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I just graduated with my Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences degree from a Florida university. I also completed an Honors Thesis and graduated from the Honors College. I am interested in pursuing a graduate degree in Chemistry. For now, I want to be admitted to a Masters in Chemistry program, and from there, I can work on my Doctoral degree. I am part of two Honors society and was listed on the Chemistry Honor Roll in one semester. I received Dean’s List or Chancellor’s List in nearly every semester of college. My overall GPA is 3.87, my institution GPA is 3.92, and my GPA within chemistry courses (34 credit hours) is 3.98. Other than Honors Thesis, I don’t have much research experience.

I recently took the GRE and I am extremely worried about my GRE scores. My Verbal score is 400 and my Quantitative score is 600. Analytical writing score I pending. Overall, I don’t think I did so well, as it is not as high, as 600V or 700Q like I wanted. I’m afraid that my GRE scores are low compared to other students who have scored higher. I do not want to take the GRE again.

My goal is to enter a decent, well-known university, not those fancy and exceptional universities like Princeton or Yale. I was wondering if you can recommend me any decent schools with good chemistry programs based on my GRE scores. Do you think I have a chance of getting accepted to these schools? I prefer to attend a university in Florida, but you can also list any schools outside Florida.

Thanks.

I graduated this past May with my bachelor’s degree, and I am now pursuing graduate study. I took the GRE last year, and only scored a 1010, with a 350 verbal score. I got rejected by two gradutae programs. After studying for a year, I raised my score to an 1100 and got a 440 on the verbal and a 660 on the quantitative, 4.5 analytical writing. Still my verbal score isn’t high, and I have an undergraduate GPA of a 3.3, so it’s good enough, but not great. A lot of the programs seem to prefer that you have a 550 on the verbal, but since I’m not a doctoral candidate, I don’t know how much they factor in your GRE score. I am going for a master’s degree in mass communication and want to conduct research in international relations. I have 3 semester of statistics courses, and strong letters of recommendation. I also have experience working in mass communication and a study abroad experience. So overall, is my graduate application packet strong enough to get into a tier 1 school, or should I lower my standards?

I’m thinking U of Georgia, U of Florida, U of California, nothing like Ivy League, but still highly ranked.

I graduated this past May with my bachelor’s degree, and I am now pursuing graduate study. I took the GRE last year, and only scored a 1010, with a 350 verbal score. I got rejected by two gradutae programs. After studying for a year, I raised my score to an 1100 and got a 440 on the verbal and a 660 on the quantitative, 4.5 analytical writing. Still my verbal score isn’t high, and I have an undergraduate GPA of a 3.3, so it’s good enough, but not great. A lot of the programs seem to prefer that you have a 550 on the verbal, but since I’m not a doctoral candidate, I don’t know how much they factor in your GRE score. I am going for a master’s degree in mass communication and want to conduct research in international relations. I have 3 semester of statistics courses, and strong letters of recommendation. I also have experience working in mass communication and a study abroad experience. So overall, is my graduate application packet strong enough to get into a tier 1 school, or should I lower my standards?

I’m thinking U of Georgia, U of Florida, U of California, UNC-Chapel Hill nothing like Ivy League, but still highly ranked.

I scored a 930 total: 380V, 550Q, and 5.0AW

I will have 2 years of research experience in a clinical oriented laboratory, 1 year of research experience in a social oriented laboratory, and I should be helping with research in a third laboratory this fall. My undergraduate GPA was 3.7; I’m also taking a few more statistics courses this year: regression analysis, ANOVA, experimental social psychology, and experimental methodology to bolster my statistics area. I will have my name on 3 abstract posters this year, and I’ve started to write the literature review section for a manuscript where I will be the second author.The only annoyance in my application is my GRE score. I studied for about 3 months; I did not take more than two practice exams, however. Perhaps this was my downfall? I felt so stressed before the exam and during. I have a passion for writing, so my verbal score does not accurately reflect my ability whatsoever. I’d appreciate any advice or feedback that anyone can offer me, or any insight as well. I currently own "Barron’s GRE 2009" preparatory book, and I have about 50 practice exams. Should I finish going through the book first and then try some practice exams when I have the chance? I feel like I should finish selecting graduate schools before I begin studying for the exam again, as most deadlines for M.A. psychology programs aren’t until later in the year (i.e., January, February, etc.).

