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Dear Friends, I am planning to take physics GRE test in October, between October and now I have nothing to do but to study physics. I have a three year Bachelor degree in Natural Sciences (i.e. equal emphasis on Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics). So here is what I know: I understand although...

I'm nearing the end of my degree with only 3 required courses to take to finish my undergrad with a possible 1 extra class if I do my research with this one professor, who I really connect with. Anyway, this whole grad school process is completely new to me and is a process that I've never...

I took the GRE General Test earlier this week. The verbal and quantitative reasoning sections were easy, but I was overwhelmed by the analytical writing section. How does one organize a multi-paragraph response in only 30 minutes? Due to the time constraints, I was only able to give partial...

So I'm studying for the physics GRE and plan on taking it this April. While I understand the deadline for admissions to most universities is right up until the semester begins, I also understand it is a first come, first serve deal. Are most slots going to be filled by May, when the scores...

Hi all, So, I'm finishing up my master's degree in applied physics (not much different from a master's in physics if you choose your courses correctly) and am looking into Ph.D programs. One thing I haven't seen much information about is the requirements if you are coming into the program...

Anyone else called to find out your November Physics GRE score? So in case you didn't know, today is the day you can start calling and give 12 dollars to ETS(...) to find out your GRE score before the 23rd when you can see it online. I still haven't finalized my list of schools so I called...

Hi guys, I'm a first-semester junior seeking some quality study resources relevant to the physics GRE. I've heard that ETS has released a few exams from past years... Where (if anywhere) can I find the previous exams in some reasonable format, like PDF? The best I can find is this website...

I've been doing practice exams today for fun (I'm only in 3rd year, go to school in Canada, and have no real intent on going to graduate school in the USA; so there really isn't a reason to be practicing them considering I don't think I'm going to be required to take them). Each time giving...

(sorry for the title, I ran out of room) Is it possible to go into Cognitive Sciences for graduate school even though I am earning my undergraduate in [applied] physics? I'm a Junior, and I know I want to go to graduate school, I'm just not positive in what yet, and I feel like I'm...

I was planning to skip fields, Lebesque measures/integration and complex analysis. Can someone who's given the test tell me how important these topics are? (I haven't looked at any practice tests yet) I haven't done this stuff in college yet so understanding them will take quite an effort on my...

Yet another general GRE scores question thread--and physics GRE nightmares Sorry about that. I've done some searching, though, so I'm not too sorry. I haven't found anything that quite fits what I'm looking for. Namely, I'm wondering if physics grad schools might look highly upon high...

Hi all, I'm sure this subject has already been posted before, so please forgive me if this seems like a rehashed post. I know from google searches what the GRE is, but how exactly is it different from a physics GRE? And do I have to take both? I know that probably depends on what grad...

What are the main topic areas you would stress on to be prepared for the Physics GRE? What are the books you would suggest?

Hello PF, I have some questions regarding the PGRE in particular. 1) I heard most of the questions on the PGRE can be answered with knowledge of the Introductory Physics Sequence (intro mechanics, e&m, thermal, quantum). At the most, you would need to take one intermediate course...

expect I am going to have to skip ones like this during the test but thought I would get help with them anyway just for learning from the engineers here. Also putting both problems here in one post, hope that is ok. Problem 1 15 in problem150002.pdf Homework Statement Quantitative...

Homework Statement You have a parallelogram ABCD. You know one side has a length of 12. They have given a right triangle extended from one side of the parallelogram height 4 and base 2 hypotenuse is the side of the parallelogram. There is a diagonal that goes from A to C that they want...

I am an undergraduate at a UK uni and was talking to a prof at Northwestern and he encouraged me to apply there for a PhD as I was doing a pretty interesting placement. He then says "oh, you'll need to do a GRE" and then said that it was "just another piece of data they look at" during...

Hello all, Has anyone come across a good resource for practicing for the revised gre (computer based version). I really don't need any math prep. Thank you!

Hi, I am beginning to get ready to apply to graduate schools and I had a question. I just took the general GRE and scored 660 Quant, and 530 Verbal. Now, I have been told that engineering programs (I'm applying to Mat Sci) expect near perfect Quant scores. So should I retake it? A little...

I am taking the GRE General in a couple months and my vocabulary is horrible. There are a lot of lists out there but most of the sites that have these lists have no where for people to comment on the lists. So I am not sure what lists are good. I was curious if the list from the following...

Hi I'm studying for the GRE exam and time is not on my side. So I wanted some idea of how much depth I need to go into in some of the more complex areas. The syllabus mentions the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation, noninertial reference frames and mathematical methods like Fourier...

Homework Statement Consider a young double slit experiments where the two slits are spaced d = 0.1mm apart. If when the screen is at a distance of l=1m the first bright maximum is displaced y = 2cm from the central maximum, then find the wavelength of the light. Homework Equations...

I tried searching for posts about the Physics GRE but couldn't find anything, did I not look hard enough or is there a reason why nobody talk about it? I tried to see if there was a rule against posting questions about it on this forum but I didn't find anything that ruled out asking general...

Verbal: 440 Quantitative: 730 I registered for the exam a month ago and intended to study for it (books, vocabulary flash cards, etc), but didn't spend as much time as I intended and did horribly on verbal (quant. isn't so hot, either). Should I retake it again before they change it this...

Okay, so, if you want to get a score that's 900 or above, do you have to go beyond the basic books like Halliday, Tipler's "Modern Physics", Schroeder's "Thermal Physics", HyperPhysics, Griffiths QM, Griffiths EM, and a brief chapter on positronium? What about a score of 950 or above? Also, is...

