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I am applying to Physicians Assistance school and just took my GRE with a combined score of 950 on the verbal/quantitative section. I know I am not a good standardized test taker. My undergrad GPA was 3.7, and my references and position statement are strong. Is this test score competitve? Should I try to take the exam again?

i’m a little scared about taking the test. i’m not really a test taker…needless to say, i’m not a standardized test taker! any tips? what did you think of the test?

The IQ test is a standardized test of achievement just like the SAT or the GRE. It is possible to retake a professonally administered IQ test one year after you have taken the test. After obtaining your initial score, you have a whole year to focus on learning how to obtain a higher SCORE, which is similar to what can be done with SAT and GRE training courses designed to teach people how to get better scores. What’s wrong with doing this? If the IQ test has external validity for what it claims to measure (intelligence), then obtaining the higher score on the IQ test potentially gives you "evidence" of increased level of intelligence according to the existing scale.

*Please pay attention to the specific question I am asking. There is no need to define for me what the IQ test is or is not. All I’m asking is whether it is indeed possible to improve your score on the test by retaking it. If you answer this question please state the source by which you know your answer to be correct.

Give the student a couple research topics to choose from, a computer with word process(full function), a dictionary, an APA(or whatever the format) guide, full access to an academic search engine, and 5 hours. Let the student write a 5 page research paper (with source and everything).

would anyone think this could be more effective than GRE in predicting the test-taker’s chance of success in graduate school?
also explain.
hehe, I know… GRE does a terrible job predicting success in grad school…

I mean, all it is testing is vocabularies which you will never use in real life…
the method I was talking about is not as easy as it sounds.

the test taker needs to be pretty damn good at researching to score high on it.
and besides, GRE is not effective at all. I believe for some programs, such as geology and psychology, studies show the correlation between the GRE score and level of success in grad school to be negative (non-significant though).
K, I was comparing it to the GRE…

besides, I just came up with the idea like 10 minutes before I posted the question.

besides, for most programs, to be able to do research is THE most important skill for students. And this method focuses on the test-taker’s research abilities.

a five page research should not be that hard to complete in 5 hours.
Oh, K, another thing I need to make clear is, I was asking "whether it would be more effective THAN GRE in PREDICTING the test-taker’s chance of success in grad school."

I was not saying to replace GRE with it…

for god’s sake, I was not trying to come up with a standardized test for graduate admission.

It has come to my attention that the graduate program I am planning on applying to requires a standardized test. Considering today’s day April 16, how soon can I take the GRE exam?

Thank you in advance.

I am signed up to take a GRE prep course in March. I am in favor of the standardized test like the SAT and such but I really don’t agree with the weight that the GRE holds when applying for graduate school. Think about it. Most go to college and major in ONE thing. For me, I was a Public Relations major. I was required to take only 3 hours worth of math. Yet, I have to do an entire section of math on the GRE and it isn’t all basic math either. Plus, the vocabulary section is crap. It asks you for definitions of words that are not commonly used. Seriously, the meanings of some of those words are outdated and NOBODY uses them in the form that is being asked. If we have to take the exam, fine, but schools shouldn’t put the bulk of their decision on the score. They need to look at all factors like GPA, etc.It all needs to be balanced equally. I was good enough to get into college and graduate but the GRE is trying make us prove we are good enough to keep going? What do you guys think?