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HOW DIFFICULT IS THE GRE?
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:26 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape I'm going to be taking the GRE next month but my quantitative skills are not all that. Thinking of winging it. Credited? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766869) |
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Date: September 20th, 2015 11:54 AM Author: Marvelous Shitlib My fiancee brushed up on the math portion for like 2 weeks and scored in the 90th percentile for her degree. Otherwise, if you can read good and remember good, you're fine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28797735) |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 5:17 PM Author: Razzle gunner giraffe why the fuck are you taking the GRE? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#29257867) |
Date: September 16th, 2015 12:27 PM Author: cruel-hearted embarrassed to the bone windowlicker it was not hard at all, think of it like SAT + 1 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766875) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:28 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Was the vocabulary difficult? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766885) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:30 PM Author: cruel-hearted embarrassed to the bone windowlicker that shouldnt even be a topic of discussion, unless you didnt come from this country you will be fine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766895) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:30 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape The average shitlib doesn't know what "plethora" means. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766900) |
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Date: September 17th, 2015 10:07 AM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28776690) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:27 PM Author: Domesticated Chestnut Pozpig holy shit. welcome back. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766876) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:28 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape How was the GRE, shitlib? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766880) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:30 PM Author: Domesticated Chestnut Pozpig easy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766901) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:31 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape What do you recommend in terms of studying for the test, if anything at all ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766904) |
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Date: November 20th, 2015 6:32 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#29221834) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:28 PM Author: floppy frisky hall aren't you like 25-29??? ain't a little too old to be going to graduate school? (btw, rumor has it that you are female. and if you are, the above applies to you. but if you are a male, please ignore the above) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766878) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:28 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Do you know anything about the GRE in terms of easiness/difficulty? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766882) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:29 PM Author: floppy frisky hall the verbal section is pretty damn difficult…
the math section is basically college algebra, some trigonometry, and geometry. |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:30 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Is it capable of being studied for? It seems like the Kaplan/prep books at Barnes and Noble are not really indicative of the actual questions on the exam (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766894) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:31 PM Author: floppy frisky hall my ex-gf, who is now getting a PhD in philosophy at a TOP TEN philosophy graduate program, used flash cards that are indicative of the vocabulary tested on the GRE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766905) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:32 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Nice. What is she writing her dissertation about? Hume? Kant? Leibniz? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766911) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:34 PM Author: floppy frisky hall pretty damn esoteric shit on the philosophy of action… i do hope she gets employed considering MOST schools hate that type of specificity (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766918) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:35 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Any advice for studying for the GRE? Does it require extensive studying? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766929) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:38 PM Author: floppy frisky hall i need to know more about you… how removed are you from college? did you get 3.5+ uGPA in rigorous subject (mathematics, physics, philosophy) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766944) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:40 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape 1. The Countess dressed with a (an) ____ elegance which seemed to proclaim to the world just how distinguished she was.
A. studied B. pronounced C. ingenuous D. understated E. mannered F. rococo |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:41 PM Author: floppy frisky hall B. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766971) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:41 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape The teacher was so abstracted that she gave a ____ evaluation of what was really an interesting solution to the problem she had set.
A. philosophical B. cursory C. detailed D. considered E. perfunctory F. tangential |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:43 PM Author: Misunderstood Party Of The First Part Famous Landscape Painting E (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766990) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:45 PM Author: floppy frisky hall F.
i'm guessing most test takers chose A. |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:47 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape The human mind can often reject the most ____ data in favor of something that, though valueless, at least sounds familiar.
A. anomalous B. inconsequential C. peripheral D. pertinent E. germane F. visible |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:48 PM Author: walnut stead D
Is this a vocabulary issue or are you not sure how to gauge what they're asking for? Not flame, but is it a reading comp thing? |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:49 PM Author: Misunderstood Party Of The First Part Famous Landscape Painting pretty sure it's A bro. the second half of the sentence points to A. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767041) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:54 PM Author: walnut stead Oops I think I read that as anonymous lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767081) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:48 PM Author: floppy frisky hall D.
btw, i really need to study for civ pro so enough of this. good bye |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:50 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Do you know what the difference between Personal and General Jurisidction is? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767043) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:48 PM Author: Misunderstood Party Of The First Part Famous Landscape Painting A
pls. respond |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:50 PM Author: Misunderstood Party Of The First Part Famous Landscape Painting is it A? also pls. list the answer to the Q. above (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767050) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:51 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape 7. ____ behavior never has the effect its practitioners hope for; the attempt to hide only draws attention to what is hidden.
A. Misogynistic B. Puritanical C. Covert D. Miserly E. Prudish F. Camouflaging |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:52 PM Author: Misunderstood Party Of The First Part Famous Landscape Painting C (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767062) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:56 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape 8. He completed the work with unusual ____ ; his need to get out of the office overcame his habitual torpor.
