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Hi, I know the physics GRE is a multiple choice exam so quick answers are essential. Does anyone know the level of math required to answer the questions? Thanks.

What score is awful and what score is pretty impressive? I just took the test and I'm waiting on the scores to arrive soon. thanks.

How high should my GRE scores (Math and Verbal) and in Physics (subject) need to be to get a good graduate school program?

This question may seem a little premature, since I'm only an undergrad, but what should GRE scores be if I want to get into Cornell or some other Ivy league school? I don't know if this has any impact, but if I was accepted I intend to pursue a master's in mathematics.

What exactly is the GRE and when do you take it and what is it for? Also, i know there's a test you take in doctorate program that advisors look at to determine who they want to 'take under their wing'. What is this test called? Thanks for the info.

Has anyone taken it in the last year or so? Has it gone to computer-based now? The reason I ask is I would MUCH prefer a paper based test. And if it is now computer based, like the general, where you can only do 1 problem at a time and not go back and forth, then I want to find study guides...

I consider myself premed, i.e. taking org chem,bio etc and only want to go to med school... but i'll be done with those prereqs at the end of this year, and i consider majoring in math. i.e. the last 2 years of undergrad i could do any major i want. and i wanted to know what courses are...

Hello all, Does anyone have any experience with admissions committee decisions regarding GRE scores? How much weight (over GPA or even research experience) do they carry on the admissions decision? (Physics General and/or General test) I have very strong feelings against the GRE's. I find it...

Well, next Friday I'm going to take the GRE (General Record Examination) test. It is almost sure that I'm not going to have a high score, mainly due to the lack of specific american vocabulary. The verbal section is going me mad. So that I want to know what does the GRE exactly mean: -Is...

i'll be writing my GRE next year, and i don't have any publication till date. I'm a student of iit bombay(Masters' course), cpi is >9 in 10. i don't have any clue what kind of GRE score (general as well as subjct GRE)ensures admission to top 20 universities if i mantian this cpi. for top 10...

I was in Borders the other day for something, and behind the counter I saw a book, GRE Exam 2005 (comes with cd rom). Does anyone know what that is? It really got my attention and since they had one on the shelf I left with one. It looks like test preparation for some type of test. My gal...

64. Electromagnetic radiation provides a means to probe aspects of the physical universe. Which of the following statements regarding radiation spectra is NOT correct? a. lines in the infaret, visible, and ultraviolet regions of the spectrum reveal primarily the nuclear structure of the...

A long, straight, and massless rod pivots about one end in a vertical plane. In configuration I, two small identical masses are attached to the free end; in configuration II, one mass is moved to the center of the rod. What is the ratio of the frequency of small oscillations of configuration II...

A Pie zero meson ( rest-mass energy 135 Mev) is moving with velocity .8c K in the laboratory rest frame when it decays into 2 photons, gamma1 and gamma2. In the pie zero rest frame, gamma1 is emitted forward and gamma2 is emitted backward relative to the pie zero direction of flight. The...

Here is a question that I am having a hard time understanding. 75) the period of a hypothetical Earth satellite orbiting at sea level would be 80 minutes. In terms of the Earth's radius Re, the radius of a synchronous satellite orbit ( period 24 hours) is mostly: (A) 3 Re (B) 7 Re (C) 18...

52) At a given instant of time, a rigid rotator is in the state psi(theta,phi) = (3/4)^.5 sin(theta)sin(phi), where theta is the polar angle relative to the z-axis and phi is the azimuthal angle. Measurement will find which of the following possible values of the z-component of the angular...

Dear reader, here is a neat problem, but kindof over the edge. when it is about the same distance from the Sun as is Jupiter, a spacecraft on a mission to the outer planets has a speed that is 1.5 times the speed of Jupiter in its orbit. Which of the following describes the orbit of the...

Dear forum contributer, The binding energy of a heavy nucleus is about 7 Mev per nucleon, whereas the binding energy of a medium-weight nucleus is about 8 Mev per nucleon. Therefore, the total kinetic energy liberated when a heavy nucleus undergoes symmetric fission is most nearly (A) 1876...

I am so glad I found the link to this test, so I can reference questions with figures. let me write the problem first, and provide the link at the end, and in between explain where I was stuck. 87) two small pith balls, each carrying a charge q, are attached to the ends of a light rod of...

GRE GRE GRE... I need some help :blushing: this question is kinda of experimental question, dealing with oscilloscope, I tried to work it by calculating the beat, but it didn't work out... may I provide the link to the question, because there is figure that follows it, it is page 26...

Dear members, here is a gre problem that I couldn't know how to tackle, any effort will be greatly appreciated. An experimenter measures 9934 counts during one hour from a radioactive sample. From this number the counting rate of the sample can be estimated with a standard deviation of most...

Hello brainy people, I did solve this problem, but my answer is double the correct one, I wonder what went wrong. here it is: The Lyman alpha spectral line of hydrogen (lambda = 122 nm) differs by 1.8*10^-12 m in spectra taken at opposite ends of the sun's equator. What is the speed of a...

Another mind boggling problem, any effort will be relieving... here it is: Small-amplitude standing waves of wavelength lambda occur on a string with tension T, mass per unit length mue , and length L. One end of the string is fixed and the other end is attached to a ring of mass M that...

Hello ALL, I am really having a hard time with this question, any effort will be greatly appreciated! Window A is a pane of glass 4 mm thick, as shown above. Window B is a sandwich consisting of two extremely thin layers of glass separated by an air gap 2 mm thick. If the thermal...

Why is Physics GRE more difficult than that of Mathematics!? Peace, I don't know why is Physics GRE more difficult than that of Mathematics!? I can do the math test without any preparation and can score high too (practiced with two of them, the first for fun, the second to be sure ) and I...

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

What concepts are involved here? 93. A particle of mass m moves in the potential shown here. The period of the motion when the particle has energy E is The potential is V = 1/2kx^2 for x <0 and V= mgx for x > 0. A. Sqrt[k/m] B. 2*pi*Sqrt[m/k] c . 2*Sqrt[2E/(mg^2)] D. pi*Sqrt[m/k] +...

This is #32 on the GRE practice exam from www.gre.org. Three equal masses m are rigidly connected to each other by massless rods of length l forming an equilateral triangle, as shown above. The assembly is to be given an angular velocity w about an axis perpendicular to the triangle. For...

Can anyone tell me the names of US PhD Schools for admission in Physics without GRE score? ajnkdl@yahoo.com