I recently took the GRE and I’d say I did pretty well, scoring in the top 1% on verbal. I also scored well on the analytical writing assessment. But I completely bombed the math. It looks like I didn’t even try: and I did! I basically would have been better off guessing. I blame this on the fact that I got out of college without taking one math course. Does this really matter for a PhD applicant in humanities? (There is nothing more remotely related to math than my subfield). Should I retake and jeopardize my verbal score?

First of all, I would like the say that according to me (a Chemistry major), the verbal section of the GRE is a horrible way to evaluate what you learned in college or how well you will perform in graduate school. I’ve never seen the word INVECTIVE in my college career, and how would this word help me to do research in chemistry? I’m a bright student with a high GPA (3.87) from a well-respected university in Florida, but I’m really struggling with my verbal skills. Every person has their weaknesses. I just took the GRE and I only scored a 400 on the verbal section, and I believe that this was WITH luck, as I completely guessed on the majority of reading comprehension problems at the end of the section because I was running out of time. Overall, I think my performance on the verbal score should be somewhere in the 300s. I studied for the GRE for a few weeks using the Kaplan book.

On the antonyms and analogies part of the verbal section, they gave me some words that I’ve never seen before in my life. (What the hell is a “DONNYBROOK”?!!!). They expect me to know these words. How am I supposed to know these words? Do they expect me to memorize an entire dictionary? Because I’ll do that if that’s what it will take to get these questions correct. I also struggle with the sentence completions. They said everything I need is given within the sentence. However, I DON’T SEE IT!

The reading part of verbal section is another story. It is very different than reading Chemistry and other books in college. When it comes to some random passage, I’m a TERRIBLE reader, and my reading comprehension is really bad. I’m also not that fast of a reader. I read a random passage and I have no idea what it means. Or I read a passage, I have some idea what it means, but when I chose the answers relating to what I think of the story, it turns out that my chosen answer has nothing to do with the details of the passage. They recommended that I should read high published articles like the Wall Street Journal, but it doesn’t work for me.

Anyways, I’m going to take the GRE again to try to get at least a 500 on the section so that I can get into the Chemistry program I want. This requires me to increase my verbal score by 100 points, maybe more, because remember, I think I got lucky the first time! I hear people getting 500s on the verbal section and they believe that their score is bad. Believe me, I would DREAM for that score.

Do any of you have any suggestions that will definitely help me raise my GRE verbal scores to get the score I want? I’m willing to accept all reasonable solutions. Any study guides, techniques, classes, or other motives will do.

I took the GRE in May and recently received my scores.

Overall: 1320
Verbal: 720
Quantitative: 600
Analytical: 4.0

Similar to many examinees, I find GRE test results vague and impenetrable. I feel confident with my verbal score, greatly above the mean, and my quantitative score, slightly below the average. However, having majored in English, I was rather shocked upon seeing the 4.0 score in the Analytical writing portion. Surprisingly, at least for me, I had the most difficulty with this part of the exam.

To flesh out my academic background, I graduated from a state school with a GPA of 3.77, completed an independent study within my field, and developed amicable relationships with my professors from whom I would ask for letters of recommendation.

In addition to feedback to my question, I welcome any advice about academic life and graduate school as well.

Thank you.

I got gre score 1110(quants-750 & verbal-380) what are the chances that i get into a university that can provide me scholarship,if I can compensate my verbal score with my toefl score and what it should be ?
I have completed my BE in computers with 62.53% agg. So please guide me

So the 3 books that I can’t decided between are of course PR, Kaplan & Barrons and I’ve heard a lot of good and bad things about all of them. I’m not that bad at math already so a book that isn’t too amazing in the math section wouldn’t be too bad. I do need a REALLY high score in the writing and verbal sections for the graduate program that I am going to be applying for. Which book would you recommend for a high writing and verbal score? Also, should I bother buying the CD with the book?

I know it’s probably a very subjective question, but i recently took the GRE exam and received a 560 for verbal and 750 for quant. I feel comfortable with my quantitative score, however, my verbal score is a lot lower. The overall score is 1310, would anyone recommend that I retake the GRE?
Thanks in advance.
Also, can anyone tell me from experience how long they had to wait for the GRE scores to be mailed to them? The computer-based version please. Thanks.

For Creative Writing MFA programs, the GRE is not the most important part of the application, but for the schools that request it, the score still matters. The schools I want to go to say most of their successful applicants have a 600 Verbal score and a 5 Writing score. I have a 580 Verbal and 4.5 Writing, so I’m right below the mark. Should I take the GRE again, or should I concentrate my efforts on other parts of the application?