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Do you know any good websites or e-books that explain everything I need to know about postgraduate programmes in the U.K.? I’m currently looking for a master’s programme there. Do I need to take any tests like the GRE test or do I need do a research? Also, I haven’t fully comprehended the difference between Taught and Research Master’s. I’m an international student.

Your help is highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

I have two questions..One about the GRE, and specifically the Math Section.
And my second question being about Grad School and when to get letters of recommendation..

1. I’m planning on taking the revised GRE test in September or October of this year..However, I’m pretty awful at Math..yes, I did get my BA–but thankfully my major only required me to take one math class. I’m worried because I’m even worse at math tests. I plan on studying and practicing the guide given as best as I can..but if I do bomb the math portion (not concerned about the other two) but excel in the other sections…
do you think that will look bad and consider not admitting me? At the moment I’m looking at 2 schools..one the GRE is required, but no specific score is listed, the other a, ‘580 should be obtained’ if I do not get a 580 (or however that works out in the revised test because the scores are different) will that automatically be a determining factor?

2. I plan on attending in Fall 2012, quite possibly Fall 2013..At this point I’ll have been an alumni for 2/3 years…what would be the best time to ask for the three recommendations needed? I know who I currently want them to be from (former boss, and two professors) but if 2/3 years have passed..does look bad not having as current recommendations? or good that after that time these people can speak highly of me? Seems like a double edged sword.. So should I just wait until I know for sure if I’m attending in ‘12 or ‘13?

I want t do MS in Computer Science in the US for which I want to write the GRE. However the ETS website www.ets.org lists two types of GRE exams: a general purpose GRE and subject specific GRE exams in 8 subjects. For getting admission into MS in Computer Science do I have to write the general GRE test or the Computer Science GRE test?

im going to take a toefl and GRE test…i have two questions.
1.how long will it take for the scores to reach the specified universites from the day of the exam?
2.should the scores reach the universities before the application dead line?

I completed Bachelor of Bomputer Engineering, and now want to continue the engineering to master level. I’m a good programmer, especially c# and asp.NET. My first question is I’m not sure which course is more related to programming and computer stuffs. My choices are Master of Science in IT (security/database/system) or Master of Science in Software Engineering. I would appreciate suggestions with more choices. My gpa is not that awesome. 2.73 and i’m taking the GRE test on january 26th. How do I contact some good universities? Do I write mail to them or some professors belonging there.. I have loads of confusions, the basic is I don’t know where and how to start.
oh that’s Bachelor of *Computer Engineer i mean, my bad :$
very well written portray of life in usa. i’m not an indian though. i’m a good student, grades dont suggest but i am. and i would like to know if there’s any way i can impress a good university and they can admit me. I’ve been programming since 6 years or so now. For experience, I made 000+ from advertising (google adsense), i have a sound musical knowledge. i play guitar, classical/gypsy and electric. being a science student i have marketing skills as well (i’ve sold inverters in a big scale). will these things impress the university? and i’m expecting a 1300+ GRE score. I just want a masters degree from a decent if not the best university.

I want to take the GRE test but don’t really know what school’s I want to send my scores to mostly because I don’t know which ones I’m applying to yet. Can I take the exam and then forward my scores afterward without noting it beforehand?

Hi, i will apply for some US universities in next january and i will take the toefl exam like mid of june and i really do not have a single clue about preparation for the NEW gre test. i have a deadline but a couldn’t calculate the preparation time.

also i desperately need some advice for book or study tips or some sites with all in it ) but actually i need advice for books of the new GRE.

can i say please?

I have 3.5 GPA and above average GRE test schools, around 140 clinical hours and by next year I will have my bachelors from UNCW in Exercise Science. However I have a C in my Chem 101 course and a C in my developmental psychology course, both of which are likely to be reviewed. ( I took both my freshman year of college) Am I likely to get into the Physical Therapy Programs at ECU or UNC Chapel Hill? I tend to over worry about these things.

im preparing to write GRE test.. i have prepared well but i want to know if GRE QUESTIONS that are currently appearing in GRE , Is it available in any internet sites?

it may be unethical but, scoring good marks is more important !

In the dream, I went to the testing center to take my GRE test and as I got ready and was filling out the forms, the proctor noted that it was early March. Then I was like, "But my test is on May 7th!"

I ended up showing up at the test center two months early! Which was really embarrassing :/

So anyway, I ended up staying in the front lobby (for some reason, I didn’t just drive home) while everyone else was taking the test inside the room. And behind the front desk, there was Joe Biden!
He offered to help me review for the May 7th test, since he had all the answers in a binder on the shelf for that test.

But we ended going over a review sheet instead, and he helped me through some of the material.

