1000 on the GRE?

the miller analogies test is easier and is accepted by many in lieu of the GRE.

The GRE was the most painful experience of my life.

I went to grad school. I took the GRE cold, except reviewing a few basic trig functions. I don't recall my scores. I seem to remember something about adding two of the scores together and that had to be greater than 1100 to get into my program? I did best on the third section, the one which didn't count. It's the one where you have questions like "Dick is sitting next to jane and ted is next to tom. Bob is next to Lisa. Who is next to Bill?". I scored in the 98% percentile on that stuff and never studied.

Good luck.

Never heard of the Miller analogies test, but I don't think the GRE was bad. I got a 1200 without any sort of preparation, and I was only a mediocre undergraduate student. I did get a 1540 on the SAT, though.

1540 on the SAT and only 1200 on the GRE? I was under the impression that you could expect about the same score on the GRE as the SAT with similar effort/preparation. Am I wrong?

I got a 1510 back in about 1983. I never took the SAT, but my PSAT scores indicated that I would probably have gotten between 1300 and 1400 on the SAT. The school where I got my undergraduate degree and my masters did not require the SAT, and only required that you take the GRE before you finished your graduate degree.

The test has changed a bit since I took it in 1998, but I scored a 1360 back then on the verbal and quantitative sections. There wasn't a writing portion at that time, among other things.

I took it on the computer, too, during the time that they were phasing out paper tests. The computer testing, in my opinion, makes it much less stressful, shortens the process, and gets your scores to you immediately.

I did well by studying the "high-frequency" words list that was offered by Barron's and reviewing a lot of math from my high school geometry and trig classes. I was also reading a lot around that time, and I think that my reading skills were pretty sharp as a result.

Good luck. Ultimately, the test (like the SAT) is a very poor indicator of aptitude. It mostly measures how well you can take the GRE. Nonetheless, graduate schools weight it rather heavily. I had my choice of graduate schools based in large part on my good GRE scores.

It's sad when you remember your scores on a test that you took more than 20 years ago, but they did help me get into a pretty good graduate program, so they influenced my life quite a bit.

the GRE is easy.. just study the frequesnt word list and well in advance. The words are hard and somewhat obscure.

The math is easy.. just re-learn all those algebra and geometry tricks you learned back in HS..

Take a few practice GRE's, thats the only way to see what your weeknesses are. It also helps with timing, you want to get to a point where you don;t have to think too hard about finishing in time. (i found the practive GRE's to be WAY harder than the real one) Spend more time on the verbal section, its harder.

Go over the writing section briefly. Make sure you completely understnad the instructions and practice one or two of each type. Don't spend too long on it though, its very easy and most people get 5-6 anyways, its the other 2 sections that are important.

GOOD LUCK

Sounds like it has changed a lot. I took it in 1993, no computer, don't recall a writing part, either. I've never been very good at standardized tests, but I did fine.

I have been looking over the Kaplan study book, shows you easy ways to attack a question. I appreciate all of the responses.

Good Luck! I also plan to take it, soon.

Back in '82 in broke 1100. How much you wanna bet I could throw a football over 'em mountains?

If you could travel back in time, with all the knowledge you have now.

Man, I know we'd've taken state. I know it.

There are now three sections, although one of the sections is scored on a scale of one to, I think, six. The verbal and quantitative (i.e., math) sections are scored out of 800, just like the math and verbal sections of the SAT. The new section is analytical writing.

My wife, who is in her early 30s, had to take the GRE when she decided to go to graduate school. She studied some, but didn't kill herself, and got a combined 1270 on the verbal and quantitative sections. The test is taken on a computer now, so you'll know your score when you leave except for the analytical writing section.

combine any two of the three? then I got a 1350 on the SAT and a 1520 on the GRE. So, maybe there is a slight correlation?

It's changed since I took it 3 years ago, though, so I have no idea what the scoring is like now.

i tutored the GRE for Kaplan (stay away from them at all costs, you'll gain as much by emptying out your bank account, pissing on your stack of money, lighting it aflame, and checking a prep book out of your local library), and the GRE correlates very well with the SAT.

from what I can tell, the quantitative is exactly the same on both, except you might be under a bit more time pressue on the GRE (really, almost anyone can do all the math, the key is just being able to do the problems in the average of a 1:15. the verbal is harder on the GRE than the SAT, but it's the same basic principles. the best thing you can do here is read a lot - funny how that works out :)

there's not much you can do now to help yourself out, outside of looking at a few lists of words and rules for 30-60-90 triangles and the like, but I have one invaluable piece of advice for the GRE: MAKE SURE YOU GET THE EARLY QUESTIONS RIGHT. even if it takes you more time. the nature of the CAT is that it steers you toward your level of questions in the first few questions. so by getting the early ones right you'll get to answer more of the harder, higher scoring questions.

good luck!

620V, 730Q, 6 Writing (light 2 weeks of studying from one of those books -- cheapest one I found)

1410 SAT (no studying)

Study the frequent vocab words, and take practice tests to see what types of questions you are weakest at, then focus on improving on those.

I studied only the night before, and got something like a 780 COMBINED. Lowest score ever, I know.