Re: (GRE Success! ) GRE prep.

hello,

I apologize for the late reply.

Suvadeep Banerjee and Sri harsha ,Thank you both for your valuable
advice.It is helping me a lot for my GRE. This is a great group for the
people who are seeking sound advice!Thank you both once again.

Regards
T.Santosh

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Sri Harsha <sriharsha24-/[email protected]> wrote:

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> Hello Santosh,
>
> Suvadeep gave you some great advice. I suggest you refer to our wiki files
> for the preparation. 800/800 in quants is an achievable target. See if you
> can improve your score there right away. Verbal is always challenging but
> it can be very interesting when you immure yourself.
>
> I am copy/pasting a old post here for easy reference for preparation.
> Other members can chip in as well (for new format) for the benefit of the
> group.
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> I am assuming by now you must have made yourself comfortable with the
> preparation for verbal and the quants section. Big book practice tests for
> verbal are a good option. Tentatively, you have 5 weeks.
>
> Week 1: Finish up any wordlist from Barrons that you haven't done yet.
> Also, mark the words which you think you are not comfortable with. At the
> same time practice the quants from different CDs you have.
>
> Week 2: Revise wordlists. A good 4-5 revisions of the wordlists before the
> exam gives you  confidence. Also continue working on RCs and quants.
> section.
>
> Week 3: Practice math problems and start taking tests and see how you are
> scoring. It would be nice if you can make an analysis of your score and see
> where you are making mistakes more often.
>
> Week 4: Give 3 tests a day and exhaust all possible database questions
> from different CDs. See how you are doing on the Kaplan for verbal and
> quants.
>
> Week 5: By now you should pretty much be comfortable facing CBTs and might
> have an idea or two on how to get around tricky questions. This is a good
> time to work on the mistakes.
>
> 2 days before the main test: Give the powerprep tests now, not in the
> previous weeks (only my suggestion). Again, retake the tests in powerprep
> and see what new questions come up. This will be your pseudo GRE score.
>
> A day before GRE: Do not take any tests. Just relax and occasionally
> revise RCs. It is very important to stay calm and composed. Eat right and
> should have a good night sleep.
>
> All through the preparation, maintain a good diet and sleep well. I may go
> on to say to not interact with others unnecessarily about GRE. It just may
> heighten the anxiety. So reading articles is a good option and very
> helpful.
>
> Getting around analogies can be tackled by eliminating some of the
> choices. There will be atleast one unrelated option. By the time you get
> into week 4, you'll have a good grip on it. Worst case, make a reasonable
> guess in the main test.
>
> Hope this helps and I am sure others may have some more ideas too.
>
> Good luck,
> -Sri Harsha
>
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> *From:* Suvadeep Banerjee <suvadeepbanerjee-/[email protected]>
> *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:51 AM
> *Subject:* Re: (GRE Success! ) GRE prep.
>
>
> Hi Santosh
>
> It's unfortunate that we are getting back to you so late. I will get back
> to answering your queries.
>
> I will answer your second question first and then your first question.
>
> 2) As far as the 3 universities are concerned, I guess the UFL,
> Gainesville ranks higher among all three; though I'm not sure about the
> rankings. Also the rankings seldom matter in these choices. When financial
> consideration is taken into account, still UFL is giving the maximum amount
> among all three. Also the cost of living is minimum in Gainesville compared
> to New York. But finally the things that matter is the program and the
> advisor. The advisor and the research he/she is into matter more in case of
> PhD, but I guess your friend has got into an MS program. So the program
> itself and the future aspirations become the deciding factors in the
> choice. The industry sector, though, is better in the New York area.
>
> This should be considered as a counsel only and the best decision can be
> taken by your friend only. After all, it's his life, right?
>
> 1) First of all, I would like to give you the good news - 45 days is
> enough time for anyone to prepare from scratch; leave aside you who have
> already written the test twice. Coaching is not required at all; it's just
> a waste of time and money according to me. It's unfortunate though that you
> have not succeeded in scoring good in GRE. I suppose you need to look again
> at the strategy of preparation. Learning the Barron's words by rote will
> not help you in the long race because any language is not something that
> you can force yourself to remember or learn. It's a feeling that you need
> to instill into you; you have to enjoy the new language, love its nuances.
>
> Enough philosophical talk already, let's delve into strategic discussion
> about how you can improve your score. I need you to answer one question -
> Are you from engineering background? If your answer is yes, then I think
> you should fare well in the Quant section. Maybe you need some practice, I
> mean regular practice, in the Quant section to be able to identify the
> traps in the Quant problems. If you remain careful enough, the Quant
> section should not be a problem. Just try to practice regularly.
>
> For the success in the Verbal section, learning the words by rote won't
> help in the new format. You have to learn the essence of the usage of the
> words, be it new or old words. Any new word you learn, try to incorporate
> them in your sentences like don't take all my advice in a pejorative sense.
> Try to regularly use those words in writing and you have definitely to
> practice a lot of writing.
>
> I hope this will provide some help to you and maybe other members will be
> able to help you a lot also.
>
> Suvadeep Banerjee
>
> Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
> Jadavpur University, Kolkata
> India
>
> Website : http://suvadeep.webs.com/
>
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> *From:* santosh <[email protected]>
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 12 April 2012 7:34 PM
> *Subject:* (GRE Success! ) GRE prep.
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have two questions today..hope i will get reply to both of them.so, here
> they are.
>
> 1. I have given GRE 2 times till now before august 2011(i.e in old
> pattern)..I got 1050(math-700,verbal -350) first time and 1020(math
> 660,verbal -360)2nd time..i tried to learn by rote all word lists in
> barron's and i really did so.I have to agree that i didn't practice well
> for both the tests and was concentrating only on wordlists. I did decent
> amount of practice 2nd time but i was scared that i would fail during 2nd
> time.Well,now i have booked my gre for the 3rd time in may.i.e in new
> pattern.Do i have to again learn by rote all the word lists for new
> pattern?because ,its been long since i touched them after my 2nd
> attempt.And in what areas i should be concentrating more.I don't have any
> coaching with new pattern and i can't get any coaching as i stay away from
> home and coaching here is highly expensive. I also want to know which books
> should i follow and will 45 days of preparation be enough for giving the
> test.
>
> 2. A friend of mine doesn't have a yahoo account and wants me to ask this
> question for him.
> He got into Electrical engineering department of University of florida
> gainesville,Syracus,USC and State university of newyork ,buffalo . he is
> confused about which one to join in.He also got 6000$ waiver in Syracuse
> and 12000$ waiver in UF. He got this admits for fall 2012.Kindly advice
> which univ which would be a better option and how?
>
> Thank you.
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