Kirusky4life:
Good evening all. I was scheduled for Gre general test today. but because of technical issues from ets, I was not checked in. The TCA said ets wl reschedule me since it was not my fault. please is there anything I can do to facilitate the rescheduling?

nastydamus:


I'm ok with the other offers I got though.

Sharles:
Good evening my fellow Nigerians. I just got admission mail from university of idaho for sring 2018. Please I want to ask how will I know if was giving any kind of funding.? Thanks

DreManuel:


Hey man, congrats on your admission. If you are given funding, you would know. The nature of the financial aid given would either be stated in your admission letter (most cases) or the award details sent to you in a separate mail. Are you a Master's or PhD student?

Sharles:


Masters student, I will wait for my admission letter. How long does it take before one receive admission letter.

Sharles:


Masters student, I will wait for my admission letter. How long does it take before one receive admission letter.

DreManuel:


what's your course?

It depends on the school. But admission letter shouldn't take longer than a week. I expect it to have been attached to the congratulatory mail you got. But it could be sent separately too. Some also ask to download from their portal online.

Fatezee:


How long does it take to get a decision from idaho after submission of all application requirements?

Sharles:


I applied on the 17th July I got admission offer 18th August. My reference was sent on the 29th of July...

tescoman90:


please, whats your GRE score?

Sharles:


I did not write GRE OR TOEFL. The university does not require GRE for my course (Msc civil engrn) and did not require TOEFL because they recognise nigeria as an English speaking country.
But there are some courses that requires GRE by the university

NigPatriot:


i sent you a PM please reply.

Sharles:


I applied on the 17th July I got admission offer 18th August. My reference was sent on the 29th of July...

sahm4u2nv:
Good morning sir and MA's

I'm elated to come across this thread,


All.errors r highly regretted cos I was sleep typing it

Best wishes

tizentos:

Verbal : 152
Quant: 160
#teamFall2018

Scholastica16:


Congrats Tizentos and don't apologize for your post as that is the reason this thread was created. Trust me, your score is good. Now it will help direct you to the schools that - armed with other aspects of your application - can admit and maybe even fund you.

Good thing you have started early. If you have time and money please take the TOEFL as well so that you would not be wanting in anything. I have a good feeling about you.

tizentos:


I was very scared, I couldn't look at the screen cuz I'm not convinced with my performance. So I clicked on report scores, "I open eyes saw a confirmation message, I just vex click confirm".

Verbal : 152
Quant: 160

I was surprised cuz I wasn't in my ideal mind throughout the test, but I can not but to thank God.

These were my mock test scores;

Diagnostic test (Powerprep 1) : V142 Q154
After a month(Powerprep 2): V138 Q156 ( I knew I had to upgrade my prep)

Some weeks before test:

Manhattan test: V148 Q158
Princeton test: V149 Q159 AWA:4.5

I was really pissed with my petty mistakes on quant so I knew I just have to be super careful on the test day to hit 160+

Three days to test
Powerprep 2: V148 Q158
Magoosh test : V150 Q159
Powerprep 1(verbal only): 154
Powerprep 1(Quant only): 164

Time2Smile:

Congratulations. Really good score especially considering the circumstances. And the improvement in your scores as you progressed in your preparation is really impressive. Relax for a few days or week and continue working on other parts of your application. Especially your SOP and LORs. It wouldn't hurt to contact some potential supervisors.

Congrats again.

pierre92:
Good morning. Is a score of 320 + achievable in 30 days, considering I have a baseline score of 308 (Q-152,V- 156)? P.s- I had skimmed through the Manhattan quant strategy guide for like a month before the test. No prior prep for Verbal. Targeting at least 160 in Quant(lol).

tizentos:
I gave my GRE test on 17th of August( last Thursday). Here is a short transcript of how it went.

There was an accident at Ketu-Maryland road that very morning, so, I got to the centre 30 minutes late. When I got there,I knew is either I'm allowed to take the test or not. The latter was about to happen, "as in, d guy don write lateness on top my name",I had to change my rapport to Yoruba maybe he will understand better as in " tiwa tiwa",$205 can't waste like that. After subtle pressing, he directed me to his boss chilling in one corner in the test room, as d guy saw me, I told I knew I was late, he just pleaded to d junior officer to please attend to me. Na so I do data capture, read one trope compliance text and so on. After that, I was directed to seat 37. Oya to d next section
..

