Yildiz:
Please I have some questions.

I wish to apply for Fall 2018 and as you know deadline of most schools is in december but we are adviced to send ours applications as early as possible. My question is; I intend to re-write GRE by November, sans that can I apply as early as october, are GRE scores asked during application? or they just wait for the official results from ETS?

femi312:
You are good to start your application in October, some schools require you to input your result in the application portal while some dont. Either case you should be fine since they will still wait to receive your official GRE score until they review your application. You can start your application by october and chase your LOR providers during that time since LOR is one of the materials that delay completion of application.

Hisvoice:
My Observation (Post 2)
Special thanks to everyone for their congratulatory messages. Overcoming the dour feeling experienced after the exam (where you put your head on a BRT/LAGBUS window) thinking of what you could've done right is enough to propel for success. On a lighter note, one of the good experience GRE brought is the urge to open this thread everyday and meeting virtual friends with similar ambition. Infact! I commend this guys/ladies - ponpon, time2smile, ecoleco,iekene, Scholastica et al - for the info and help you dish out here. Special thanks to Lagosismyhome (on the visa thread), who I never met even till now but paid 50k to register for me during the promo time. God bless you all.

I discovered few things about GRE exam, which is important to impending test takers - either 1st, 2nd or my category;

1. About 60-70% of 1st time takers re-write more than once in other to get a desired score. Probably, due to the fact that they were not familiar with the concept of the exam or not too prepared for what they met. Therefore, if you are a 1st time taker, try as much as possible to prepare very well to get your desired score. Ask questions from people who have experienced it.
2. Some of the available books are not adequate enough for the real GRE questions. Although some topics are more elaborated in few ones. Carefully select books for reading. Don't just read randomly.
3. Generally, it is easier to improve in Quant than Verbal. Most students, including chinese struggle with the Verbal questions partly because of the convoluted style of writing them. Believe me, if you get the concept, you can do well in it.
4. Low GRE score does not equate failure in securing admission if other aspect of the admission package is good. Funding! is probably difficult with low GRE but schools like (ETSU, TTU) still offer funding for low scorers. Do your assignment well and don't raise the bar too high.

Next post is for Verbal discussion. Feel free to ask questions.

LagosismyHome:


Good to read about your success story and your journey up ....... Keep it up , the sky is your starting point . May God's hand be upon you
Cheers

Yildiz:

Yes there is at least I know of Abuja. Am also planning on writing GRE in Nov. Actually re-writing

Bebebella:

will you re pay for writing another GRE exam?

Bebebella:

will you re pay for writing another GRE exam?

Yildiz:
I will look at other schools but my problem is I dont want to apply to many schools (why, I cant say). Secondly, I dont mind going to other countries. I will try the free WES conversion

Yildiz:

Yes

Bebebella:

pls am new in this page and I don't understand some of d abbreviation eg pls what is free WES? wat is LOR?

scoreall:

I sent u a private message. Plz I need d link. Am writing in October.

DreManuel:

WES - World Education Services LOR - Letter of Recommendation

Bebebella:


thank u. pls what can I read to get a good score n where can I get d good GRE exam past Questions?

khadijat2015:
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Hello house..
Am new to this thread..my question is that...is it a must to make use of WES for calculation of one's cgpa

khadijat2015:
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Hello house..
Am new to this thread..my question is that...is it a must to make use of WES for calculation of one's cgpa

Scholastica16:


No. Some schools ask for it whilst others don't.

It helps in guaging one's profile though, especially when trying to communicate with POIs. They relate better when you say, "I had a 3.7/4" than say, 4.4/5 (even though both are stellar). The former appears to them as 92.5% whilst the latter mathematically is 88%.

But, like I said before, it depends on the school of choice. WES costs $212 to process but using the free converter can help with an appropriate estimate that would not stray too far from the actual conversion.

Hisvoice:
My GRE Experience (Post 1)
I am writing this to encourage someone out there. My background includes a 2.1 and 65th percentile CGPA in both B.Sc and M.Sc respectively (medical field in Nigeria), and it was saddening to see me fall for GRE 3 times. Yes! 3 horrible times. A GRE score that is >300 seems like a Kilmanjaro without any knowledge of how to surmount it. I drew encouragement from the fact that my score improved by 6 marks at each attempt (1st - 286, 2nd - 292, 3rd - 298) and was resilient to @ least break the jinx of 300 mark, even if it's just by 0.000001. Although, it was quite challenging - financially, emotionally and mentally - to keep up with the exams due to work schedule, exam cost and depression associated with failure. Yet! I never give up 'cos I saw GRE as an hurdle to jump to achieve something big.
At last, after dealing with the 'Jericho wall' at the redemption camp on thursday, I went to JKK (where I was a regular customer) to re-write.
After the exam, I scored 308 (Total Score; Quant - 154, Verbal - 154). Not 'stellar' as we commonly say here, but at all all ........

By writing 4 times, I discovered some things about the exam that worth sharing particularly for low scorers in VERBAL. I will be back to share in the next post.. Merci Dieu

Scholastica16:


Read from page 1 of this thread. If you get far enough you'd have 70% of the information you already need.

I gather you are aiming for a PhD which is splendid because with a good GRE score, you could be admitted into a top 100 US school fully-funded.

LagosismyHome:


Good to read about your success story and your journey up ....... Keep it up , the sky is your starting point . May God's hand be upon you
Cheers

DreManuel:



I'm kinda laid-back, so I never bothered to go through the entire thread myself save from the page 250Something upon which I stumbled on this thread -- and that's long after I had written my own GRE, so I learned the hard way, but I found myself here somehow perhaps to cheer others up as I pass along. So, I took the pain to scan through the thread today, and I can see valuable inputs/testimonials from great minds here. I recommend that "newcomers" and/or intending test takers should do the same.

And you - Scholastica16 - have earned your props. I read through your valuable contributions, magnanimous gestures, personal aspirations and hopes. And all I can say is that you deserve the very best and nothing less. Why? Mary Anne Radmacher was right: “As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.”

afroxyz:
How long does it take for GRE results to come.out?

khadijat2015:
Thanks for this.


I have another question.
Is it possible to meet up for spring 2018 admission
And how soon can one start preparing for it

Rousel:
............... Good morning,pls I like to know how to approach the application fee issue if am applying to 3 Universities? knowing the admission is not guaranteed. Am an Economics graduate,from my observation it's like we don't get funding like the sciences.will be most grateful if you have any University that gives funding to My field of study(Going for my Masters in Economics). Thanks

Time2Smile:

I am sorry for my silence on the thread. I have arrived in the US and have been busy with orientation. Class starts on Monday. I would try to be more active as the situation permits. Thanks

Scholastica16:


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I can live with the fact that those who got accepted had significantly better research experience, rapport with POIs, better standardized tests scores etc. But it is a very hard pill to swallow when the Iranian posting his acceptance cannot even string coherent sentences together.

Anyways, make I leave am as e dey. Thanks brother.