GRE's

[nq:1]To Whom it may concern, My name is Michael Bernado and I am currently a student at the College of ... anyone had any suggestions for the language part of the exam that they could give me. Thank you very much.[/nq]
Get past exams and study guides, work through the problems. That will give you an idea of the sort of questions typically asked, but there is little you can do in a short perio

Brian:
[nq:2]To Whom it may concern, My name is Michael Bernado ... exam that they could give me. Thank you very much.[/nq]
[nq:1]Get past exams and study guides, work through the problems. That will give you an idea of the sort of questions typically asked, but there is little you can do in a short period of time to improve your verbal skills.[/nq]
Don't tell him that! I think I know

[nq:1]To Whom it may concern, My name is Michael Bernado and I am currently a student at the College of ... anyone had any suggestions for the language part of the exam that they could give me. Thank you very much.[/nq]
What are GREs?

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa

[nq:2]To Whom it may concern, My name is Michael Bernado ... exam that they could give me. Thank you very much.[/nq]
[nq:1]What are GREs?[/nq]
"Graduate Record Exam(ination)(s)", taken by US college students and college graduates who intend to attend graudate school.

Similar to the SAT, there is a math score and a verbal score, each in the
200 to 800 range. When I took the GRE

[nq:1]Not all grad schools require GRE scores from an aplicant, but a good score never hurts.[/nq]
What hurt me was the headache after a day of taking them. More grueling exams I've never experienced.

Charles Riggs
Email address: chriggs¦at¦eircom¦dot¦net

[nq:2]Not all grad schools require GRE scores from an aplicant, but a good score never hurts.[/nq]
[nq:1]What hurt me was the headache after a day of taking them. More grueling exams I've never experienced.[/nq]
When did you take them? I took them on Dec. 12, 1981.

I didn't think the GRE was so bad, and I was able to put out of my mind the fact that I somewhat crashed my then-new

[nq:2]What hurt me was the headache after a day of taking them. More grueling exams I've never experienced.[/nq]
[nq:1]When did you take them? I took them on Dec. 12, 1981.[/nq]
1970 or thereabouts.
[nq:1]I didn't think the GRE was so bad, and I was able to put out of my mind the fact that I somewhat crashed my then-new (and first-owned) car on the campus of the host school, on the way

Why not, Charles? So far, I've been under the impression that the GRE's aren't that much more difficult than the SAT's. Generally, shouldn't a person's GRE score be higher than their SAT score? I hope mine is.

[nq:1]Why not, Charles? So far, I've been under the impression that the GRE's aren't that much more difficult than the SAT's. Generally, shouldn't a person's GRE score be higher than their SAT score? I hope mine is.[/nq]
The generals weren't hard. The subjects were. One of the "high-IQ societies" (Ultranet) only takes as evidence GRE scores on tests taken before October 1, 1981, so it might we

[nq:2]Brian:[/nq]
As this message didn't show up at my server, I'll have to piggyback on Jerry's for replying to him.
[nq:1]Read lots of books, especially ones by good writers. Make sure you understand what they're saying (including looking up unfamiliar ... your own thoughts as clearly as possible. Oh, that's what you've been doing in college all this time. Never mind.[/nq]
Indeed. As