DONPablosugar:
Hey guys...greetings. Pls I have another quantitative question that gave me tough time. Under GRE maths review for Data Analysis.

1. Let A,B,C,D be events for which
P(A or B)= 0.6
P(A)= 0.2
P(C or D)= 0.6
P(C)= 0.5
The events A and B are mutually exclusive and the events C and D are independent. Find P(D).
*[the answer at the back of the book is 0.2]* I mistakenly got 0.1 at first... which was easily a trap...but later having checked the answer I configured my brain... knowing fully well that ETS makes no mistakes in her books.

2. If (-13) is divided by 3. Find the remainder.
*[ the answer is not (-1). That was another trap. The answer at the back =2]*

please do kindly explain the tactics that suggest those ETS answers.

My exam is in November... but for now I don chop the registration money. Perhaps Ponpon go sort me on credit.

Fall 2019, yes we can.
cheers

See the solution for the second question.


Remainders, by definition, are *never* negative. If you are dividing by 6, for example, there are only six possible remainders: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.


If you want to understand what the remainder would be when you divide, say, -7 by 6, we can first see how we find remainders with positive numbers. When you divide, say, 19 by 6, the remainder is 1 because 19 is 1 greater than the nearest smaller multiple of 6. That is, we need to subtract 1 from 19 to get a multiple of 6. Similarly, if we try to divide -7 by 6, the remainder will be 5, because -7 is 5 greater than the nearest smaller multiple of 6 (which is -12). That is, we need to subtract 5 from -7 to get a multiple of 6.


Back to your question, if we try to divide -13 by 3, the remainder will be 2, because -13 is 2 greater than the nearest multiple of 3 ( which is -15). Meaning that we need to subtract 2 from -13 to get a multiple of 3.



Please go through the explanation and understand the mathematical jargons therein.

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Jung:



Plus tutorials?

4gunners:
I eventually wrote the 'almighty' Gre at Galaxy Uniprep today. Got to the venue around 9 :00am , after every, every which took about an hour. I and other test takers were ushered in.

The AWS popped up on the screen like play. I tot I was hallucinating when I read the essay prompt. Na wetin I don practice before. It really calmed my nerves, without having to think much I got over it. The argument essay also popped up, na wetin I don practice too. Down within me, I got excited. These were propitious sign.

To keep my long story short, for the real thing, na VQVQV. At the end of the day, got 313. Verbal-159 Quant.-154. I was surprised cos maths na where my strength lies. I hope it will not ciously affect my applicationsince I'm from Engineering background. My first quant section was bad, had to struggle with some question. I noticed the second quant was quite easy, I already knew it will be difficult to reach 160.
As regard the verbal part, I knew the meaning of almost the words I encountered, some of the RC were even familiar. It was as if I've seen them before.

My advice for future test takers is for them to practice, practice, practice and practice.

Really want to appreciate everyone on this thread. Bosses in the house, Quoran, Ponpon et al. I sent my scores to Tamuc, University of Arizona, Washington and Arkansas. Am I on the right track??

Congrats man! Which material did your use for the AWS? Hard work pays.

toprealman:
Congrats man! Which material did your use for the AWS? Hard work pays.

I practiced the pool of essays on the ETS website.

DanBornu:

Hello guys! I appreciate all you guys have been posting regarding GRE and TOEFL. I am still sceptical about the offer by B.Y Mafit (they charge just #50k for GRE registration plus other freebies including 6weeks tutorials). Please I want assurances from someone who has gone through them before now. Cos I don't want to be disappointed. Thanks guys

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4gunners:
I practiced the pool of essays on the ETS website.

Thanks

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bioemmy:
Please gurus in the house, apart from my undergraduate project supervisor, who can write an effective letter of recommendation for me for my applications?

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bioemmy:


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emmahoney:

See the solution for the second question.

Thanks pal. You made me understand it explicitly.

mfarad:


Confirm the requirements for your program(s)

How about if one has like 10 different LORs accross board...can someone submit them all.

DanBornu:

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shakaz:
August/Sept. GRE is not smiling atall. I'm waiting on my AW before posting mine (I'm guessing that would either add flavour to it or complete the masacre). The summary of mine is, just like black panther "I froze".

In response to this. I got my AWA about 9 days after my GRE. I should have posted here but then TOEFL came up, hence I decided to wait for a complete profile before posting my story.

I just received my Toefl score on the 25th. So I guess I'm ready to give back to the community my little experience on both exams.....to be cont'd

I'm so tempted to begin this post by posting my scores, then go on to explain my preparation and test experience. But that would really belie my ability and the effort invested. So I would use the buttom - up approach in this post.

