I am pretty nervous

[PurdueRy]

The math section doesn't intimidate me but dammit those antonyms and such...no one uses those words! Anyone have any last minute tips?

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Nobody gives a crap about any section except for the math section. Seriously, don't sweat it.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

you'll do fine.

not much you can do about vocab at this point so just relax!

 

[Special K]

Yea the verbal section is annoying. I just picked up the Kaplan book and memorized their list of "100 most commonly appearing GRE words", along with a huge list of synonyms for each.

No matter what you do though, there will always be words on there you don't know.

What grad program are you applying to? If it's a science/engineering program, they may not put too much emphasis on your verbal score.

 

[compnovice]

Try getting the first 5 questions right... When I took it, your score depended a lot on the first few questions (the test being adaptive)...

EDIT: typing without my glasses sucks...

 

[KillerCharlie]

Yeah, you can even get 2-3 wrong and still get 800 on the math because it's adaptive.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: compnovice
Try getting the first 5 questions right... When I took it, your score depended a lot on the first few questions (the test being adaptive)...

EDIT: typing without my glasses sucks...

I heard that, I will make sure to spend more time on those(especially the math) to make sure that happens. I didn't have too much trouble with any of the math problems I tried on the "sample test program" they provide. It's just those damn words have me guessing. Even when I know the words the choices don't often mesh with the definition I am looking for

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Special K
Yea the verbal section is annoying. I just picked up the Kaplan book and memorized their list of "100 most commonly appearing GRE words", along with a huge list of synonyms for each.

No matter what you do though, there will always be words on there you don't know.

What grad program are you applying to? If it's a science/engineering program, they may not put too much emphasis on your verbal score.

U of M and Purdue (both for EE)

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Special K
Yea the verbal section is annoying. I just picked up the Kaplan book and memorized their list of "100 most commonly appearing GRE words", along with a huge list of synonyms for each.

No matter what you do though, there will always be words on there you don't know.

What grad program are you applying to? If it's a science/engineering program, they may not put too much emphasis on your verbal score.

U of M and Purdue (both for EE)

Heh, I am at U of M for EE...

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Special K
Yea the verbal section is annoying. I just picked up the Kaplan book and memorized their list of "100 most commonly appearing GRE words", along with a huge list of synonyms for each.

No matter what you do though, there will always be words on there you don't know.

What grad program are you applying to? If it's a science/engineering program, they may not put too much emphasis on your verbal score.

U of M and Purdue (both for EE)

Heh, I am at U of M for EE...

grad?

 

[Brainonska511]

Good luck. My older brother is applying to grad schools at the moment (he wants a PhD in theoretical physics), so he took the GRE about 2 months ago and the Physics GRE in early November.

 

[hypn0tik]

Good luck dude. I scored 800 on the quantitative and a pathetic 410 on the verbal. Don't know my writing score yet. I only had about a week and a half to prepare for it and it was all spent on the verbal and writing.

I'm sure you'll do fine on yours.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Good luck dude. I scored 800 on the quantitative and a pathetic 410 on the verbal. Don't know my writing score yet. I only had about a week and a half to prepare for it and it was all spent on the verbal and writing.

I'm sure you'll do fine on yours.

on the sample tests I have been doing 740 on quantitative(sure I can do better as I didn't take all the time allotted to me when practicing) and 540 or so on verbal...so we'll see how the real thing goes

Random question...I assume they supply scrap paper to work on?

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Special K
Yea the verbal section is annoying. I just picked up the Kaplan book and memorized their list of "100 most commonly appearing GRE words", along with a huge list of synonyms for each.

No matter what you do though, there will always be words on there you don't know.

What grad program are you applying to? If it's a science/engineering program, they may not put too much emphasis on your verbal score.

U of M and Purdue (both for EE)

Heh, I am at U of M for EE...

grad?

Yea, just going for the MSEE.

 

[hypn0tik]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Good luck dude. I scored 800 on the quantitative and a pathetic 410 on the verbal. Don't know my writing score yet. I only had about a week and a half to prepare for it and it was all spent on the verbal and writing.

