post-GRE questions

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So I took the GRE last summer, didn't do as well as I wanted, and want to take it again.

How are re-dos handled by ETS?

Also- how can I view my scores from the previous test?

shadydentist

You sign into the ETS website to view your scores.

And any institution that receives your GRE scores will see every score you've ever gotten.

nuclearalchemist

shadydentist wrote: »

You sign into the ETS website to view your scores.

And any institution that receives your GRE scores will see every score you've ever gotten.

This is true, and it depends on the institution whether or not they take your best score of some sort of messed up average. Most schools take your highest score. Just study for a while and you'll be fine. I found that studying vocab and/or reading hard books really improved my verbal score.

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shadydentist wrote: »

You sign into the ETS website to view your scores.

And any institution that receives your GRE scores will see every score you've ever gotten.

oooookayyyy

time to remember my login

Enc

nuclearalchemist wrote: »

shadydentist wrote: »

You sign into the ETS website to view your scores.

And any institution that receives your GRE scores will see every score you've ever gotten.

This is true, and it depends on the institution whether or not they take your best score of some sort of messed up average. Most schools take your highest score. Just study for a while and you'll be fine. I found that studying vocab and/or reading hard books really improved my verbal score.

This. I process applications for three graduate programs for a living, and this is how all three go about doing it. Having dozens of poor scores naturally looks bad, but if you are improving each time it shows dedication. The actual benchmark requirement (if there is one for the program you are looking into) is usually set at your highest score, but be aware that an application committee will discuss all of your scores and what they suggest about your character and academic potential. The GRE is really a way to weed out the lazy and unskilled from the dedicated and serious minded students.

nuclearalchemist

Another thing, although my previous post might have touched on it, do not, under any circumstances, fuck up the verbal portion of the test. Many people will try to tell you that its not as important depending on what grad program you want to go into, but they lie. I know how the academics work at my school, and they look at verbal a lot more than math (its physics, but still). Then again, what you are going for might be than a hard science or engineering, but verbal is still important across the board.

shadydentist

nuclearalchemist wrote: »

Another thing, although my previous post might have touched on it, do not, under any circumstances, fuck up the verbal portion of the test. Many people will try to tell you that its not as important depending on what grad program you want to go into, but they lie. I know how the academics work at my school, and they look at verbal a lot more than math (its physics, but still). Then again, what you are going for might be than a hard science or engineering, but verbal is still important across the board.

As far as engineering is concerned, math is much more important that verbal BUT:

-The vast majority of engineering students do very well on math. The average for engineering students is about a 715 on the math portion. As a result, its tough to stand out with a good math score, but a good verbal score will be noticed.

To give you some sense of scale: An 800 on math gets you in the 94th percentile. A 680 on verbal gets you into the 96th percentile.