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chufor:
Sir I want to know more about this SAT? preparations,benefits ....etc

SAT is a standardized test that contains both quant and verbal and a voluntary essay.

The total score is 1600.

The SAT is for first degree courses.

Study for a while first please...

WilliamsSmile:
Good day guys,
I'm currently posted to PH for my service year and plan on taking the GRE & IELTS exams by the first quarter of 2019 ...please can someone recommend a good reputable tutorial center at Port Harcourt
Would really appreciate.

Quoran:
Hello Folks. I can see a lot of progress here. A lot of Good GRE scores as well. If you need to retake the test, do not despair. Follow the invaluable advice from veterans here. It will help you.

Unpopular Opinion: Your Statement of Purpose is actually the most important document in your application when you are looking for PhD positions in the STEM field. When a Professor or someone in the admission committee reads it, it make him or her curious to see what the student has to offer. Though it is not a technical document but it should give a glimpse of the applicant's future aspirations and the reasons he or she is an ideal candidate. Many Professors take your future goals quite seriously. They believe that should fix your motivation to do a PhD. That is why doing a PhD simply because you want funding is not a good idea.

Your SOP should sell your candidacy to the anonymous person reading it. He should be curious about what you have to offer. Naturally, he will then quickly glance at your CV (Academic CV off course). Then, if he is convinced, he takes a look at your Transcript to see if you possess the prerequisite to succeed. i.e. Do research,think and develop ideas. He or she will probably want to see what a colleague or someone of like mind thinks. That is where you Letters of recommendation plays a major part.

The use of the GRE is debatable. It is mostly used to screen out applicants. Some claim they holistically consider all parts of the application. Since not only one person considers all the applications, there is likely to be some bias for certain aspects. How will you feel if your application was not read at all and just screened out because of poor test scores? Try and get a good score especially in the Quant. Most universities do not have a minimum score. Some professors do not believe in its ability to predict anything useful.Even if they badly want an applicant, you must satisfy the set minimum. Taking it is very important especially as an international Student. Everyone knows the GRE is a weird test in some regard. Doing well in it especially as an international student dispels some bizarre myth about certain foreign degrees.

There is alot of bias in the admission process. You cannot take that away from it. Human beings have that unconscious bias that they are not even aware off. For example, A Chinese Professor may be inclined to accepting a student from Tsingua University because he knows the school and will be skeptical about admitting someone from the University Of Benin. These things happen. Though Professors have to explain their choices, many cannot be questioned much because of their reputation and the grant funds they bring in. Put in your best. Take time to draft your SOP. Do not plaglarise.

Publish if you can and also try to attend conferences. Contact students in the lab you wish to get into. Trust me, they know how their Professors pick graduate students.

By the way, it is a good thing to know what your potential supervisor has been doing lately, in terms of research. Check their webpages or check databases and see their recent publications. It will help you in drafting your SOP or amplifying your areas of strength in your CV and SOP.

Cheers.

Spot on.

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I thought the MCAT is used for Medicine?

Hi, today I sat for my test. It is a day I wished would never come because I always feel like I am not ready for the exam, finally, it has come and gone. I scored 158 in verbal and 159 in quant, I felt a little disappointment when I saw my quant score because I was ready for it, I had many twisted questions unfortunately. I don't know to thank in particular, so I say thanks to everyone who have contributed to this thread.

Beila:
Hi, today I sat for my test. It is a day I wished would never come because I always feel like I am not ready for the exam, finally, it has come and gone. I scored 158 in verbal and 159 in quant, I felt a little disappointment when I saw my quant score because I was ready for it, I had many twisted questions unfortunately. I don't know to thank in particular, so I say thanks to everyone who have contributed to this thread.

This is a great score man. Congrats on the score and it's a little sad you didn't meet up to your expectation but then, ride on and goodluck in applications!

Wishing you the best!

Beila:
Hi, today I sat for my test. It is a day I wished would never come because I always feel like I am not ready for the exam, finally, it has come and gone. I scored 158 in verbal and 159 in quant, I felt a little disappointment when I saw my quant score because I was ready for it, I had many twisted questions unfortunately. I don't know to thank in particular, so I say thanks to everyone who have contributed to this thread.

Hi Beila. Those are great scores. No need to be disappointed. What program are you applying for?

Beila:
Hi, today I sat for my test. It is a day I wished would never come because I always feel like I am not ready for the exam, finally, it has come and gone. I scored 158 in verbal and 159 in quant, I felt a little disappointment when I saw my quant score because I was ready for it, I had many twisted questions unfortunately. I don't know to thank in particular, so I say thanks to everyone who have contributed to this thread.

