam (i.e. practice tests etc.). Thanks!

Hey, I am a physics year 3 undergraduate seeking to pursue a graduate education in the United States. I am from the Republic of Singapore, a commonwealth nation, with English as our official language. May I know if GRE is necessary for me to get into USA universities for graduate education?

Do people know if unofficial scores given at the GRE testing site often change when you're given your official scores? I took the GRE today and my unofficial scores were good, so I'm really hoping they don't go down!

Hi there! I am a second year undergraduate students and planning to take GRE. When should I apply it? What should I prepare for this test? Are there any sample questions of the test available? Thanks a lot for helping.

Hey guys. This question is really bugging me. (Please see question #63 here: http://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/practice_book_math.pdf) - written below for your convenience. f(x) = xe^{-x^{2}-x^{-2}}, x \neq 0 f(x) = 0, x = 0 (apologies for not knowing the itex command do write this as a single...

I'm a current junior considering applying to graduate school next year (I'm tossing up between applying for certain applied physics programs and going into finance). I was wondering how much preparation people found necessary to take the general GRE. I'm not sure whether it would be better to...

I just finished taking my GRE and I am a bit unsatisfied with my scores and am debating if I should retake it before the application deadlines. I got a 156Q and 150V... below is my resume thus far. I posted the following on here before.. so apologies for repeating the same post, but I felt it...

So, like the title says, how optional are the GRE Subject tests? Many engineering and interdisciplinary fields such as materials science state "optional" GRE subject tests, but I wonder how optional they actually are. What weight is usually put onto tests? What if the scores are mediocre...

Are there any official practice exams for the GRE Quantitative and Verbal Exam? I've looked and couldn't find a full length sample exam, with answers and percentiles. I was only able to find little practice quizzes or problem sets.

Did anyone take the exam this last Saturday? I got completely destroyed. To be honest, I thought it'd be much, much easier ;(. Anyway, I'm glad it was the first and last time I take it.

Hello, I am a physics major who is going to graduate soon, and am taking the general and physics GREs. I am looking at both physics and engineering graduate schools. I believe that the physics GRE is pretty much irrelevant to engineering schools, but I have had difficulty with the...

Normally ETS offers it in November too but it seems to only be offered in October this year. Can I still apply to grad schools without a pgre? Is it possible to still get admitted?

I attached a pic of a practice GRE problem. The answer is D) relationship cannot be determined. I understand this answer and it is actually what I picked, but my 2 methods of doing this problem is contradicting each other. If you use the method of plugging in random #s you'll discover...

Homework Statement http://whoisntdavidrinaldi.com/physics/split.png Homework Equations AxB=C The Attempt at a Solution I understand that the beam splits, but why does it not split horizontally? If I hold my index finger to the page with my middle finger up then my thumb is...

I haven't seen it asked on this forum before, so here goes: I am coming up on a third official attempt on the general (computer based) GRE soon. In my first two attempts I have not been able to break 50th percentile on the quant section, which is embarrassing. I have discovered that I do much...

Homework Statement http://grephysics.net/ans/0177/55 The question hasn't been typed up yet but it's pretty basic. A particle of mass m runs into a particle of mass 2m. After the collision, the particle with m is at rest and the particle of mass 2m has split into two particles each with...

Homework Statement http://grephysics.net/ans/9277/9 I'm confused why these two currents cancel each other out perfectly when the distance they are being measured from is closer to the outside current than the inside current... Like if the magnetic induction is proportional to the...

I spent a whole year taking practice tests and I took an entire princeton review course. I have studied intermittently for the last 4 months. I memorized the entire formula sheet from the kaplan math book and more and maybe used 2 of the formulas on the test. I took 4 practice tests and...

Homework Statement http://grephysics.net/ans/9277/70 I'm not interested in how you get the right answer, I'm really just curious if somebody could show me where my thought process was flawed. Total Energy = E = 100mc^2 Rest Energy = Mc^2 Total Energy = Kinetic Energy + Rest Energy...

Homework Statement http://grephysics.net/ans/9277/64 I'm confused. How can there be a charge density if the electric field is one dimensional?

Homework Statement http://grephysics.net/ans/9277/54 I am confused about this. The explanation for why the induced current is clockwise is because the induced current would resist the change in magnetic flux, therefore work to increase the magnetic field. But if the current induced in the...

Homework Statement http://grephysics.net/ans/8677/20 So to do this, I solved for the total rest energy of both particles. The rest energy of Kaon + K = Rest energy of Proton Rest energy of Proton - Rest Energy of Kaon = K K = P^2/2m ((Rest Energy of Proton - Rest Energy of Kaon)*(2*Mass...

Homework Statement http://grephysics.net/ans/8677/12 I don't understand how it increases it's frequency by a factor of 10, I mean the total velocity goes from 1 to 1.9, therefore It seems like it should increase from 1kHz to 1.9kHz. Why is my 'common sense' wrong?

