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[nerdmom]

I think the old analytical section was probably the best GRE tool for ferreting out diamonds in the rough, so of course they got rid of it for a section that is really useless.

[mended_drum]

I think the old analytical section was probably the best GRE tool for ferreting out diamonds in the rough, so of course they got rid of it for a section that is really useless.

Maybe.  But by the time I took it, most of the analytic problems were very close to the mindgames we'd been playing in "gifted and talented" classes since fifth grade.   But I'm probably a poor example.

[nerdmom]

We never played them in my GT classes, but I was still able to make an 800 w/little practice, so I'm a bit biased ;)

[ideagirl]

We never played them in my GT classes, but I was still able to make an 800 w/little practice, so I'm a bit biased ;)

Ditto. The LSAT still has an analytical section, but it's much harder than the one on the GRE.

[prytania3]

We never played them in my GT classes, but I was still able to make an 800 w/little practice, so I'm a bit biased ;)

And what year was this that you had a perfect SAT score? Perfect SAT scores used to be extraordinarily rare. Now you hear about people getting perfect scores on the SAT all of the time.

[nerdmom]

We never played them in my GT classes, but I was still able to make an 800 w/little practice, so I'm a bit biased ;)

And what year was this that you had a perfect SAT score? Perfect SAT scores used to be extraordinarily rare. Now you hear about people getting perfect scores on the SAT all of the time.

Read the post before that. Perfect score on the old analytical section of the GRE. I took the SAT before they changed the scale, so no way was it even close to that, lol!

[macaroon]

We never played them in my GT classes, but I was still able to make an 800 w/little practice, so I'm a bit biased ;)

And what year was this that you had a perfect SAT score? Perfect SAT scores used to be extraordinarily rare. Now you hear about people getting perfect scores on the SAT all of the time.

Read the post before that. Perfect score on the old analytical section of the GRE. I took the SAT before they changed the scale, so no way was it even close to that, lol!

Back in '96, when it was still pencil and paper, I got an 800 on the verbal section of the GRE (not like you can tell from my posts, but I used to be literate).  It was definitely possible back then.  I don't know if it measures intelligence, though.  I was so stupid that I had to call ETS in order to read my score.  I was arguing on the phone with the customer service rep, "So, wait...  if that column is my score, then why does it say '800'?"  "Um, hon?  Just a guess?   Maybe because you got all the questions right?"

[nerdmom]

classic

[mystictechgal]

*sniff*  The link says that the video not available any longer.  *pout* 

Wha?  I just tried it, and it came up.  Try again.

I was able to get it. 

Love it!