Re: (GRE Success! ) scaling old-gre score to revised-gre by ETS
Saikat Banerjee <saikat89-/[email protected]> Thu, 22 Aug 2013 04:20:10 +0800 (SGT)
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--1577518589-1493837461-1377116410=:77499 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Srihari, * Thank you very much for your prompt reply, suggestion and opinion.=C2=A0 * I hope the schools will also find this conversion dumb. I have not found= any explanation/justification from ETS behind =C2=A0this conversion. Howev= er, if anyone finds such thing please let me know (just curious :)). With Regards, Saikat Banerjee ________________________________ From: Srihari Yamanoor <[email protected]> To: [email protected]=20 Sent: Thursday, 22 August 2013 12:59 AM Subject: Re: (GRE Success! ) scaling old-gre score to revised-gre by ETS =20 =C2=A0=20 Hello Saikat, Thanks. That is the dumbest thing I have heard, but since I have known abou= t ETS for over 14 years or so now, I am not surprised.=C2=A0 Here is what I think: 1. It does not matter. 2. Just send your old score, t= he conversion and ETS's dumber than stone explanation along to any school, = wherever you have space to provide extra information.=C2=A0 Really, the school that is worth it's salt, should look at your score, at t= he time it was taken and focus on the percentile of the score, and of cours= e, on all other parts of your application. You don't want to be associated = with a school that got it's panties in a knot over 166 vs 170.... Good Luck, Srihari On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Saikat Banerjee <saikat89-/[email protected]> wr= ote: =20 >=C2=A0=20 >Hi, > > >According to ets, even if u score 800 in old gre quants, they are giving 1= 66. No one who wrote old gre can get 170 in quants. So, people who wrote ol= d gre are loosing atleast 4 points to the new-gre taker. Can anyone please = tell me if it's gonna be an issue?..Are people who wrote old-gre gonna be v= ictimized due to ets' such conversion table? Please provide your opinion. > > >Reference:-http://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/concordance_information.pdf >=C2=A0 >With Regards, >Saikat Banerjee --=20 Home: http://www.yamanoor.com/ Photography: http://www.yamanoor.net/ and http://facebook.com/voxluma Laughs: http://ysrihari.blogspot.com/ Medical Devices: http://chaaraka.blogspot.com/ Earth: http://itshothere.org/ =20 --1577518589-1493837461-1377116410=:77499 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <head> <style type="text/css"> <!-- /* start of attachment style */ .ygrp-photo-title{ clear: both; font-size: smaller; height: 15px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; width: 75px; } div.ygrp-photo{ background-position: center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color: white; border: 1px solid black; height: 62px; width: 62px; } div.photo-title a, div.photo-title a:active, div.photo-title a:hover, div.photo-title a:visited { text-decoration: none; } div.attach-table div.attach-row { clear: both; } div.attach-table div.attach-row div { float: left; /* margin: 2px;*/ } p { clear: both; padding: 15px 0 3px 0; overflow: hidden; } div.ygrp-file { width: 30px; valign: middle; } div.attach-table div.attach-row div div a { text-decoration: none; } div.attach-table div.attach-row div div span { font-weight: normal; } div.ygrp-file-title { font-weight: bold; } /* end of attachment style */ --> </style> </head> <html><body> <div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Hi Srihari,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><ul class=""><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Thank you very much for your prompt reply, suggestion and opinion. </span><br></li></ul></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-ser if; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">I hope the schools will also find this conversion dumb. I have not found any explanation/justification from ETS behind this conversion. However, if anyone finds such thing please let me know (just curious :)).</span><br></li></ul></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div>With Regards,<br>Saikat Banerjee</div><div> <br></div> <div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Srihari Yamanoor <[email protected]><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> [email protected] <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, 22 August 2013 12:59 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: (GRE Success! ) scaling old-gre score to revised-gre by ETS<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv1239528203"> <div> <span style="display:none;"> </span> <div id="yiv1239528203ygrp-text"> <div dir="ltr">Hello Saikat,<br><div><br></div><div>Thanks. That is the dumbest thing I have heard, but since I have known about ETS for over 14 years or so now, I am not surprised. </div><div><br></div><div>Here is what I think: 1. It does not matter. 2. Just send your old score, the conversion and ETS's dumber than stone explanation along to any school, wherever you have space to provide extra information. </div> <div><br></div><div>Really, the school that is worth it's salt, should look at your score, at the time it was taken and focus on the percentile of the score, and of course, on all other parts of your application. You don't want to be associated with a school that got it's panties in a knot over 166 vs 170....</div> <div><br></div><div>Good Luck,</div><div><br></div><div>Srihari</div><img src="https://app.getsignals.com/img.gif?ukey=agxzfnNpZ25hbHNjcnhyGAsSC1VzZXJQcm9maWxlGICAgIC6r50IDA&key=f69e690493cd4aca8e7a34242a9a704a" width="1" height="1"></div> <div class="yiv1239528203gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="yiv1239528203gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Saikat Banerjee <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:saikat89-/[email protected]" target="_blank" href="mailto:saikat89-/[email protected]">saikat89-/[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="yiv1239528203gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;"> <u></u> <div> <span> </span> <div> <div> <div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hi,</div><div style="background-color:transparent;"> <font><br></font></div><div style="background-color:transparent;"><font>According to ets, even if u score 800 in old gre quants, they are giving 166. No one who wrote old gre can get 170 in quants. So, people who wrote old gre are loosing atleast 4 points to the new-gre taker. Can anyone please tell me if it's gonna be an issue?..Are people who wrote old-gre gonna be victimized due to ets' such conversion table? Please provide your opinion.</font></div> <div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;"><font><br></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;"> <font>Reference:-</font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/concordance_information.pdf">http://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/concordance_information.pdf</a></div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">With Regards,<br> Saikat Banerjee</div></div> </div> <div style="color:#fff;"></div> </div> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Home: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.yamanoor.com/">http://www.yamanoor.com/</a><br><br>Photography: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.yamanoor.net/">http://www.yamanoor.net/</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://facebook.com/voxluma">http://facebook.com/voxluma</a><br> <br>Laughs: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ysrihari.blogspot.com/">http://ysrihari.blogspot.com/</a><br><br>Medical Devices: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://chaaraka.blogspot.com/">http://chaaraka.blogspot.com/</a><br><br> Earth: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://itshothere.org/">http://itshothere.org/</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <br> <br> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <div width="1" style="color: white; clear: both;"/>__._,_.___</div> <!-- Start Recommendations --> <!-- End Recommendations --> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <br><br> <tt> Thanks! for being a part of gre-success. 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