The GRE

Gemini Cricket · 07-07-2008, 06:06 PM

Has anyone taken the GRE (Graduate Record Examination)?
What was it like?
Is there any way to prep for it?

Was just tossing the idea around of going to grad school.

scaeagles · 07-07-2008, 06:24 PM

I read that as GED and was wondering why you dropped out of HS.

I have never taken it. Will never take it. The thought of more schooling makes my skin crawl.

BarTopDancer · 07-07-2008, 06:34 PM

I have a few co-workers in the Masters program. I'd love to say I'll remember to ask them tomorrow, but the brain is full. If you shoot me a message (PM or IM) I will ask them tomorrow

innerSpaceman · 07-07-2008, 06:46 PM

I'm so sorry I hit college right after high school. Ugh, two years and I was soooo done ... and so I'm not a college grad (and so, d'uh, can't even qualify for grad school).

I should have taken a year or two off to become a person, and then hit school again. My everlasting regret.

€uroMeinke · 07-07-2008, 07:11 PM

I took it about 25 years ago - don't remember much, other than I didn't have the money to move on the grad school so I tabled that for awhile - a long while. I think the main reason you take it is that the school you want to get into requires it. I believe there are study programs to help you do well. I recall doing specialized tests in philosophy.

Kevy Baby · 07-07-2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I should have taken a year or two off to become a person, and then hit school again.

I think that fact that I DID take two years off is the only reason I was able to complete college. It was not intended as taking time off: when I completed high school, I was done. I needed the two years to grow up and realize that I needed college.

Ghoulish Delight · 07-07-2008, 07:33 PM

From what I can find of it, it sounds like a slightly beefed up SAT. You'll probably want to do some sort of prep course. I'd bet there are self-guided ones that you can do online on your own. Though if you're like me that would just give you plenty of excuse to procrastinate in which case enrolling in a live prep course might help you follow through on it.

Basically, not difficult if you just learn how to take it, which is all they really want to know you can do.

Kevy Baby · 07-07-2008, 07:37 PM

I never took the SAT (I was a Community College transfer). Since I am pretty good at taking tests, I have always been curious to take the SAT just to see how I would score.

But I am not quite THAT masochistic.

BarTopDancer · 07-07-2008, 07:42 PM

Tanked the SAT. Went to community college right out of high school. I think if I took 2 years off and did something else I would have still had my BA by now.

Prudence · 07-07-2008, 08:56 PM

I took it, but it was awhile ago and I think they've changed the format since then. Get a book of sample tests and see how you do. If you do well, no need to spend money on a prep course.

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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I read that as GED and was wondering why you dropped out of HS. I have never taken it. Will never take it. The thought of more schooling makes my skin crawl.
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	I have a few co-workers in the Masters program. I'd love to say I'll remember to ask them tomorrow, but the brain is full. If you shoot me a message (PM or IM) I will ask them tomorrow __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I'm so sorry I hit college right after high school. Ugh, two years and I was soooo done ... and so I'm not a college grad (and so, d'uh, can't even qualify for grad school). I should have taken a year or two off to become a person, and then hit school again. My everlasting regret.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I took it about 25 years ago - don't remember much, other than I didn't have the money to move on the grad school so I tabled that for awhile - a long while. I think the main reason you take it is that the school you want to get into requires it. I believe there are study programs to help you do well. I recall doing specialized tests in philosophy. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	From what I can find of it, it sounds like a slightly beefed up SAT. You'll probably want to do some sort of prep course. I'd bet there are self-guided ones that you can do online on your own. Though if you're like me that would just give you plenty of excuse to procrastinate in which case enrolling in a live prep course might help you follow through on it. Basically, not difficult if you just learn how to take it, which is all they really want to know you can do. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	I never took the SAT (I was a Community College transfer). Since I am pretty good at taking tests, I have always been curious to take the SAT just to see how I would score. But I am not quite THAT masochistic. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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07-07-2008, 07:42 PM	#9
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Tanked the SAT. Went to community college right out of high school. I think if I took 2 years off and did something else I would have still had my BA by now. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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07-07-2008, 08:56 PM	#10
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	I took it, but it was awhile ago and I think they've changed the format since then. Get a book of sample tests and see how you do. If you do well, no need to spend money on a prep course. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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