A. dispatch B. grace C. effectiveness D. slovenliness E. carelessness F. celerity |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 1:01 PM Author: walnut stead I'd pick F. The root is like accelerate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767127) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 6:58 PM Author: Odious Fishy Milk Dilemma I think F is correct. I would have picked C)effectiveness, but I looked up celerity and it means "swiftness" as opposed to torpor, which means "slowness, lethargy."
I DONE LEARNED SUMPIN' TODAY!!
XO never fails to impress! |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 1:02 PM Author: floppy frisky hall C. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767132) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 1:02 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape 9. When Smithers took over as chairperson, her colleagues were looking forward to a less confrontational time on the board of governors, since they reasoned that no one else was likely to be as ____ as her predecessor.
A. mordant B. aggressive C. flexible D. bellicose E. complaisant F. jaundiced |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 1:05 PM Author: walnut stead D.
What did YOU think it was? Or did you have no clue?
You can see from most of these posts that there are usually two answers that MIGHT fit. One fits more perfectly. If you can at least get yourself down to those two answers you've got a 50/50 shot. |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 1:06 PM Author: Misunderstood Party Of The First Part Famous Landscape Painting D (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767160) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 2:09 PM Author: Misunderstood Party Of The First Part Famous Landscape Painting MORE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767690) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:28 PM Author: cruel-hearted embarrassed to the bone windowlicker no one is ever too old to improve themselves (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766883) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:29 PM Author: floppy frisky hall i thought academe was flame? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766891) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:28 PM Author: Misunderstood Party Of The First Part Famous Landscape Painting woah what the fuck??? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766886) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:29 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Hi, shitlib. How was your summer? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766887) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:32 PM Author: Misunderstood Party Of The First Part Famous Landscape Painting i made like 4 threads about you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766909) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:29 PM Author: Bronze factory reset button new version u have to be a literal retard to score below a 165 on any section (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766890) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:30 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Is the vocabulary difficult? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766898) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:35 PM Author: walnut stead I took it years ago so it might be completely different now, but here are the main points of what I remember:
*Scoring was not about how many you got right or wrong. It was about the level of difficulty you obtained. So as you got right answers the questions got harder. Your score was the level at which you are getting half the questions right. It was all computer and I think you had scrap paper but no calculator.
*Math was very easy. I wouldn't even say college level. Seemed easier than the SAT to be honest. A perfect score only got you a percentile in the low 90s, so lots of people were acing it.
*Verbal was very hard, but I have a hard time with vocabulary (esp analogies). But the percentile for that adjusted accordingly as well. A score of 650 was still about the 90th percentile. So it wasn't a very balanced test. |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:41 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Thanks. Is the vocabulary section capable of being studied for other than reading the dictionary and engaging in rote memorization? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28766972) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:47 PM Author: walnut stead Yes. I had to work really hard on this for both the SAT and GRE. I boosted both about 50 points with studying.
Here are some recommendations based on what worked for me:
*Flashcards. But when studying, don't go through all of them the entire time. Pull out the ones you're getting right and continue to work on the ones you're getting wrong. Then a week later go through them all again. Pull out the right tones. You'll start to get a sense of which ones are tripping you up.
*On the cards, include the definition AND the word origin breakdown. I learned a lot of greek and latin roots for words, so even if I didn't know the word I could ballpark a guess by breaking it down to components.
*Find a study guide with a CD included or access to online games/testing. Kaplan was a good one for me, and they had vocabulary matching games, etc. Learning vocabulary can be very use it or lose it. The more you're doing it the better you'll retain it.
I'm sure there are apps now you can download that will help too. Practice practice practice. Good luck! |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:51 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Good point. How much weight do Admissions Committee give to GRE scores? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767051) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:55 PM Author: walnut stead No clue. Probably depends on the schools but they do like to have high stats for their rankings/publications. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767086) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:48 PM Author: grizzly multi-billionaire 1. you have a low iq if you struggle with analogies
2. a scoring change has lessened but not eliminated the bizarre verbal/math split
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:52 PM Author: walnut stead Part of the issue with analogies was vocabulary. If I only had a sense of the word it was harder to come up with the linking sentence. I'd get the easier and medium ones right but not as many of the hard ones. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767067) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:53 PM Author: grizzly multi-billionaire right, low iq. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767069) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:56 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Is the difficulty in the GRE just the vocabulary since I'm asssuming most of the words are "foreign"? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767095) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:59 PM Author: walnut stead For me it was honestly largely a vocabulary issue. It affects your ability to do all the questions you're posting. But the books will also give you tactics for tackling questions even if you're not sure of all the words. Now I remember I think one thing I did for each section was to create a grid:
A B C D E 1 2 3