I'm sure you'll do fine on yours.

on the sample tests I have been doing 740 on quantitative(sure I can do better as I didn't take all the time allotted to me when practicing) and 540 or so on verbal...so we'll see how the real thing goes

Random question...I assume they supply scrap paper to work on?

Yep. It's nice and yellow too. They give you a few pencils as well.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Good luck dude. I scored 800 on the quantitative and a pathetic 410 on the verbal. Don't know my writing score yet. I only had about a week and a half to prepare for it and it was all spent on the verbal and writing.

I'm sure you'll do fine on yours.

on the sample tests I have been doing 740 on quantitative(sure I can do better as I didn't take all the time allotted to me when practicing) and 540 or so on verbal...so we'll see how the real thing goes

Random question...I assume they supply scrap paper to work on?

Yep. It's nice and yellow too. They give you a few pencils as well.

OMGI:heart:YELLOWPAPER!!!!111one1!

😀

 

[hypn0tik]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Good luck dude. I scored 800 on the quantitative and a pathetic 410 on the verbal. Don't know my writing score yet. I only had about a week and a half to prepare for it and it was all spent on the verbal and writing.

I'm sure you'll do fine on yours.

on the sample tests I have been doing 740 on quantitative(sure I can do better as I didn't take all the time allotted to me when practicing) and 540 or so on verbal...so we'll see how the real thing goes

Random question...I assume they supply scrap paper to work on?

Yep. It's nice and yellow too. They give you a few pencils as well.

OMGI:heart:YELLOWPAPER!!!!111one1!

😀

Hahaha yeah.

My verbal section was sinusoidal in nature. I got the first few right and the questions started getting impossible. Then I got the next few in a row incorrect. The questions started getting easier again. After a few cycles I was thinking, 'Oh fvck. There goes my verbal score.'

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Good luck dude. I scored 800 on the quantitative and a pathetic 410 on the verbal. Don't know my writing score yet. I only had about a week and a half to prepare for it and it was all spent on the verbal and writing.

I'm sure you'll do fine on yours.

on the sample tests I have been doing 740 on quantitative(sure I can do better as I didn't take all the time allotted to me when practicing) and 540 or so on verbal...so we'll see how the real thing goes

Random question...I assume they supply scrap paper to work on?

Yep. It's nice and yellow too. They give you a few pencils as well.

OMGI:heart:YELLOWPAPER!!!!111one1!

😀

Hahaha yeah.

My verbal section was sinusoidal in nature. I got the first few right and the questions started getting impossible. Then I got the next few in a row incorrect. The questions started getting easier again. After a few cycles I was thinking, 'Oh fvck. There goes my verbal score.'

Haha I can't wait to see this adaptive crap they will pull. I can see that happening with me. I have a good knowledge of words but I am not a spelling bee champion by any means. I know some of the harder "basic" words but when it comes to "Venal" I just get 😕

How hard does the quantitative part come if you start getting all of them right? Any specific formulas you used a lot on yours?

 

[hypn0tik]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Haha I can't wait to see this adaptive crap they will pull. I can see that happening with me. I have a good knowledge of words but I am not a spelling bee champion by any means. I know some of the harder "basic" words but when it comes to "Venal" I just get 😕

How hard does the quantitative part come if you start getting all of them right? Any specific formulas you used a lot on yours?

Well, there was a bunch of stupid questions about analyzing data from graphs they give you.
There was also a few triangle question where you had to use the triangle inequality and the Pythagorean theorem a few times.
Know your number properties (odd + odd = even, odd + even = odd, even + even = even, odd*odd = odd, odd*even = even, even*even = even).
Edit: pos*neg = neg, neg*neg = pos and extend to more than 2 variables.
With your comparison questions, if they give you something like x^2 = 36 and the columns want you to compare x and 6, realize that here x = 6 or x = -6 so yo don't have enough information.

