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nov 4
freaking out.
I don't really care about verbal that much, I just want to get a better score on math.
And I know that math is easy, and I can easily get 800. Except I'm terrible in standardized testing situation and will more than likely fuck up.
What would be an effective way to raise my verbal score without having to memorize 5000 useless words? Plus I have a little less than 2 weeks till the test, I don't think I can memorize that many words.
As for verbal, you're not going to like it, but that's exactly what I suggest you do. Google search for a list or two like this and make flash cards immediately. Once you have finished with all (or with just a really good-sized set), go through and start testing yourself on them. Make a pile for Wrong and Right on your first time through. Then when you're done, shuffle the Wrong pile and go over them again; see if you can get any right this second time. Be absolutely, brutally honest with yourself, and make sure that you don't just remember a card because you saw it recently on your previous runthrough. You need to be able to remember it after more than just a thirty-minute span, so don't cheat yourself. If you get them right, put them in the Right pile.
When you're done, shuffle and then go through the Right pile, and see if you still know those cards. If you get them right a second time, set them aside into a Finished pile - you're done with them for the time being. Good! If you get them wrong, send them back to the Wrong pile. Continue these Wrong-Wrong-Right checks until everything is in the Finished pile. Now, finally, take a break, and then go through the Finished pile and see how many you knock out straight away. Whatever's left is going to be your challenge to remember.
The reason why you have two Wrong checks between each Right pile check is to give your mind an interval where you either remember your Right cards or you realize that you've forgetten them. This gives a more accurate assessment of whether you truly know them or not, IMO.
Does that make sense? Trust me, I know making flash cards sucks. But unless you're already some kind of vocab star, it is a relatively easy way to directly improve your score. You often can't answer problems if you don't know what all of the answer choices mean.
edit: Also, after you've gone through several runthroughs of your Wrong pile, if you're anything like me, you're going to start guessing answers verbatim because you've seen the backs of certain cards so many times. You might even get them right on a guess! Don't put them in the Right pile, and take a break, because at this point you're not processing, you're regurgitating.
Math, statistically, is easier than verbal to improve your score on standardized tests. It sounds like your problem is nerves. I'm not sure how to explain what a "good" testing mentality is, but I've always had it, and it helps. The best analogy is popping bubble wrap. You want to move through the test methodically, getting a sort of satisfaction from each question. Like "Yeah, nailed that one." Like a really satisfying bubble-wrap pop. Allow yourself to enjoy the test. I know that sounds weird, but when you're in that mindset you're a lot less likely to make stupid errors.
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Also I think I'll try taking my beta-blocker before I take the exam so I don't get nervous during it and make mistakes.
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here are ~4600 words for you, enjoy
muahahahahaha (fuck ETS)
I wouldn't be surprised.
Fucking ETS.
helllooooo, endless revision
i've missed you so much
man, fuck that
just get drunk and mail that shit out
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engineering is probably the degree where you gain the least from postgrad, employment wise
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Thought about the University of Illinois? It's not as glamorous as Berkely or Stanford but it's #5 in the country for comp sci graduates and I like to think we have a pretty good Master's program. We've got a relatively new building, some good staff on hand (I've had about 2 years of classes with one of the original Gang of Four) and some bitchin' supercomputers if that's your thing. Microsoft pulls more of its employees from U of I than any other school, and I have plenty of friends with swank jobs at MS, Google, Amazon, etc.
Actually it's not, I kind of enjoy it when I get into it, but there's just so muuuuuuuch
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The only people in my faculty that I graduated with that went on to post-grads in engineering were either software engineers without a hope of getting a job anyways with an undergrad, or people who wanted to go into research and development. The rest of us are in fields where an MBA would give us much more of a career bost than a MSC in Engineering.
Fellowships all done & applied for.
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what kind of prep system are you using
i hope it's powerscore
It is, I've got the Logic games bible and the Logical reasoning bible. They're actually really good, I can feel my logicalness growing.
They are some gigantic fucking books though, I tell you what.
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I think you get something from the DOE just for you.
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it's going to be done tonight, but i still love the extra breathing room.
UBC hooooo!
The Department of Energy. The Givers of Grants. The Mighty of the Earth.
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It is for PhD programs though.
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I applied to MS programs.
hellllll yes
On the other hand my brother is currently doing his masters and gets to make and launch his own rockets.
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