Is Conquering the GRE the Key to Your Grad School Success?

[siddharth]

I took the General GRE test today. Whew. One step closer to grad school applications.

That's one annoying and totally meaningless standardized test out of the way. Time to celebrate!

 

[Gokul43201]

How'd it go?

 

[Contrapositive]

I hate standardized test. Reminds me of the SATs, when I spent six weeks memorizing obscure words you would never use in real life from a study guide, and not one of them was on the actual test. What a waste of time.

 

[siddharth]

How'd it go?

I did pretty decently. Should get close to 98-99th percentile in verbal and math.

Reminds me of the SATs, when I spent six weeks memorizing obscure words you would never use in real life from a study guide, and not one of them was on the actual test. What a waste of time

I can sympathize. Although, I'd never have come across lovely words like uxorious or the secondary meaning of words like cataract if not for the memorizing.

 

[Gokul43201]

I did pretty decently. Should get close to 98-99th percentile in verbal and math.

]Good job!

Although, I'd never have come across lovely words like uxorious or the secondary meaning of words like cataract if not for the memorizing.

Which one is the secondary meaning?

 

[Pyrrhus]

Yea, i took the General GRE on Dec 2007, and frankly the only two things i liked about preparing for it was learning new words (not widely used) and the comprehension texts which i found interesting.

I got 760 for Q, 580 for V and 4.5 for AW. I think is pretty decent for a foreigner.

 

[Astronuc]

I did pretty decently. Should get close to 98-99th percentile in verbal and math.

I did about the same. It did seem a lot like the SAT.

Which one is the secondary meaning?

If the primary meaning is the medical term for the clouding of lens, then the secondary meaning would be a waterfall, usually one that has a churning or rushing flow, as in rapids.

 

[binzing]

Cataract canyon is some awesome rafting, very close to where I live.