Keeping Grad School as an Option

WilliamC
Sun, 13 May 2007 08:34:04 +0000

Many masters programs do not have a teaching component. However, teaching is generally considered an essential part of the PhD and doing it is frequently part of your financial package.
Depends on the field and school - some universities fully fund everyone they admit, others don’t. In terms of “merit” based, its not really like undergrad where a certain set of scores will get you aid. (There are university wide fellowship competitions based on GRE.) But there is almost always something you have to do for the “free” ride, be it teaching, research in someboddy’s lab, etc.
No. Download the PowerPrep software from ETS and try a practice test (timed). The math is high school through trig. It is not uncommon for engineers/science types to score 800 on the Quant part. There are some pretty straightforward techniques for doing well on the writing segment and the Verbal only takes a decent vocabulary and careful reading. Any guide book will give you all you need to know.