Great scores.

Olalekank:
This is a great score man. Congrats on the score and it's a little sad you didn't meet up to your expectation but then, ride on and goodluck in applications!

Wishing you the best!

Thanks!

MasterforceII:
Hi Beila. Those are great scores. No need to be disappointed. What program are you applying for?

Thanks! I'm applying for a PhD in Control

ponpon:
I forgot to add the Ready4gre app. It’s golden. I’ll provide a url to download the unlocked free version soon

Can you pls share the link here bro.....

Beila:
Hi, today I sat for my test. It is a day I wished would never come because I always feel like I am not ready for the exam, finally, it has come and gone. I scored 158 in verbal and 159 in quant, I felt a little disappointment when I saw my quant score because I was ready for it, I had many twisted questions unfortunately. I don't know to thank in particular, so I say thanks to everyone who have contributed to this thread.

Congrats Beila. Nice scores!
Unto the next step.

I wish us the best!!!

pierre92:
I thought the MCAT is used for Medicine?

You'd do Premed first before writing MCAT

Sherlock5577:
Congrats Beila. Nice scores!
Unto the next step.

I wish us the best!!!

Thanks! Wish us the best

Beila:
Thanks! I'm applying for a PhD in Control

Control systems. Strong man

elevatedmind:
@ marilyn24

Read previous posts to get ideas of strategies to Ace the exam.

Time2smile shared these and they contain almost all you will need to Ace the exam:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-ii97JplpxMdzhHNnYxSUlPOEE .

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-ii97JplpxMTVhRZGplOEhPaVE/view

For registration, search for ponpon on this forum and send him an email: this is his email Patrick.jimoh60@gmail.com

You can also Google "By Mafit"... They are for reg and also offer lectures

Cheers

God go bless you very well. Sorry for the late reply. I am very grateful for the links you sent. They will be very useful in my attempt to blast the GRE.

Accepting Gre registration!!!! Don’t wait till that deadline !!!

If you need materials for GRE preparation or need advice on application strategies especially for physical sciences, feel free to message me.

It’s ridiculous and outrageous for people sending mails over “GRE RUNS” I hope these nasty actions won’t make them ban Nigeria again! I don’t do GRE runs. I register you! Give you all the paid and unpaid materials you need!

Give you max OT I can help with! After exam application OT et al! . Please if you’re in the runs clique save me the mails. Unless I’ll drag your *ss on nairaland.!!!

Looking for shortcuts then you reach Yankee spoil things for people coming behind!!!! What fcukery

Hello house!

I need the premium magossh account or Anyone willing to share his or her magossh account with me.

Hi all, I'm schedule to write the GRE on 4th of January, I have contacted some of the schools graduate coordinators, one replied me today, the documents he gave me showed that the application form is $100, unlike the others that are $20., 30, 40.
Is it because I'm applying late?

iamblisz:
Hi all, I'm schedule to write the GRE on 4th of January, I have contacted some of the schools graduate coordinators, one replied me today, the documents he gave me showed that the application form is $100, unlike the others that are $20., 30, 40.
Is it because I'm applying late?

No. It varies from school to school and has nothing to do with application deadline.

Olddirtywizard:
No. It varies from school to school and has nothing to do with application deadline.

Okay�

please how do reg for GRE. can I do it myself online and how much is it. And is it compulsory I do tutorial for it.

opexy89:
please how do reg for GRE. can I do it myself online and how much is it. And is it compulsory I do tutorial for it.

I believe you will need tutorial for GRE with these your shorthand typing..I think GRE is 215$ approximately 80,000 naira..But I know ponpon does his for 45k ko 50k..you can also check Bymafit..

Obyknow:
The whole thing is really confusing me,i thought it is only transcript that is needed for evaluation

Bro please let us dialogue on this issue of WES. thanks
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Hello people,
I need to improve my vocabulary learn as much as 500-1000 vocabs for RC in Verbal also Quant Geometry, Applied Maths and Algebra.

Kindly recommend valuable resources and apps,my exam is less than a month.
Also, any practice test software or app that mimick actual exam difficulty.

Thanks.

Good morning my people, Please I need suggestions on US schools to pursue my PhD in Environmental Science, preferably those with assistantships that waive tuition and give reasonable stipend. Below is my profile;
B.Sc Forest Resources Management - WES GPA of 3.60/4.0
M.Sc Wood and Fibre Science - WES GPA of 3.89/4.0
TOEFL - 99
GRE - 313 (Verbal: 153, Quant: 160, AWA: 4.0)
Thank you as I await responses.