Although due to my precocious nature, I have been following this thread as far back as 2016 (while I was in 400Level), It was only until May this year that I started my GRE prep.

Adhering to the advice of veterans here, the first thing I did as at May, 2018 was to take powerprep 1. Initially prior to my powerprep. I used to think Verbal was my forte and that Quant would have me struggling for time. Hence it would be difficult to finish. I couldn't have been more wrong. Powerprep 1 obviously disabused me of this notion. As I found myself struggling with those recondite comprehensions (I know I am no doubt a slow reader, as evident by the fact that I rarely read movies prologue half way before it goes off, but I never thought it was this bad).

After about 3hr+ of hard labour, I clicked submit and I saw Q160 V152. I was satisfied with my initial Quant score. But that Verbal Experience was a great shock. I decided on that day, that if I am to have any hope of hitting 320+ on my actual GRE, I really would need to improve on my comprehension reading speed.

So, I started my prep fully . Hoping to prepare for enough time to write my exams by August (3 months prep). Knowing myself well and how I am not well adept to limited time tests. My prep was centered on the 50-50 rule i.e 50% knowledge and 50% pacing ( being confortable with the test) . This strategy would lead me to taking a total of 24 Practice tests ( I know!! Its way too much for a non-Asian, but I needed the surety that comes with being comfortable with your pacing)

To be cont'd.....

I started Preparation with the Manhattan 8 series. After, the manhattan 8 series I was pretty comfortable with the quant questions. However, as with all non-ETS materials there is always a heavy emphasis on abstruse Vocabs on their Sentence Equivalence and Text completion questions, rather than actual sentence structure. This posed another problem for me in the verbal, because I haven’t even started tackling my abysmal comprehension, now TC and SE had added to the pile of verbal problems.

I decided to devote at least 2 weeks on learning vocabs alone. Materials used includes: Barron 1100, Manhattan Essential and advance words, Vocabulary.com, Magoosh Flashcards and supplemented all these with Merriam Webster dictionary.

As at mid June, I was well inundated with the torrent of recondite vocabs in my arsenal ( As evident by the constant complaint from my whatsapp contacts). I went straight up to manhattan TC and SE to prove my Vocab adroitness, and as expected every questions were easy. I thought to myself GRE TC and SE done and dusted ( how naïve I was).

So I set forth to take my second practice test. KAPLAN: After another 3+ hrs of hard labour. My score : Q162 V150. Upon seeing this score I was appalled . Not because of the precision or nearness to my powerprep 1 which is also 312, but on how after learning 1500+ new vocabs and finishing Manhattan 8 series my scores did not improve even a bit.
I almost gave up on studying and just take the GRE at the closest possible date, but after reading reviews on Quora on how Kaplan practice test is abnormally difficult and does not really mimic the actual GRE, I dusted myself up and resumed duty…

To be cont’d...

shakaz:
I started Preparation with the Manhattan 8 series. After, the manhattan 8 series I was pretty comfortable with the quant questions. However, as with all non-ETS materials there is always a heavy emphasis on abstruse Vocabs on their Sentence Equivalence and Text completion questions, rather than actual sentence structure. This posed another problem for me in the verbal, because I haven’t even started tackling my abysmal comprehension, now TC and SE had added to the pile of verbal problems.

I decided to devote at least 2 weeks on learning vocabs alone. Materials used includes: Barron 1100, Manhattan Essential and advance words, Vocabulary.com, Magoosh Flashcards and supplemented all these with Merriam Webster dictionary.

As at mid June, I was well inundated with the torrent of recondite vocabs in my arsenal ( As evident by the constant complaint from my whatsapp contacts). I went straight up to manhattan TC and SE to prove my Vocab adroitness, and as expected every questions were easy. I thought to myself GRE TC and SE done and dusted ( how naïve I was).

So I set forth to take my second practice test. KAPLAN: After another 3+ hrs of hard labour. My score : Q162 V150. Upon seeing this score I was appalled . Not because of the precision or nearness to my powerprep 1 which is also 312, but on how after learning 1500+ new vocabs and finishing Manhattan 8 series my scores did not improve even a bit.
I almost gave up on studying and just take the GRE at the closest possible date, but after reading reviews on Quora on how Kaplan practice test is abnormally difficult and does not really mimic the actual GRE, I dusted myself up and resumed duty…

To be cont’d...