Homework Statement So far, I've encountered two symbols on the GRE practice tests which are unknown to me. The first is a number in a square, like a telephone key The second is a number with upside-down "L's" next to it What do these mean?

Hello,I'm sure this topic has been discussed in the past, but I couldn't search the forum with the word "GRE". Here is my story, I don't even know if I want or am going to take the GRE Math Subject test. The thing is that I applied to a few top financial engineering programs and I was either...

The thing is GRE will have a major change starting from August 1st, 2011. The question types and scoring will be changed. It will be called as GRE Revised General Test. I have read somewhere the last time a major change was introduced(in 2002), there are some significant drops in scores fro...

I will be applying to US uni grad schools for a Phd for the fall 2012 semester. I just took my general GRE and am not happy with my score-verbal 520 and quant 760. I will be taking the TOEFL this summer and the Physics GRE in November. Should i take the general GRE again? The GRE is changing in...

Hi, How to prepare to the GRE exam? and, how to get high score?

Coming in August 2011, the revised GRE http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/faq/ The new format is supposed to be about 3 hours and 45 minutes long. Good heavens! I do like the part about being able to skip back and forth between the quantitative questions, though. I think the...

I'm applying for grad schools this fall, in physics and applied math. For the applied math, I would like to apply to programs that combine pure and applied math, rather than just separate applied math programs. But since I decided to apply to grad schools just a couple months ago, I registered...

Please read the essay it is relevant. I just finished high school.. I am going to start Electrical and Electronics Engineering course in a crap university, I neither like the university nor the subject, but this is the best I can get as there is no other option in my country and I don't have...

I just got back my score on the writing section of the general GRE. Apparently I got a 3.5, which puts me in the 25th percentile. Now I don't mean to sound arrogant, but writing has always been a strength of mine. When I write papers, either for physics or humanities classes, they usually come...

So I got 590 on Verbal, 630 on Quantitative, and 5.0 on Analytical writing. Would my total score be 1220, or 1225?

So I know you can't technically "fail" the Physics GRE, but I came about as close as you can- so low that I really wish I didn't take it at all, like I wish the schools were left to wonder what I might have made instead of knowing what I made on this. So low that I'd rather not even mention it...

Just took the Math Subject GRE today, and at the risk of making a fool of myself I believe I came across an error in one of the questions. I'm not sure how much I can mention about the question, but it was probably the easiest question on the entire test, which really makes me wonder if I read...

I thought it was a bit harder than 0177. time got called when i still had 8 problems left. I still answered 92 questions, but a lot were guesses can't wait until i see my score. it'll be a long month.

I just realized I won't have the chance to take a class in differential equations before I have to submit my math graduate school applications, so there's no way I'll have the class beforehand. I've taken pretty much every other topic mentioned, and will review heavily on the calculus (it's been...

hello, i have 2 gre questions: 1) if i have a sequence xn in R that goes to 0, then: a) if f is a continuous function , then f(xn) is a cauchy sequence. (true ?) b) if f is a uniformly continuous function , then f(xn) is a convergent sequence. (true?) 2) lim z--> 0...

So this isn't a homework problem I suppose, but this seems to be the best place to post. I've been going through the online math subject GRE, trying to first identify what field of math I will need to solve the problem, then figuring out how to solve them. However, the test covers a wide range...

Hello, I'm a freshman physics and ME major(which will be switched to nucEng when i transfer to purdue, right now it is strictly for thermodynamics and other courses that overlap between ME and nucEng) looking at joining the navy through a program called NUPOC. NUPOC is a program that aims to...

Hello, I am interested in applying to graduate schools in the US. I understand that I need to take the GRE exam, but I don't know of any test centres in the UK which will allow me to take it. It seems difficult to find this information online. I live in Cardiff so somewhere not too far...

Hi all, I'd like to enter a mechanical engineering master's program at a respectable university (I'm aiming for at least Penn State. I'd LOVE to get into Stanford/MIT/CalTech). I took the GRE for the first time today. I was surprised by both my verbal and quantitative scores because my...

So, a friend and I are writing the GRE physics in two months. We are both studying in Sweden where almost NOBODY ever writes the GRE, and none of my fellow students know what it is. There is therefore a great shortage of advice, experience, tips, standardized courses and material. Are...

I'm wanting to get a sense from folks about how important the General GRE scores are if you do well on the subject test (specifically for getting into grad school for mathematics). My imagination tells me that the subject test is WAY more important than the general, and as the October dates are...

Homework Statement Jack and Jill each roll a sheet of 9X12 paper to form a cylinder. Jack tapes the two 9-inch edges together. Jill tapes the two 12-inch edges together. Which is greater? The volume of Jack's Cylinder or The volume of Jill's cylinder. Homework Equations Cylinder Volume...

Hi all, is it a good idea to re-take the general GRE if your initial scores were so-so? I mean, my initial scores were Not Bad...I got 700 on quant, 570 verbal, and 4 on writing. But that was back in Feb 2007, and preceeded my seeking an engineering degree. In the middle of my engineering...

I scored a 700 mainly due to lack of speed and being stumped by 1-3 relatively difficult questions on number theory - the rest is due to genuine lack of facility in math. Most preparation materials don't include the more difficult questions. I have 10 days, on vacation, to prepare. This is my...

Hi, I'm a chinese undergraduated student. As I want to apply to some American universities for PhD, I took GRE general test these days. However, I have no concept with what they want to know about applicants through their scores? And how professors will realize applicants with their scores? I'm...