etc for all the question numbers. You can put x's for any answer you can eliminate. At least this way you can maybe get it down to 50/50. It helps you keep track. |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 1:00 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Were the essays (argumentative and take a position) easy? Did u get 6's? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767116) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 1:06 PM Author: walnut stead I always thought my writing was ok but I didn't do as well on that section so I can't help much there. It's harder to practice for and I think my focus was verbal and math so I didn't read up as much on what they were looking for. I think I got 5's. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28767159) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 12:52 PM Author: titillating mustard liquid oxygen native 180 How have you been, shitlib? |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 3:14 PM Author: lime dead puppy generalized bond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28768212) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 5:15 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28769183) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 7:00 PM Author: Flesh swashbuckling travel guidebook about the same as the SAT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28769945) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 10:20 PM Author: Fighting diverse blood rage 164 GRE verbal masterman here, sup. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28772656) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 10:37 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape What do you advise to study and how much time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28772905) |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 10:22 PM Author: Dashing mental disorder gaming laptop i got a 169 V 165 Q taking GRE cold, not flame. That shit is fucking stupid easy. I took like 2 math classes in college too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28772688) |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 3:55 PM Author: crimson deranged locus telephone *gets 90th percentile on Q, and fails to get a perfect V score*
*brags about how easy it is*
*is XO 2015* |
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Date: September 16th, 2015 10:39 PM Author: contagious lay about the same as SAT in difficulty, but much harder on the curve (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28772935) |
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Date: September 17th, 2015 9:11 AM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Explain the curve (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28776306) |
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Date: September 20th, 2015 1:01 AM Author: Cerebral red reading party boistinker well, for one you're competing with a pool of self-selective college graduates, many of whom are international. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28796332) |
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Date: September 30th, 2015 8:53 AM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#28867375) |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 3:39 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#29257494) |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 3:48 PM Author: concupiscible rigor Sup I'm taking this in three weeks. Doing it live. I don't even know how to do long division by hand anymore so this will be interesting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#29257524) |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:00 PM Author: passionate death wish station Copped a 168 V 170 M, it's a joke.
Only thing that caused me to slightly fuck up is that my vocabulary is mediocre for my level of intelligence so I missed a couple verbal qs. For lawyer types though it shouldn't be an issue. Just make sure you know hot words.
As for math, hard for me to advise since i know that shit so well but basically just know high school math like the back of your hand. And even if you're a whiz you need to check your work. I made a stupid misculation and thought 3 * 5 was 12, for example, but I caught it because I went back and checked my work. Good part is that if you're good at math you will finish it in like....1/3 of the allotted time so checking work shouldnt be a time concern. |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:03 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape what are some "hot" words? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#29257571) |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:05 PM Author: passionate death wish station they're pretty fucking easy for the most part: http://www.cram.com/flashcards/gre-hot-list-words-1577349
but might be an odd one here or there you don't know. at least was the case for me. |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:06 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape how were the sentence equivalence problems
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:07 PM Author: passionate death wish station easy if you have a good vocabulary....
still pretty easy to infer otherwise, even if you might not know what one of the words is. |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:10 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Since the mayor previously had expressed few qualms about the proposed zoning ordinance, the other city-council members were understandably taken aback by her sudden, _________ objections.
A. insistent B. vehement C. strenuous D. unexpected E. dubious F. unwarranted |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:16 PM Author: passionate death wish station B and C because they are similar in meaning and both work here.
Sometimes these can be weird because D is probably the best word here but it doesn't pair with anything. |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:29 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Having designed the museum to suit his own quirky aesthetic, the building's architect thought it _________ that the local Indian community understood the building's architectural style to be Moroccan while most local Moroccans referred to it as Indian.
A. immaterial B. unsurprising C. inexplicable D. curious E. paradoxical F. inconsequential |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:45 PM Author: Racy whorehouse kitty cat d. Curious (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#29257742) |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:48 PM Author: passionate death wish station its A and F. its sentence equivalence so we need to have two synonyms, and the first part of the sentence indicates the dude doesnt give a shit about what the indians or moroccans think because he designed the museum to suit his own tastes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#29257751) |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:12 PM Author: crimson deranged locus telephone I'm pretty weak verbally. I'm not even a 50th percentile poaster, but I copped a 164V and a 170Q. the lulziest part was that i got a 3.5 on writing.
So, I wouldn't call it easy. But I reminded me a lot of the SAT. And it was far easier than the LSAT (I got a 172). If I were applying to a program that cared about the verbal score, I would have needed to put in at least 40 hours of studying to pull that V score up to 170. |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:15 PM Author: wonderful violent boiling water ape Through aggressive online advertising a nearby franchise store has been drawing customers away from the local diner, whose proprietor has done virtually nothing to _________ his increasingly dire situation.
A. mitigate B. counteract C. ameliorate D. alleviate E. rectify F. reconcile |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:22 PM Author: passionate death wish station you're acting like ted cruz here bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#29257641) |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:47 PM Author: Racy whorehouse kitty cat A (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#29257748) |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 5:23 PM Author: indigo box office jewess E (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#29257893) |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 7:52 PM Author: crimson deranged locus telephone lol. no clue. i don't even remember there being six options on any question. A and D seem correct, which makes me think neither are correct. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#29258419) |
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Date: November 26th, 2015 4:13 PM Author: Razzle gunner giraffe Anyone ever take the GRE instead of the GMAT for MBA programs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2991036&forum_id=2#29257615) |