Pgre Definition and 54 Threads

I am going to take GRE physics next October (or November). From what someone should begin with? Are the 1st year textbooks (like Serway's) useful, or one should study all the stuff from the advanced undergraduate texts (Griffiths' e/m, Goldstein's classical mech., Shankar's quantum mech...

47%. I got over 50% on the practice exams I took which I didn't even go the full 3 hours on. I don't know what happened. I felt so confident in my answers too... like I just knew the answer (or how to get it), you know? No guessing. My physics GPA is also a 2.98. Is there absolutely any...

Let's say, hypothetically speaking, that a reasonably good student (GPA > 3.7 in math, physics, a couple publications and research experience in both solid state and theory) expects (from '96, '01 practice test scores) to do quite terribly on the physics GRE (like ~600), but wants to go to a...

I worked full-time (upto 47hrs/week) while completing my undergraduate degree in Physics (basically to support myself). On the negative side, I've had to forgo any research experience while focusing all my effort to keep up with my full course load. On the positive side, I have no student...