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Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CptCharlesVane: 10:50am On Dec 09, 2018 |
The Manhattan 8 books series starts from the basics but I agree he should have those books handy. It would erroneous to ignore the background of people who score highly on the GRE only to attribute it to their preparation time. There's a popular article on Medium about "How to score 330+ in 20 days" The guy was just going on about how elementary and high schooly the GRE quants is although he mentioned if you were solid in high school or a math major quants shouldn't give any problems. These guys easily score 320+ cold so their 10 days-340 scores are usually due to their experiences+preparation. People who smashed SATs do better on AW and Verbal and on tests like the GRE compared with people who didn't at all. So, people should know themselves and manage expectations if they don't have time to begin from elementary stuff. STENON: |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by amofum(m): 11:11am On Dec 09, 2018 |
I hate to break it to you, but your arguments do not hold up. To get higher score (s)he needs to start from from the official test diagnostics or more evaluative practice tests. Let our comments be more encouraging, sometimes even harmless sarcasm can deepen the pits of depression. Nigeria is already too stress biko. STENON: |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by amofum(m): 11:16am On Dec 09, 2018 |
In other news, I/O Psychology (PhD) applicants can check out Louisiana State Uni. There's a professor seeking a student for her diversity lab. Being a black female, or LGBTQ may give you an advantage. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 11:49am On Dec 09, 2018 |
CptCharlesVane: Stop misleading people you don't need a 99percentile to get an admit at those schools. Of course, a top score does not hurt. 2) For you to even be admitted to Oxford you probably have a solid background in Maths same cant be said of this guy in question. So this is a poor analogy. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CptCharlesVane: 12:09pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
Postfut:Of course, they usually have their minimums on the website and the holistic criteria narrative for admission but consider that almost everyone who'd have a 99%ile would apply to those schools + more emphasis is placed on GRE for applications from outside the US and unknown universities. I only assume (s)he isn't the lad winning all the awards in his/her university at the moment, so a 99th percentile target isn't out of place. Besides, having a first and best graduating accolades from Nigeria with an atrocious 15%ile GRE scores only hurts your application and the academic rigour of university if anything. I'm a realist not a motivational speaker. But you're right, 99th percentile isn't all that is needed because they get rejected too. I was talking about an Oxford student's GRE experience, not Oxford admissions. Oxford is easier to get in if you meet the minimums and have money to pay their school fees. You should read this too: http://blogs.cofc.edu/honors/2017/04/10/i-was-rejected-by-every-phd-program-i-applied-to-this-year-i-got-into-my-top-choice-heres-how/ Perhaps I’d been overconfident, but the string of rejections caught me off-guard. During the application process, I’d felt as if I had my bases covered: A full scholarship during my undergraduate studies as an honors student, a master’s degree in anthropology, a year of research under my belt while on a prestigious Fulbright fellowship. One of my letters of recommendation had been written by a MacArthur genius. I’d thought I was a shoo-in. Where had I gone wrong? |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 1:06pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
CptCharlesVane: In as much I agree with you.No one can tell you the magic pill that will get you an admit to top schools, good GRE helps but does not guarantee an admit at top schools. What happened to LORs, SOPs, Extracurriculars, GPA, Research Experience, Publication etc. This guy got into Havard(A Nigerian ) without the perfect score or prestigious school tag. https://www.nairaland.com/4225931/general-u.s.a-student-visa-enquiries-part/371#68743725 In fact, you can be denied admission for a diversity of reasons. I encourage everyone to read the link above. I have seen 315 get into Stanford and have seen 330 GRE score denied. By the way, it is definitely NOT easy to get into Oxford. PS. For your info, I have read that link before. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by doziej84: 1:36pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
Pls who can give the password to GRE Kaptest? I need access to the online tests |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CptCharlesVane: 2:13pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
Postfut:Yes, like I said previously 99 percentiles also get rejected. The person is you referenced who got in never disclosed their profile and educational background but scored 322 /4.5 on the GRE, not perfect but was surprised when (s)he was denied admission by Harvard University perhaps that should have told you something. I'm not one for wishy washy sweet stories, I go by statistics. For all we know the person is a Nigerian with 322 GRE that got into Harvard. Would you be surprised if you got a 4.0/5 CGPA top 15% in your department, never was the outstanding student anytime throughout your academic history, no work experience in a prestigious company and with that GRE score if you get rejected from Harvard? If you had only $100 for one application, would you apply to Harvard with this profile? Perhaps you would and you'd advise someone to but I won't and won't advise it. I also mentioned again that I assume this person isn't the lad winning all the awards in the university. A number of Nigerians are Harvard alumni so I never mentioned anything about Nigerians not getting admissions. Talk about what you know. I only said it was easier to get into Oxford university if you meet the minimums and can pay the school fees. There a lot of self-funded PhDs in Cambridge and Oxford that are not the superstars you might think, if they were, they probably won't be paying for it. I've lost the point of this. I never said the lad shouldn't apply neither did I mention that only 99%iles get admitted. My post was directed and it is not out of place. A 99%ile score would guarantee an application is looked as long as the minimums are met and for the schools (s)he is considering it isn't an unrealistic target. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 3:29pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