Your scores are good, trust me. Congratulations. On the bolded part, learning a lot of vocabs does not improve your score on the new GRE. (The GRE that was introduced from 2011 till date). The test makers claim they are testing a variety of skills of which learning vocabulary is not a key part of it. I agree to a large extent. I think the Manhattan series did not improve your score( in my opinion) because you probably just solved all the questions and went through it. I did the same in my first GRE and scored really poor. When you identity any grey areas in your Math, you find the part of the book(s) that will help you improve. Going through those books is really a tough task and you might even forget many things, as many of what is there do not show up on the test day. Apply the best and apply early. Cheers.

Quoran:
Your scores are good, trust me. Congratulations. On the bolded part, learning a lot of vocabs does not improve your score on the new GRE. (The GRE that was introduced from 2011 till date). The test makers claim they are testing a variety of skills of which learning vocabulary is not a key part of it. I agree to a large extent. I think the Manhattan series did not improve your score( in my opinion) because you probably just solved all the questions and went through it. I did the same in my first GRE and scored really poor. When you identity any grey areas in your Math, you find the part of the book(s) that will help you improve. Going through those books is really a tough task and you might even forget many things, as many of what is there do not show up on the test day. Apply the best and apply early. Cheers.

Thank you so much Quoran. You are right on everything you said. Too bad I found out the hard way.

The 3rd phase of my study, to me, is the most productive phase ( From June 20 – August 15 ).

During this time I had access to a lot of great resources and I also decided to eschew every form of laziness and improve on my deficiencies.

I started off with the Verbal Grail : I would highly recommend this material for Reading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning questions. This book really enhance my RC capability. It revealed all the question type and possible wrongs answers format. Caveat: The question are way easier than the actual ETS questions. Just learn the strategies and move on.

Next, I downloaded : New York times, The Economics And Scientific American apps. And made it imperative that I read at least 5 articles daily from these sites.
Then I moved on to Manhattan 5lb. I must say my experience with Manhattan 5lb was exciting. The TC, SE, RC and all the Quantitative Questions were worded in the way I like and low key I was praying it truly mimics the actual ETS question format.

After the finishing Manhattan 5lb from cover to cover. I had temporal access to magoosh account. The magoosh TC and SE were different from what I was used to in the Manhattan 5lb, as Magoosh TC and SE tend to have longer sentences and slightly different structure. I was devastated as I found myself struggling to adapt to this question format. I almost decided to circumvent the magoosh, not until I was apprised online on how the magoosh is the closest to the real deal ( I had to embrace Magoosh fully like my religious book, with Chris Lele my priest ). My comment on the Magoosh is that even though it tries to mimic the actual GRE in structure, I think the sentences are too fluid, smooth and aesthetically organized. It lacks the awkwardness of the actual GRE sentence ( the worst mistake you would make is entering the test hall, expecting to be cosseted by GRE sentences. In clear naija term “GRE sentence no sweet at all” Prepare for it!!)

By the time I was done with all the above. it was August already. Hence I went straight to the official guide. I wouldn’t advise even my worst enemy, to go into the test hall without going through the official guide. Although, the official guide would not offer lucid explanations for most answers, it is still important you get used to the pattern and structures of the questions you would meet on test day.

After/During all the above I did about 14 Practice tests (some Just diagnostic), for conciseness, I would post just 6 major tests.

• McGraw Hill Average ( did all 6 ) : 326 ( Q168 V158)
• Princeton Review Paper 1 (full length): 324 (Q165 V159)
• Princeton Review Paper 1 (full length): 331 (Q169 V162)
• Manhattan 5lb Diagnostic. : 326 (Q170 V156)
• Ets paper test 1 ( full length) : 331 ( Q170 V161)
• Ets paper test 2 (full length) : 325 (Q167 V158)

After these 14 tests, my confidence was well elevated. Because I scored 320+ in all of these tests. My pacing, knowledge and test taking dexterity had improved tremendously and I was at peace with myself, knowing I still have 2 weeks to tidy up loose ends…

To be cont’d

Quoran:
Your scores are good, trust me. Congratulations. On the bolded part, learning a lot of vocabs does not improve your score on the new GRE. (The GRE that was introduced from 2011 till date). The test makers claim they are testing a variety of skills of which learning vocabulary is not a key part of it. I agree to a large extent. I think the Manhattan series did not improve your score( in my opinion) because you probably just solved all the questions and went through it. I did the same in my first GRE and scored really poor. When you identity any grey areas in your Math, you find the part of the book(s) that will help you improve. Going through those books is really a tough task and you might even forget many things, as many of what is there do not show up on the test day. Apply the best and apply early. Cheers.

I would really need you suggestion on school selection at the end of my posts. ( I honestly appreciate your input. I have read your invaluable posts from your first test till date and I must confess, it was really worth the time..)