Hi all, What math and physics books I need to read before I am able to score well in physics GRE. I just started with Apostol/Spivak for calculus. My question is what should I read next? Real analysis vs multivariable? or rather, Spivak should be enough to handle the required math for physics...

Homework Statement http://grephysics.net/ans/0177/23 The answer to this problem is confusing me. So you can calculate the normal acceleration and tangential acceleration to each by equal and 90° apart from each other, so their final vector has an angel of 45°. However, if the speed travels...

Homework Statement http://grephysics.net/ans/9277/87 Can somebody explain to me why the electric potential = -K/2r^2? If you integrate Fdr and F = K/r^3, where does the 2 in the denominator come from?

Homework Statement I don't understand why the answer in this problem is choice A. http://grephysics.net/ans/9277/57 I'm confused. Lets say the semi circle is FULLY outside of the circle. For awhile after that, the semi circle would be accelerating the rate at which a certain % of it is...

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone could help me out with this problem from the GRE practice exam: I honestly don't know how to go about solving it. I'm guessing that the answer is either B or D, however I know that in this GRE exam you can never guess... My friends think the answer is...

Homework Statement http://grephysics.net/ans/8677/44 Homework Equations p=mv The Attempt at a Solution Can somebody show me the math on why this is true? I feel like in my head if a particle hits the stick in the center of mass instead of at the end it would then make the center of...

This is GR9277, Problem 69. I know nothing about this thing. At 'http://grephysics.net/ans/9277/69' someone said it's about Cherenkov radiation. I think this is about interaction of charged particles with matter. In what course is this covered? What book do you recommend for studying this?

Book for Coaxial cable impedance problem in Physics GRE This is GR9277, Problem 18. Is this covered in any physics undergraduate course? What subject is this problem belong to? What book do you recommend for studying this? How can I make the picture appear bigger?

just wondering how people did and what you did to study and prepare. I plan on taking the physics GRE this september, however i haven't taken any quantum or classical (analytical) mechanics yet. Unfortunately, both sequences start this September also :( But i don't want to wait till next year...

Homework Statement http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/undergrad/greStuff/Problems_2009/Mechanics_4.pdf exercise 83 Homework Equations Conservation of energy?! The Attempt at a Solution Well what I think is that if there is no friction, whenever the initial velocity is >0, the...

i want to submit to some universities like as Cambridge, Harvard, Stanford and ... application requirement for these universities are SAT general and subject, but I don't anything about this exam. can you help me

I plan to begin studying for the physics GRE no later than the beginning of August, but I hardly have any plans on studying for the regular GRE. After three years of physics I really can't imagine memorizing history dates and whatever other crap is on the regular GRE. Do grad schools really...

I have the princeton review book, and i plan on going through a calculus web tutorial online(mainly for calc 3 stuff). My school library has some pretty good books on algebra/analysis. What other kind of books should i be thinking about getting in order to do well on the test? Also, what...

Hello, I'm going to be a freshman this coming year, and hope to be double majoring in physics and math (I still have to solidify that at my orientation). I've been doing some research on the physics GRE, and it seems that a lot of material tested is covered within the first 2-3 years of...

The first thing I want to ask for is some recommended GRE prep books. It would help if you'd recommend books that don't try to push a gimmick way of taking the test. I notice Kaplan and Princeton Review like to do this. "Oh the test is designed to make you fail and using our method you can beat...

Hey PF, I'm looking for a decent quantum mechanics textbook to work through in preparation for the pgre. I did all of the quantum chapters in Modern Physics by Serway/Moses/Moyer this semester in my modern class, but I won't take more quantum until after my first go at the pgre. So I plan on...

I was wondering: What textbooks have everyone found useful in prepping for the subject GRE? Are there any textbooks particularly helpful in prepping for the subject GRE and if so, which chapters of the texts should be gone through when prepping for the exam? I was thinking of using Stewart to...

Hi, I want tp prepare to GRE Exam in physics, please give me some titles to male sure that i will get score over able me to continue at Stanford, Cornell..

So next fall I will be taking the Mathematics subject GRE, and I've been looking over the website, here is a description of the Calculus which will make up the majority of the examination: Material learned in the usual sequence of elementary calculus courses — differential and integral...

OK, so I have a solid year+ to prepare for the math GRE subject test. It's pretty intimidating because I don't know where to begin studying. Does anyone know of a good game plan to approach this test with? If you've taken the test, please share how you prepped for it.

Roughly, when is the latest I could take the GRE for fall grad school admission? I'm a second semester junior currently, and I am planning on going straight to grad school after senior year. Would taking the GRE (applied physics major) in the fall (around September) be too late? Also...

Hey guys, first post. I graduated with a AB in Econ with a 3.8 from an Ivy League and would really like to get into a math Masters program - preferably applied/computing oriented But my math background is sophmore level - all the Calcs, Linear Algebra, 5 stats courses, and the typical...