Before clicking anything, I had to bring my thoughts together, so I clicked ,clicked and clicked. The issue essay was about student choosing subject that interest them rather than choosing the one that leads to job. Kaplan really helped in terms of essay organization so it was pretty easy. Argument essay was okay, I was able to detect the flaws and used Kaplan method again.

Second section was verbal, it has always been an issue, so was already prepared for any surprises. I pace better in TC, SE and short passages during prep, which I first attempted before attempting the long passage(it was damn long).

3rd section was quant, having an engineering background, it was not too hard, but didn't really pace well,the questions were really technical. I spent more time on each question cuz I haven't really entered my "avatar state", deciphering the word problems was arduous.

Now another verbal, its difficultly was like the first ,so I knew I preformed averagely(9-12/20) as I usually do in prep. Didn't ignore the long passage at first, I attempted the questions orderly. I'm kind of adaptive in my approach to the verbal section.

**10 minutes break, was really enervated, asked the officer to allow me get water in my bag but he refused, he said test takers are not allowed to get their bag until after the test. I just jejely went back to my seat knowing the next two sections will be hell**

5th section was Quant, I saw some difficult questions,compound interest in one QC question, "I use sense answer am". I was asked to find the area of a tilted shape in a xy-coordinate,couldn't find a reference point, I just ignored it. Data interpretation was okay. Still very thirsty, I couldn't think well at first but I garnered my inner strength with some motivational Bible verse and moved on.

Now verbal for d last section, I knew dis one can't be the experimental section, " throat don dry already". The TC/SE was okay, the long passage is just two long paragraphs, not really difficult. I extrapolated that the previous verbal was not very good or at the same level,but I tried to answer the questions very carefully, I even had like one and the half minute to review some marked questions.

I was very scared, I couldn't look at the screen cuz I'm not convinced with my performance. So I clicked on report scores, "I open eyes saw a confirmation message, I just vex click confirm".

Verbal : 152
Quant: 160

I was surprised cuz I wasn't in my ideal mind throughout the test, but I can not but to thank God.

These were my mock test scores;

Diagnostic test (Powerprep 1) : V142 Q154
After a month(Powerprep 2): V138 Q156 ( I knew I had to upgrade my prep)

Some weeks before test:

Manhattan test: V148 Q158
Princeton test: V149 Q159 AWA:4.5

I was really pissed with my petty mistakes on quant so I knew I just have to be super careful on the test day to hit 160+

Three days to test
Powerprep 2: V148 Q158
Magoosh test : V150 Q159
Powerprep 1(verbal only): 154
Powerprep 1(Quant only): 164

This is my recommendation:

Kaplan is very good for essay organization, Magoosh's technique on logical fallacy will help your argument essay. Make sure you read sample essays on ets verbal official guide.

Manhattan 5lb book to solve Quant questions(it was already late before I discovered this book) and watch magoosh videos for techniques and tricks. Manhattan strategy book also tried for long passages (as for me).

Magoosh video on verbal generally is okay, practice with their verbal question set. If you don't have access to Magoosh account, Kaplan online verbal question bank is also okay.

For vocab, Magoosh common words(I-VI);its on quizlet. other vocab gotten from articles and questions are about 300 words. Barron 333 high frequency word, some of the words are familiar, I just filtered the unknown words out and studied like one third of it few days to test day. Altogether, I studied like 500+ words. Vocabulary.com is very good to checkout the meaning of words in context, which is substantial to your vocab learning journey.

In coda, the ets official guide for verbal and quantitative plus the official guide for general test are perfect, plus Powerprep 1 and 2. Powerprep 2 is a real test for verbal ,if you can perform well on Powerprep 2 verbal, then you're good.

Please bear with, the post is long but I know it will help future test takers just as this thread's forefathers have done and have helped us. Thanks for reading

Regards.

#teamFall2018

tizentos:


Its very possible you hit 160+ in your verbal and quant, considering your base score.