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« on: January 24, 2011, 04:32:42 PM » |
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I'm trying to decide whether I should take the GRE in the current format, or if I should wait and take it in the revised format in August. I've read some things online . . . mostly in blogs, so I'm not sure how credible the advice is. Does anyone have any thoughts on which version might be best to take?
Thanks!
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amewa_silk
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2011, 06:43:29 PM » |
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Are you a cutting-edge type?
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oldfullprof
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2011, 06:46:29 PM » |
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I heard that there was a works and plays well with others section now.
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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2011, 07:21:22 PM » |
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I would take the current version, and then, if you are not happy with your score, try the new format later.
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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2011, 07:03:35 PM » |
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Definitely take the old format. As far as I know, it changes on August 1st. Therefore, you should take it for the first time on June 30 at the latest. You can take it once per calendar month, which allows you to take it again under the old system at the end of July.
Doesn't matter if the new exam is ultimately easier. Since there's not much material on it available, it's a big unknown and that makes it harder to prepare for.
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« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2011, 09:07:54 AM » |
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I would take the new one if I could... I hear they're getting rid of the antonyms section -- which was the bane of my existence when I took the test!
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« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2011, 10:58:22 AM » |
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I heard that there was a works and plays well with others section now.
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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2011, 05:31:59 AM » |
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There needs to be a whole section on Oregon Trail for us NetGen types. If you don't know what it takes to get little 8-bit Apple II wagon trains across America, you have no business in a graduate program.
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« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2011, 05:38:23 AM » |
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There needs to be a whole section on Oregon Trail for us NetGen types. If you don't know what it takes to get little 8-bit Apple II wagon trains across America, you have no business in a graduate program.
Wanton waste, broken axles and deaths from dysentery.
Rollin', rollin', rollin' Keep those Apples rolling Rollin', rollin', rollin' along! Boot'em up Wait around Screen's gone blank Wait around Save to disk Wait around Yeehaw! Beige machine Character fields of green Rollin' rollin' rollin' along! |
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My hovercraft is full of eels, so I don't suppose snails in a fish tank is so very strange.
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« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2011, 11:55:21 AM » |
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Whichever test is "easier" or "more appropriate," I'm darn sure that people doing graduate admissions next winter for the fall 2012 entry cohort will be familiar with the "old" format, which they have been using for many years, and will probably distrust or feel anxious about the new format. Some of us still haven't adjusted to the scoring change in the SATs, which was plenty of years ago now. Comparing apples to apples (i.e., scores on the current cohort of new grad students with those of people applying for the following cohort) will be easy and automatic if your scores are from the current exam.
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« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2011, 02:41:18 PM » |
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Whichever test is "easier" or "more appropriate," I'm darn sure that people doing graduate admissions next winter for the fall 2012 entry cohort will be familiar with the "old" format, which they have been using for many years, and will probably distrust or feel anxious about the new format. Some of us still haven't adjusted to the scoring change in the SATs, which was plenty of years ago now. Comparing apples to apples (i.e., scores on the current cohort of new grad students with those of people applying for the following cohort) will be easy and automatic if your scores are from the current exam.
My first thought when reading the OP was that the comparisons would be easier using the old version, for both the institutions receiving the scores and the test taker. |
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« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2012, 04:58:26 AM » |
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I know you can't take the old test anymore anyway, but just chiming in on the topic.
I wrote the old GRE six years ago and the new one yesterday. I got very similar scores on both tests (my analytical writing scores not in yet for the new test though).
So, maybe the old and new tests are equally difficult, or the new one is easier and I got stupider over time, or vice versa. Or n=1 and my scores don't say much either way. Anyone else who's written both tests care to chime in?
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