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28 Sep 2019, 12:48
28 Sep 2019, 12:48
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I am a senior undergrad student right now, and I have taken GRE once, planning to take another one in 2 weeks, probably will take a third one after the 21 day limit of the second one.
For the first test I took, I received a total of 314. Decent score, right? But I did horribly bad at verbal section. I got 147 for verbal and 167 for quant, which means I did worse than 70% of students in United States on verbal section, but I only did 3 questions wrong in quant section.
My weakness is vocabulary. I'm not a native english speaker. Even though I did get a 94 on TOEFL, I only scored 18 on reading. I did try to memorize a lot of words, but it just did not work for me. For example, the word "apostate" means someone who betrayed his/her faith. Before I see this word, the word itself and the definition had no connection in my memory. If I bluntly add a connection to my memory, this connection will be weak. There're thousands of GRE words I do not know, and if there're going to be thousands of these weak connections, I just cannot handle that. I just cannot add too much thing to my memory without connecting it to multiple pieces of information I knew already. I am good at Math. In calc 1, calc 2, calc 3, linear algebra, differential equation, I got straight As. I never memorized a formula for an exam, instead, I derive it during the exam. However, I cannot derive a meaning for a word during a GRE exam if I do not know the word.
I am now applying to grad schools in engineering major(electrical engineering). I want to know whether admission officers have their preferences on evaluating GRE scores. Does quant value more than verbal for certain majors? If it does, it will really relief my anxiety at this point.
And by any chance, can someone advice me about how to improve my verbal score in my situation.
For the first test I took, I received a total of 314. Decent score, right? But I did horribly bad at verbal section. I got 147 for verbal and 167 for quant, which means I did worse than 70% of students in United States on verbal section, but I only did 3 questions wrong in quant section.
My weakness is vocabulary. I'm not a native english speaker. Even though I did get a 94 on TOEFL, I only scored 18 on reading. I did try to memorize a lot of words, but it just did not work for me. For example, the word "apostate" means someone who betrayed his/her faith. Before I see this word, the word itself and the definition had no connection in my memory. If I bluntly add a connection to my memory, this connection will be weak. There're thousands of GRE words I do not know, and if there're going to be thousands of these weak connections, I just cannot handle that. I just cannot add too much thing to my memory without connecting it to multiple pieces of information I knew already. I am good at Math. In calc 1, calc 2, calc 3, linear algebra, differential equation, I got straight As. I never memorized a formula for an exam, instead, I derive it during the exam. However, I cannot derive a meaning for a word during a GRE exam if I do not know the word.
I am now applying to grad schools in engineering major(electrical engineering). I want to know whether admission officers have their preferences on evaluating GRE scores. Does quant value more than verbal for certain majors? If it does, it will really relief my anxiety at this point.
And by any chance, can someone advice me about how to improve my verbal score in my situation.
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Re: For engineering majors, do admission officers have preferenc
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29 Sep 2019, 03:21
29 Sep 2019, 03:21
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mike136man wrote:
I am a senior undergrad student right now, and I have taken GRE once, planning to take another one in 2 weeks, probably will take a third one after the 21 day limit of the second one.
For the first test I took, I received a total of 314. Decent score, right? But I did horribly bad at verbal section. I got 147 for verbal and 167 for quant, which means I did worse than 70% of students in United States on verbal section, but I only did 3 questions wrong in quant section.
My weakness is vocabulary. I'm not a native english speaker. Even though I did get a 94 on TOEFL, I only scored 18 on reading. I did try to memorize a lot of words, but it just did not work for me. For example, the word "apostate" means someone who betrayed his/her faith. Before I see this word, the word itself and the definition had no connection in my memory. If I bluntly add a connection to my memory, this connection will be weak. There're thousands of GRE words I do not know, and if there're going to be thousands of these weak connections, I just cannot handle that. I just cannot add too much thing to my memory without connecting it to multiple pieces of information I knew already. I am good at Math. In calc 1, calc 2, calc 3, linear algebra, differential equation, I got straight As. I never memorized a formula for an exam, instead, I derive it during the exam. However, I cannot derive a meaning for a word during a GRE exam if I do not know the word.
I am now applying to grad schools in engineering major(electrical engineering). I want to know whether admission officers have their preferences on evaluating GRE scores. Does quant value more than verbal for certain majors? If it does, it will really relief my anxiety at this point.
And by any chance, can someone advice me about how to improve my verbal score in my situation.
For the first test I took, I received a total of 314. Decent score, right? But I did horribly bad at verbal section. I got 147 for verbal and 167 for quant, which means I did worse than 70% of students in United States on verbal section, but I only did 3 questions wrong in quant section.
