AYODEJI94:
Please, I wish to ask, can one write GRE with driver license or national ID as the means of identification? Thank you

Ifecrown:

Thanks a lot, i can see you also have Ready4GRE. was it helpful as well. cos I've been using it and i find it tasking.

Ifecrown:


What is the name of the Helpful App you used for the AWA.
Thanks.

Scholastica16:


Give me your email.

Scholastica16:


There was a school in California you were considering - Riverside or Irvine, why did you not send your scores to them?

Personally, her telling you to apply is because the filter will not eliminate you at 163- Q nor will the V aspect be a red flag. In this light, I believe every one who gets 161 and above in the Q will not be eliminated.

Remember that the GRE is just one aspect? After this GRE phase, the next thing will probably be GPA. GPA for both undergrad and grad school. You have both on lock too.

The other aspects of your app like SOP, LORs, Publications will now be deciding factors and in a closecall, that is when they may use someone's higher GPA or GRE score to select them over you.

The synopsis of all I am saying is, you stand a chance.

TooMuchSauce:


Wish you all the very best mahn, you sure have put in work, go get that 335+. Godspeed!

denniece1:
Pls, is national ID card accepted as a means of identification on test day?

Scholastica16:
Ponlear, Yildiz, November crew, how is it going?

gokuu:
Hello fam,

So I have my first decision.
In at Vanderbilt; still waiting on interview decisions at Duke and UT@Austin.

Anyone here in Nashville?

Krak:
how much for the insecticides and how did you apply them?

How do you know when Cowpea is ready for harvesting?

Yildiz:
I will upload alot of pictures today hopefully and please if you have any question feel free to ask

Seun:
Please update.

TheGrandChemist:

Hello bro. Do you have the offline Powerprep test? I got an error message after getting past the issue and argument task on the online Powerprep. I really do not know what the problem is. I have mailed them though, but I am yet to get a response.
If you have the offline Powerprep test don't hesitate to share with me. Thanks.
This post also goes out to all those who may be of help.

Thanks

MasterforceII:


Hi. Are you applying to Georgia Tech?

Scholastica16:


Order of importance;
Speaking
Listening
Reading
Writing.

Congrats. The writing is last because TOEFL requirements for top writing scores are kind of facile. The speaking and listening are what they want to be sure you can do because it is important for TAs. The reading is okay, but your VR of the GRE is more important to them.

Ask the grad coord for minimum AWA. Michigan State was 3.0. Some other programs are 3.5 and others 4.0.

MackyNaija:

Only 3 but it is tight!

MackyNaija:
The american educational system is very intense...
In the past 5 days, I -

Thursday was the reiteration that we should go read 10 chapters for the midterm exam.

Did a 6 hour round-trip on Friday to unwind, I cannot go madt reading books. Lost so much time though.

Turned in an assignment on Sunday, had to rush through Friday's assignment due on Monday

Turned in an assignment on Monday, told to prepare for midterm exam. This one should be easier.

Getting set to take a midterm exam today, Tuesday. Did I cover all 10 chapters?? When I reach hall, I go know..

An assignment is due on Thursday (will I be able to meet the deadline?), also we have the Fall Carnival then or have I forgotten the Carnival date?



Overall, no time to drink beer or chase woman...
If I had a job, how I for take deh manage this kinda workload??

I deh go - need to complete my 'cheat sheet' (legal expo). Oshe!

Scholastica16:


You don't need internet for the PowerPrep II if my memory serves me well.

Scholastica16:


Publications help PhD apps better sef. But that 167 is very doable as well as the 4.5. Just try to be perfect in your first Q. I have a conjecture on how GRE scales scores though it is not fool-proof but every thing seems predicated on the first section.

If you get 20/20 in the first Q and 15-17/20 in the second your scaled score could be between 164-168. Yet someone else with 18/20 and 18/20 in the second would get between 163-167.

The first section is usually easy and you would most likely have time to revisit all your questions when done. Please, don't feel like some Maths Savant; make sure you review almost all your questions. You might see silly mistakes that you made especially in the Qty comparison section.

As for section 2, just pray. There are usually too many traps and pitfalls. Also pray you get 2 Quant sections and 3 VRs (1 experimental) so you would know what you are vying for. In my first GRE, I played with my last Q as I thought it was my experimental section. I still bite my finger in regret. I got 12/20 in it and 19/20 in the first section and my scaled score was 162. I knew that section I played with had to be the experimental because the diagnostics showed that I failed numbers 17-20 down (I did not attempt them at all )

Scholastica16:


I don't know much about the school but their engineering programs are rated well. Also, you won't have any issues with funding if you are admitted. The acceptance rate online says 25-30% for grad programs but it could be whittled down to something relatable to you if you contacted the grad coordinator for this information.

As a rule of thumb, I check the reddit pages of my prospective schools and then I also calculate a rough estimate of the acceptance rate by counting the rejects and accepts for PhD programs on grad cafe.

You may want to search 'UCSD or UC San Diego Electrical Engineering' on the grad cafe search box and make sure the search runs for all times. You can even know the profiles of some accepted/rejected students if you click that red diamond icon by the side.