CptCharlesVane: Yes we can't tell same for the guy who asked or submitted his profile in the first place for evaluation. My point is we should stop throwing blanket assertions about what will get you an admit into a top school. Of course the "sweeter" your profile the better for you but still there are no guarantees or assurances except explicitly stated on the school's website. Peeps with "mediocre" profile have gotten in while those with "superstar" profile have been rejected and vice-versa. I repeat a "99 percentile" will boost your chances but guarantees nothing you can only know about your chances until you try and apply first. Oh common not a fan of saccharine stories and a firm believer in statistics yet you have failed to drop one to back up your "facts" So being on a self-funded Phd program equals to being easier to get in? Even at that, there are also shitloads of scholarship at Oxbridge too. There students who are fully funded programs there too. Lastly, we do not know if the person in question has only 100$ left. As we make statements please put some caveats and restrain from hasty generalization except you have a reliable source that backs it up. An innocent lad seeing your post and without a 99percentile might be discouraged to apply if we keep making statements like this based on conjectures. @All, If you do not have a 99 percentile please still apply to your dream school and other "safe schools" you never can tell until you try. No one on this forum can confidently tell your admission chances. 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by sholarr12: 5:00pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
doziej84:Username: doziej84@gmail.com Password: nairaland123456 Use these login details to log in and do a lot of practice tests. I created the account for you. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CptCharlesVane: 5:30pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
How you conveniently re-engineered my benign comment of encouragement and motivation to one that discourages people from applying to their dream schools is quite impressive really. You might as well be arguing with your self about 99th percentile GRE admission prospects. 1. His target schools and his GRE score only led to the assumptions that I made. For someone struggling with the GRE, at the brink of giving up trying, and having only Harvard and Stanford type schools on his list. 2. Saccharine stories for me is your type of disjointed logic. The only information about the person you referenced was her GRE score and deduce she is nigerian. If you simply believe just because she is nigerian and on nairaland and got into Harvard everyone can, fine. But I would bet my onions that she was surprised about her denied admission decision mainly because of information she never disclosed. Obviously, maybe not to you, she was quite confident about her chances. You don't believe, fine but don't accuse me of misleading people when there are increasing numbers of quality students not making the cut. Here, again from the same article you said you read: "Acceptance always involves some degree of luck. As one professor at Harvard told me after I had been turned down, “I am not at all sure that the reason for your not getting in was entirely your fault. My view is that it was primarily due to the fact that the applicant pool was very large and the number of places allowed to us very few. To give an example: We had at least seven Africanists who could have expected to be accepted at any first-rate university in the USA. We were only permitted to admit one. As a result of the very low acceptance ratio, the process has a high level of serendipity to it." If one has an slightly above average educational history, not standing out at any point in academics, no awards invariably no shiny recommendations, a 99th percentile GRE would give adcoms a benefit of a doubt in that case, to consider reasons your profile should be considered above those 'superstars' with glowing recommendations from Nobel laurettes. And YES, being on a self-funded PhD has much greater chances of admission than being funded by the department or faculty member. The real competition lies where the money is at. I mean you meet the requirements for admission into Oxford or Cambridge and can conveniently pay £40k+ for 3-4 years including money on rent etc, how many people would be competing for that? This isn't just hypothetical, I know people who have admission letters. It seems I'm more optimistic here than you are, how ironic. It's not about $100 left or not, I only used that to explain my point. From the information given, it showed either the person does not know what lies ahead or the competition he is up against and I inferred and made my suggestion appropriately. You are the one making an encouraging comment seem like a warning. Why haven't you talked about how his masters should be perfect and how people without perfect masters get into Harvard? I see you are suggesting 'safe' schools, why didn't you advise him about adding those, instead chose to pick out my comment. By the way, this is an anonymous forum, and being one prevents people from disclosing full information about their profiles. So, if I claim or actually got into MIT and I share my GPA and GRE score, that is too little information to run away with and start preaching the 'mediocre students get into Harvard too' sermon. I might have attended some of the best schools and referenced by world-renowned faculty members who mentored someone on the admission committee. Not everyone on nairaland attended school in Nigeria. You simply don't know so I'll rather use the story and account of an Ivy league fulbright scholar and Harvard professor whose profiles are out there along with others as a yardstick than a nairaland anecdote. You don't have do the same, neither did I ask you or anyone to. The End! Back to my corner. Postfut: 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 7:51pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