The key in the quantitative section is to watch out for small details/tricks where you can potentially mess up. For example, if you have a triangle with two sides known to be of length 3 and 4, what range of values can the third side take to ensure that all angles are acute.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Haha I can't wait to see this adaptive crap they will pull. I can see that happening with me. I have a good knowledge of words but I am not a spelling bee champion by any means. I know some of the harder "basic" words but when it comes to "Venal" I just get 😕

How hard does the quantitative part come if you start getting all of them right? Any specific formulas you used a lot on yours?

Well, there was a bunch of stupid questions about analyzing data from graphs they give you.
There was also a few triangle question where you had to use the triangle inequality and the Pythagorean theorem a few times.
Know your number properties (odd + odd = even, odd + even = odd, even + even = even, odd*odd = odd, odd*even = even, even*even = even).
Edit: pos*neg = neg, neg*neg = pos and extend to more than 2 variables.
With your comparison questions, if they give you something like x^2 = 36 and the columns want you to compare x and 6, realize that here x = 6 or x = -6 so yo don't have enough information.

The key in the quantitative section is to watch out for small details/tricks where you can potentially mess up. For example, if you have a triangle with two sides known to be of length 3 and 4, what range of values can the third side take to ensure that all angles are acute.

What is 1 to 5 Alex?

 

[hypn0tik]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Haha I can't wait to see this adaptive crap they will pull. I can see that happening with me. I have a good knowledge of words but I am not a spelling bee champion by any means. I know some of the harder "basic" words but when it comes to "Venal" I just get 😕

How hard does the quantitative part come if you start getting all of them right? Any specific formulas you used a lot on yours?

Well, there was a bunch of stupid questions about analyzing data from graphs they give you.
There was also a few triangle question where you had to use the triangle inequality and the Pythagorean theorem a few times.
Know your number properties (odd + odd = even, odd + even = odd, even + even = even, odd*odd = odd, odd*even = even, even*even = even).
Edit: pos*neg = neg, neg*neg = pos and extend to more than 2 variables.
With your comparison questions, if they give you something like x^2 = 36 and the columns want you to compare x and 6, realize that here x = 6 or x = -6 so yo don't have enough information.

The key in the quantitative section is to watch out for small details/tricks where you can potentially mess up. For example, if you have a triangle with two sides known to be of length 3 and 4, what range of values can the third side take to ensure that all angles are acute.

What is 1 to 5 Alex?

Wrong. You fell for their trick. Here, you can have 4 be your hypotenuse in which case the third side has to be at least sqrt(7). So the range is from sqrt(7) to 5.

It's things like this you have to watch out for.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Go to bed and get some rest 😛

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Haha I can't wait to see this adaptive crap they will pull. I can see that happening with me. I have a good knowledge of words but I am not a spelling bee champion by any means. I know some of the harder "basic" words but when it comes to "Venal" I just get 😕

How hard does the quantitative part come if you start getting all of them right? Any specific formulas you used a lot on yours?

Well, there was a bunch of stupid questions about analyzing data from graphs they give you.
There was also a few triangle question where you had to use the triangle inequality and the Pythagorean theorem a few times.
Know your number properties (odd + odd = even, odd + even = odd, even + even = even, odd*odd = odd, odd*even = even, even*even = even).
Edit: pos*neg = neg, neg*neg = pos and extend to more than 2 variables.
With your comparison questions, if they give you something like x^2 = 36 and the columns want you to compare x and 6, realize that here x = 6 or x = -6 so yo don't have enough information.

The key in the quantitative section is to watch out for small details/tricks where you can potentially mess up. For example, if you have a triangle with two sides known to be of length 3 and 4, what range of values can the third side take to ensure that all angles are acute.

What is 1 to 5 Alex?

Wrong. You fell for their trick. Here, you can have 4 be your hypotenuse in which case the third side has to be at least sqrt(7). So the range is from sqrt(7) to 5.

It's things like this you have to watch out for.