What could this dream mean?
Does it mean that I’m not adequately preparing now for my GRE test like I should be?
My test really IS on May 7th!

I was doing a practice GRE test online and several questions asked me to find the "units digit" of the answer of a certain problem. I don’t know how I managed to miss this after all the math course I have taken, but what the heck is a units digit??

I want to go to graduate school, and need to take the GRE. However, I am going to art school now, and there aren’t really any classes to prep me for this test.

I’m using financial aid, and it says that I cannot take classes at two different schools during one semester. However, if I take a course at a place like Kaplan, which preps me for the test, will this cause a problem? It isn’t really taking a class for credits or anything, but it’s a course to prep me for the GRE test.

I am working for my mathematics degree (Minor: CS). I want to go to graduate school for CS. I graduate in 3 more semesters. By that time, I have all of the required courses to move onto graduate school for CS (I know I have to get letters, do the GRE test, and submit a sample thesis). But for an extra semester I can get a B.S. degree in CS along with mathematics.

What should I do?

Does somebody know the best prep course for the GRE exam?
There are courses offered by many prep companies but I don’t know which course is the best to guarantee me higher scores of 700+
I know that some people argue that no need to take such course but I have to take the course just to make sure that I get the highest possible score in one attempt of GRE test.
So please state the best and the most effective course offered by one prep companies.
Please give detailed and step-by-step explanation of your answer and suggestions including all the sources (names and duration of the course, websites etc).
Thank you very much and have a wonderful time

I am currently getting all my prerequisites ready to go to graduate school like taking a few prerequisite courses I have not taken yet, volunteering at a clinic, and somewhat getting ready for the GRE. I am horrible at taking exams and wondering if I will still have a chance in getting into graduate school for Occupational Therapy. I am planning to apply to San Jose, USC, Dominguez Hills and Loma Linda. My GPA is 3.6 I have three letters of recommendation coming along from great individuals and I am currently at this moment working on my personal statement.
I have not taken the GRE test just yet I took a practice one and yes I felt completely anxious. I got a headache just reading the questions. I was a psychology major and trying to get into Occupational Therapy.

Does somebody know the best prep course for the GRE exam?
There are courses offered by many prep companies but I don’t know which course is the best to guarantee me higher scores of 700+
I know that some people argue that no need to take such course but I have to take the course just to make sure that I get the highest possible score in one attempt of GRE test.
So please state the best and the most effective course offered by one prep companies.
Please give detailed and step-by-step explanation of your answer and suggestions including all the sources (names and duration of the course, websites etc).
Thank you very much and have a wonderful time.

Does somebody know the best prep course for the GRE exam?
There are courses offered by many prep companies but I don’t know which course is the best to guarantee me higher scores of 700+
I know that some people argue that no need to take such course but I have to take the course just to make sure that I get the highest possible score in one attempt of GRE test.
So please state the best and the most effective course offered by one prep companies.
Please give detailed and step-by-step explanation of your answer and suggestions including all the sources (names and duration of the course, websites etc).
Thank you very much and have a wonderful time.

im looking to take a course to prep for the general GRE test in my spring semester. i want to take a course during my winter break. i wanted to know which test prep service is better…kaplan or princeton review?

I had written the following essay for a GRE Prep class for Kaplan. Sadly, my English teacher hasn’t evaluated it as yet. Can anyone either with a strong background in teaching for GRE or who has taken the GRE Test give me a proper evaluation? Thanks for your help, in advance.

I love my country: I love my family but I want ‘more’ in life. Explain this statement with details and examples from your life / personal experiences. (30 minutes)

I am a patriot, and I love my country
Because my country is all I know
I want to be with my family
People who understand me
I got no place else to go
– Steven Van Zandt (I am a patriot by Pearl Jam)