CptCharlesVane: I didn't read anything you wrote. But anyways OKAY. All the best. 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by frostsc: 7:58pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
I doff my hat to these erudite scholars. The panache, sagacity, pizzazz and oomph with which you took your stand and gave reasons to support your motion displays your preponderance of perspicacious yet congrously precise ideologies. Both views are right, depending on how you choose to look at it. Let's call a truce and help others in the little way we can. I'm really impressed by your wealth of savoir faire. 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Sherlock5577: 8:03pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
frostsc:Can't say I don't fully agree with you . Though I must have forgotten the meaning of most of these words But the truth is they're both right somehow.. As frostsc just said, please we shouldn't derail form the purpose of this thread!! 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by amofum(m): 8:22pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
Abeg who's visiting JKK on 15th? |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by TheZed(m): 9:24pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
amofum:JKK is now a tourist center ? 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Nobody: 10:12pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
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Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CptCharlesVane: 10:20pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
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Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CuteRedd(f): 11:27pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
babisho:great advice 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Jung(m): 11:28pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
frostsc: Ain't throwing shades, but this is not necessary. Elegance in simplicity biko |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by frostsc: 11:35pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
Jung: I ain't throwing shades either but after stuffing my head with words that my first to fifth generation will certainly not hear during their time here on earth, bro, permit me to express once in a while biko. 6 Likes |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by frostsc: 11:48pm On Dec 09, 2018 |
Sherlock5577: After all the "sufferness" I went through to learn words that I will not use to collect money inside bank, I will now forget it just like that? Osi gini? Is like my mind is telling me that God want to punish forget! Me and my words live happily ever after bro. In sickness and in health. Till death do us part. 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Sherlock5577: 6:47am On Dec 10, 2018 |
frostsc: As in, it pained me to realise I've forgotten most of them after the amount of time it took to learn them . Nowadays, I'll just be reading a book and they just reappear and I'm like I know this word oh, but can't remember the meaning. No be small thing. Make I do cram am again 3 Likes |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by gbadmos(f): 6:04pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
Good evening guys, please i need possible suggestions on the schools to apply to for phd mechanical engineering Q 155 V 151 AWA 3.5 undergrad cgpa 4.54/5.00 i sent my scores to Iowa state university University of central Florida university of arkansas university of chicago, illinois Although the gre score was not my personal best , before i rewrite i want to try and apply first. Any possible suggestions? |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by doziej84: 8:30pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
sholarr12: May the Universe bless you bountifully...You're a Life SAVER Why do I get the feeling you know me personally...or Maybe it's just my mind playing tricks on me. NAMASTE 2 Likes |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by doziej84: 8:33pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
Abeg guys, which GRE practice tests provider best simulates the real GRE questions? |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CptCharlesVane: 8:42pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
PowerPrep doziej84: 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by sholarr12: 10:00pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
doziej84:I say amen to your prayer. I do not know you. I only needed to help since I am in a position to help. 1 Like |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by udi2111: 6:36am On Dec 11, 2018 |
Hello house, does is Bsc considered when applying for a PhD. B.Eng Electrical engineering MSC information technology I intend pursuing a PHD in information technology. I just want to know if I will be considered since my Bsc is in electrical engineering. |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by pronto543(m): 9:46am On Dec 11, 2018 |
Good Morning friends, I received my first admission decision mail this morning from Michigan Tech. It was a rejection . I applied for 2019 Fall intake session-an early application as the application deadline is February 2019. Reason: "There currently is no advisor available in your specified area of interest". My application was marked "Completed" on November 10, 2018. I'm awaiting decision from 5 other schools. USF is another school that has marked my application as completed since November 5th. The 4 remaining schools require 3 referees. The third referee has failed to complete the online reference forms after several promises. I intend travelling to meet him next tomorrow. I wouldn't fold my hand and watch my dreams truncated. My advice to everyone is to apply early and to many schools. We shall make it! |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CptCharlesVane: 9:53am On Dec 11, 2018 |
What are you applying for? pronto543: |
Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by CuteRedd(f): 3:01pm On Dec 11, 2018 |
pronto543:can u expatiate on the bolded? What does applying with an application waiver have to do with anything? |
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