My weakness is vocabulary. I'm not a native english speaker. Even though I did get a 94 on TOEFL, I only scored 18 on reading. I did try to memorize a lot of words, but it just did not work for me. For example, the word "apostate" means someone who betrayed his/her faith. Before I see this word, the word itself and the definition had no connection in my memory. If I bluntly add a connection to my memory, this connection will be weak. There're thousands of GRE words I do not know, and if there're going to be thousands of these weak connections, I just cannot handle that. I just cannot add too much thing to my memory without connecting it to multiple pieces of information I knew already. I am good at Math. In calc 1, calc 2, calc 3, linear algebra, differential equation, I got straight As. I never memorized a formula for an exam, instead, I derive it during the exam. However, I cannot derive a meaning for a word during a GRE exam if I do not know the word.
I am now applying to grad schools in engineering major(electrical engineering). I want to know whether admission officers have their preferences on evaluating GRE scores. Does quant value more than verbal for certain majors? If it does, it will really relief my anxiety at this point.
And by any chance, can someone advice me about how to improve my verbal score in my situation.
I am on a similar boat.
To the poster: Keep it up, buddy. Just keep training.
There are no magic tricks.
Another day, another GRE question, another step closer to the final destination.
On the topic: I've created an Google Sheets template for ALL words which I use/encounter for the GRE.
I'm not American, so I Google Translate for the translation (but it often provides wrong translations in your native language).
The best online source for word definitions for me is Cambridge (been using it for a year now): dictionary. cambridge. org/us
Good luck. Keep pushing.
Re: For engineering majors, do admission officers have preferenc
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29 Sep 2019, 11:55
29 Sep 2019, 11:55
GREcrusher wrote:
mike136man wrote:
I am a senior undergrad student right now, and I have taken GRE once, planning to take another one in 2 weeks, probably will take a third one after the 21 day limit of the second one.
For the first test I took, I received a total of 314. Decent score, right? But I did horribly bad at verbal section. I got 147 for verbal and 167 for quant, which means I did worse than 70% of students in United States on verbal section, but I only did 3 questions wrong in quant section.
My weakness is vocabulary. I'm not a native english speaker. Even though I did get a 94 on TOEFL, I only scored 18 on reading. I did try to memorize a lot of words, but it just did not work for me. For example, the word "apostate" means someone who betrayed his/her faith. Before I see this word, the word itself and the definition had no connection in my memory. If I bluntly add a connection to my memory, this connection will be weak. There're thousands of GRE words I do not know, and if there're going to be thousands of these weak connections, I just cannot handle that. I just cannot add too much thing to my memory without connecting it to multiple pieces of information I knew already. I am good at Math. In calc 1, calc 2, calc 3, linear algebra, differential equation, I got straight As. I never memorized a formula for an exam, instead, I derive it during the exam. However, I cannot derive a meaning for a word during a GRE exam if I do not know the word.
I am now applying to grad schools in engineering major(electrical engineering). I want to know whether admission officers have their preferences on evaluating GRE scores. Does quant value more than verbal for certain majors? If it does, it will really relief my anxiety at this point.
And by any chance, can someone advice me about how to improve my verbal score in my situation.
For the first test I took, I received a total of 314. Decent score, right? But I did horribly bad at verbal section. I got 147 for verbal and 167 for quant, which means I did worse than 70% of students in United States on verbal section, but I only did 3 questions wrong in quant section.
My weakness is vocabulary. I'm not a native english speaker. Even though I did get a 94 on TOEFL, I only scored 18 on reading. I did try to memorize a lot of words, but it just did not work for me. For example, the word "apostate" means someone who betrayed his/her faith. Before I see this word, the word itself and the definition had no connection in my memory. If I bluntly add a connection to my memory, this connection will be weak. There're thousands of GRE words I do not know, and if there're going to be thousands of these weak connections, I just cannot handle that. I just cannot add too much thing to my memory without connecting it to multiple pieces of information I knew already. I am good at Math. In calc 1, calc 2, calc 3, linear algebra, differential equation, I got straight As. I never memorized a formula for an exam, instead, I derive it during the exam. However, I cannot derive a meaning for a word during a GRE exam if I do not know the word.
I am now applying to grad schools in engineering major(electrical engineering). I want to know whether admission officers have their preferences on evaluating GRE scores. Does quant value more than verbal for certain majors? If it does, it will really relief my anxiety at this point.
And by any chance, can someone advice me about how to improve my verbal score in my situation.
I am on a similar boat.
To the poster: Keep it up, buddy. Just keep training.
There are no magic tricks.
Another day, another GRE question, another step closer to the final destination.
On the topic: I've created an Google Sheets template for ALL words which I use/encounter for the GRE.
I'm not American, so I Google Translate for the translation (but it often provides wrong translations in your native language).
The best online source for word definitions for me is Cambridge (been using it for a year now): dictionary. cambridge. org/us
Good luck. Keep pushing.
Thank you so much for the answer and good luck to you too. It is just so sad that isn't this test all about what you can and can't think of instead of what you can and can't memorize? Back when I was taking SAT tests, I was struggling in vocabulary as well. However, I have barely used any of those words in my college study. It's just so sad.