The quoted lyrics of this classic song by Pearl Jam have moved me to the core ever since I heard it. It is an unquestionable fact that I love my country dearly. I love India, the country of my birth, my motherland. A land of tremendous opportunities and promises; filled with such highly capable, energetic and intelligent citizens and blessed with such a variety of resources, natural beauty and heritage, that it makes other less fortunate nations accuse God of partiality. I love my nation and so does the Almighty. My family is another thread that ties me to my land. The members of my family, together, build a perfect home. They are my support system. Being a sheltered child and the most pampered in my family, it is hard, for me, to imagine a life without any of them to guide me. Yet, one must grow up and make something of one’s self. I have always been a good student, an obedient daughter and a caring sister but there must be more to life than fulfilling just these roles and I want to live a full life.
My parents have sent me to the best of schools and given me opportunities that most
people can only dream of. I feel I’m duty bound to use them to the fullest and become someone whom they can be proud of. Moreover, I have always felt that one needs to give back an equal amount or more
to their country. My country is as important to me as my family because here is where I was born and took my first steps and it is this place that has been good to me and my family and provided me with every opportunity that I hoped for. In order to do something great and useful to mankind one needs to increase their ambit of knowledge. This can only happen if one travels to distant lands and witnesses the foreign cultures by oneself. I need to view for myself the positives and the negatives of a foreign culture to be able to judge fairly and add something valuable to mine own. To become a successful person one needs to stop being the perennial kupamanduka (the well frog) and mature into the frog that swims the seas. For, in the very words of Dr. Amartya Sen, noted Economist and Nobel Prize Winner, a kupamanduka is a frog that lives its whole life within a well, knows nothing else, and is suspicious of everything outside it. It talks to no one, and argues with no one, on anything. It merely harbors the deepest suspicion of the outside world. The scientific, cultural and economic history of the world would have been very limited had we lived like well- frogs. To rid myself of unreasonable suspicions that hinder my personal growth, I need to travel and experience the different cultures and ethics of people belonging to races other than mine. After all, knowledge is the only thing that increases in amount with sharing among people, that is, the more knowledge one shares, the more one’s personal bank of knowledge increases.
However, this does not mean that as soon as I move out of my country, I shall forget my people and settle down elsewhere permanently. For, whatever I learn from my experiences abroad will be of no use unless I can apply the positive factors of other cultures to mine own in order to rid my nation and culture of its own problems. But, I also understand that it is impossible for me to bring about a holistic improvement in the state of affairs in my country, alone as I’m merely an insignificant individual compared to the billion high population of the entire nation. So, in the end there is a rather selfish reason as well for my desire to return home after gaining experience worldwide. The reason is that the soul longs to return to its roots for as Cicero put it rather succinctly, “There is no place more delightful than one’s own fireside.”

I will appreciate any help. Suggestions are most welcome.

i would lie to pursue in biotech field and i know a good gre score is vital.. i wud like to apply for the semesters beginning by august -september…so when would be the deadline to take the gre test for the falls and also the duration needed for processing the applications after the test… what else wud the colleges look for..like a good percentage in our previous tenure in studies.. and how much? also i hav heard about reccomendations… cos i sadly have none… bcos i am currrently in usa in an h2 visa and there is no chance of me goin in the near future to my country to get a reccomendation letter.. is it necessary? what are the other criterias they look for…pls help!!!!!

i would lie to pursue in biotech field and i know a good gre score is vital.. i wud like to apply for the semesters beginning by august -september…so when would be the deadline to take the gre test for the falls and also the duration needed for processing the applications after the test… what else wud the colleges look for..like a good percentage in our previous tenure in studies.. and how much? also i hav heard about reccomendations… cos i sadly have none… bcos i am currrently in usa in an h2 visa and there is no chance of me goin in the near future to my country to get a reccomendation letter.. is it necessary? what are the other criterias they look for…pls help!!!!!

I JUST TOOK THE GRE YESTERDAY AND I GOT A 750 V/M SCORE. I STUDIED REALLY HARD AT LEAST 12HOURS A WEEK FOR TWO SOLID MONTHS. I GRADUATED WITH 3.3 GPA AND HONORS IN MY MAJOR IN BUSINESS. I’M TRYING TO GET IN A NURSING PROGRAM AND I REALLY HAVE STRONG RECOMMENDATION, GOOD ESSAY, AND I’M CURRENTLY TAKING A COURSE AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE. I HAVE AN (A) IN THE COURSE. IS THERE ARE CHANCE THAT I CAN GET INTO THE NURSING SCHOOL WITH THIS LOW GRE TEST SCORE. I HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR THIS. PLEASE HELP ME.

I am taking my GRE Physics subject test in the fall, and I am set for nearly all of the different aspects of the test except Quantum.

I will be taking Quantum in the spring, but other than that, all I have are different quantum stuff was touched upon in Nuclear and AMO, as well as some very intro stuff from Intro Physics and Modern Physics (Basic Schrodinger concepts, Wave + Particle natures of photons, Bound systems and Radioactivity)

All of this contained little math and did not delve very deep into QM.

So my question is, if I want to dedicate 25-30 hours of study to Quantum before my GRE test in the fall, what should I study? These are GRE Multiple Choice problems, so anything too mathematical won’t help, but what are the key concept that could be asked on the test? I’ll pick up the more difficult math in the spring when I take the actual course.

hi there,
could someone plz guide me towards a good website or book that helps me remember the meanings for words generally asked in the GRE test?

i’d appreciate any reference u think would be useful….

i am willing to take the general gre test in 2 weeks ,i was working on it for one month,the problem is that my native language is not english and its like mission impossible to me,can any one here gives me an advice specialy when i need a score above 1100.