notes of a blue ink body ([info]mysneaker) wrote,
@ 2008-11-12 19:33:00
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Hey creative writers, can you help to quell my anxiety?
Have you taken the GREs?

How long did you take to study?

How difficult did you find the actual test?


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[info]misera
2008-11-14 01:43 am UTC (link)

I took them near the end of October.
I studied for about a month before the test. I read the Princeton Review Cracking the GRE book, and made a bunch of vocabulary flashcards. I read through and did the practice questions on number2.com while at work. I didn't study much for the math at all, just went over basic principles: area of triangle, circle; algebraic equations - not really getting or remembering anything from school.
I did a LOT better than I thought I was going to. my goal had been "at least 600 on the verbal and a total over 1000" as one school I'm applying to had the former as a requirement, and another had the latter. I surpassed both.

the test itself was...meh. I wasted too much time on trying to figure out the answers to the math section, so toward the end, the last 8 questions or so, I was purely guessing with no thought at all. the verbal I didn't run out of time on (I did considerably better on the verbal). the analytical writing part - I okay (still better than I thought I would)(I never score well on stupid essays like that anyway - I'm a CREATIVE WRITER, darnit!)

you'll do fine. you'll do better than you expect. good luck!

(are you applying this year? if so, to which programs?)

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