Hello guys, am new on this thread. Please I need your urgent response on how I go about writing my GRE exam?

Finally, one week to test day. As at this time, I was done with reading all the books I set aside to cover. So I was basically on the look out for questions to practice with.

While on this search, I was fortunate to come across a wonderful fellow on this thread. He gave me access to his Manhattan 6 full length test. I had always wanted to do these tests. Based on my survey online, virtually everyone that did the Manhattan 6 practice test went on to score above what they scored on the Manhattan 6 practice test average ( as it is believed that the Manhattan test is more difficult than the actual GRE esp. the Quant.). So, I needed Manhattan tests to create a benchmark of the worst case scenario on test day.

My Manhattan 6 tests score:

• Manhattan test 1 : 319 (Q162 V157)
• Manhattan test 2 : 322 (Q161 V161)
• Manhattan test 3 : 321 (Q161 V160)
• Manhattan test 4 : 321 (Q161 V160)
• Manhattan test 5 : 319 (Q159 V160)
• Manhattan test 6 : 322 (Q163 V159)

I took this whole tests in a week. Strongly going against the popular advice online of not doing more than a single full length test per week. I did all these under the pretext that I was getting used to pacing. In reality , those 6 tests burned me up. By the time I was done with those 6 difficult tests, I was so exhausted and anxious. The difficulty of Manhattan Quant made me to doubt all my previous test scores. Typically, I used to be the type that would think about the smartest way to approach a questions for atleast 15s before engaging my pen. But due to the difficulty and time consuming nature of manhattan Quant., I abandoned this method and starting engaging my pen more than logic ( a huge mistake on my part).

Two days to D-day, I started going through some AWA questions. Then I took the Princeton online test (advantage of this test is that it grades your AWA).
• Princeton online : 324 ( Q165 V159) AWA 4.5 issue 4 & Arg. 5

A day to my test, I took Powerprep 2. I must say as at this time, I was really getting nervous and slightly worried for no reason whatsoever.
• Powerprep 2 online : 319 (Q162 V157)

I made a lot of silly mistakes. And I realized in the Quant bulk of the 7 questions I got wrong were in Data interpretation. That further confirmed that I was getting nervous as DI question requires focus and attentiveness to details. I just prayed about it and made sure I slept early enough (10pm).

Next….Test day…

shakaz:
Finally, one week to test day. As at this time, I was done with reading all the books I set aside to cover. So I was basically on the look out for questions to practice with.

While on this search, I was fortunate to come across a wonderful fellow on this thread. He gave me access to his Manhattan 6 full length test. I had always wanted to do these tests. Based on my survey online, virtually everyone that did the Manhattan 6 practice test went on to score above what they scored on the Manhattan 6 practice test average ( as it is believed that the Manhattan test is more difficult than the actual GRE esp. the Quant.). So, I needed Manhattan tests to create a benchmark of the worst case scenario on test day.

My Manhattan 6 tests score:

• Manhattan test 1 : 319 (Q162 V157)
• Manhattan test 2 : 322 (Q161 V161)
• Manhattan test 3 : 321 (Q161 V160)
• Manhattan test 4 : 321 (Q161 V160)
• Manhattan test 5 : 319 (Q159 V160)
• Manhattan test 6 : 322 (Q163 V159)

I took this whole tests in a week. Strongly going against the popular advice online of not doing more than a single full length test per week. I did all these under the pretext that I was getting used to pacing. In reality , those 6 tests burned me up. By the time I was done with those 6 difficult tests, I was so exhausted and anxious. The difficulty of Manhattan Quant made me to doubt all my previous test scores. Typically, I used to be the type that would think about the smartest way to approach a questions for atleast 15s before engaging my pen. But due to the difficulty and time consuming nature of manhattan Quant., I abandoned this method and starting engaging my pen more than logic ( a huge mistake on my part).

Two days to D-day, I started going through some AWA questions. Then I took the Princeton online test (advantage of this test is that it grades your AWA).
• Princeton online : 324 ( Q165 V159) AWA 4.5 issue 4 & Arg. 5

A day to my test, I took Powerprep 2. I must say as at this time, I was really getting nervous and slightly worried for no reason whatsoever.
• Powerprep 2 online : 319 (Q162 V157)

I made a lot of silly mistakes. And I realized in the Quant bulk of the 7 questions I got wrong were in Data interpretation. That further confirmed that I was getting nervous as DI question requires focus and attentiveness to details. I just prayed about it and made sure I slept early enough (10pm).

Next….Test day…

Interesting summary. Following