Damn them and their tricks! 🙁

But point well made, I noticed a lot of negative tricks in my practice but not one like that. Thanks

 

[hypn0tik]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Haha I can't wait to see this adaptive crap they will pull. I can see that happening with me. I have a good knowledge of words but I am not a spelling bee champion by any means. I know some of the harder "basic" words but when it comes to "Venal" I just get 😕

How hard does the quantitative part come if you start getting all of them right? Any specific formulas you used a lot on yours?

Well, there was a bunch of stupid questions about analyzing data from graphs they give you.
There was also a few triangle question where you had to use the triangle inequality and the Pythagorean theorem a few times.
Know your number properties (odd + odd = even, odd + even = odd, even + even = even, odd*odd = odd, odd*even = even, even*even = even).
Edit: pos*neg = neg, neg*neg = pos and extend to more than 2 variables.
With your comparison questions, if they give you something like x^2 = 36 and the columns want you to compare x and 6, realize that here x = 6 or x = -6 so yo don't have enough information.

The key in the quantitative section is to watch out for small details/tricks where you can potentially mess up. For example, if you have a triangle with two sides known to be of length 3 and 4, what range of values can the third side take to ensure that all angles are acute.

What is 1 to 5 Alex?

Wrong. You fell for their trick. Here, you can have 4 be your hypotenuse in which case the third side has to be at least sqrt(7). So the range is from sqrt(7) to 5.

It's things like this you have to watch out for.

Damn them and their tricks! 🙁

But point well made, I noticed a lot of negative tricks in my practice but not one like that. Thanks

Yeah. Sometimes their tricks are obvious to spot while others they are pretty obscure (like this example).

Another thing to make sure you can do well is to add, subtract, multiply and especially divide without using a calculator.

A lot of the times they'll give you stupid numbers like 3.9 and 2.4. They won't ask you for the exact answer so you can round to 4 and 2.5 and then pick the closest answer. Usually the choices are far enough apart that you can pick out what the answer should be based on what you estimated it to be.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Haha I can't wait to see this adaptive crap they will pull. I can see that happening with me. I have a good knowledge of words but I am not a spelling bee champion by any means. I know some of the harder "basic" words but when it comes to "Venal" I just get 😕

How hard does the quantitative part come if you start getting all of them right? Any specific formulas you used a lot on yours?

Well, there was a bunch of stupid questions about analyzing data from graphs they give you.
There was also a few triangle question where you had to use the triangle inequality and the Pythagorean theorem a few times.
Know your number properties (odd + odd = even, odd + even = odd, even + even = even, odd*odd = odd, odd*even = even, even*even = even).
Edit: pos*neg = neg, neg*neg = pos and extend to more than 2 variables.
With your comparison questions, if they give you something like x^2 = 36 and the columns want you to compare x and 6, realize that here x = 6 or x = -6 so yo don't have enough information.

The key in the quantitative section is to watch out for small details/tricks where you can potentially mess up. For example, if you have a triangle with two sides known to be of length 3 and 4, what range of values can the third side take to ensure that all angles are acute.

What is 1 to 5 Alex?

Wrong. You fell for their trick. Here, you can have 4 be your hypotenuse in which case the third side has to be at least sqrt(7). So the range is from sqrt(7) to 5.

It's things like this you have to watch out for.

Damn them and their tricks! 🙁

But point well made, I noticed a lot of negative tricks in my practice but not one like that. Thanks

Yeah. Sometimes their tricks are obvious to spot while others they are pretty obscure (like this example).

Another thing to make sure you can do well is to add, subtract, multiply and especially divide without using a calculator.

A lot of the times they'll give you stupid numbers like 3.9 and 2.4. They won't ask you for the exact answer so you can round to 4 and 2.5 and then pick the closest answer. Usually the choices are far enough apart that you can pick out what the answer should be based on what you estimated it to be.

2 + 2 = 4

am I good to go?

In all seriousness back in elementary school we did long division and all that and I have never lost it. Perhaps due to those few times where I forgot a calculator on a quiz 😉