nana17

any advice how and whee to prepare for the gre exam.

travelgirl

I took it two or three weeks ago.

I used kaplan anywhere...they were having a sale at 100 off. if you're self motivated but need guidance this is a good option. i studied for about 2 months and it worked fine.

My husband just bought a few books and studied off and on for a month and did great.

It all kind of depends on you. You know more then anyone else about how much prep you will need to do.

ETS Home has a sample test for free..should give you a good feel

nana17

thank you Travelgirl.

I am kind of scared to do it on my own since English is my third language. I would prefer tp take an actual class.

Was it hard? how much weight does the GRE exam has. considering the fact that i am a 4.0 student do you think the admission will care about the score?

Thanks

travelgirl

How it important it is depends entirely on where and for what you are applying. I'm in GRDSRCH 200 (they walk you through the steps of applying to graduate school, if you're not graduating this quarter..you should take it at some point..you might find it helpful

Where: Some programs put heavy emphasis on the gre, some moderate (look at the whole picture), and some could care less. I've found that if you go to the website program that you're interested in... most usually tell you how important it is to them. Some will even tell you the average gre score for their accepted students. If not, you can always email and ask them.

what (program)
For example: My husband has a masters in Japanese Language and Lit. This subject doesn't deal with math...thus he didn't bother studying the math portion of the test..he did amazing on writing (5.5) and verbal reasoning (98%) but only got 50% in math because of this. (it had been 11+ years since he had even taken a math class). Anyways he got into the masters program just fine because he didn't need the math.

BUT for a program that deals heavily in math, I'm sure you could see the opposite is true. More emphasis on the math, less on verbal.

The easiest thing to do though is to just check out the program's website and/or shoot them an email. Hope this helps