The Indian Thread (TiT) # 14

International Students
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<p>"Yes I would say taking notes on CR is very time consuming and pretty unecessary. Why bother to take notes on something which you will forget completely the minute you move on to the next section? That time can be more usefully spent on checking your answers.</p>

<p>I don’t know about other people, but this method worked for me. I skimmed through the passage to get an approximate idea of what it said (I took 30-35s for this), skimmed through the questions to get an idea of what they say, then read each question individually, looking back at the passage for the answers and underlining them as I found them. I rarely had to read the whole passage again the second time, usually the answers jumped right out. Reading the passage correctly first time round was really useful since I got a pretty good idea of the tone and mood that the writer was trying to project.</p>

<p>My friends didn’t like my method too much though "</p>

<p>by quick notes I mean that in a long passage, you can underline a sentence indicating tone and mention that its the tone on the side.Or simply just underline it.</p>

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<p>wait nt u are a girl? oh wow…</p>

<p>as of now i am roomin ( well i have a apt type thingie) a polish guy and an indian . I m expected to cook but na ill opt for ameal plan instead!</p>

<p>This is was my plan during th cr section , skim the whole thing then read the question, go back to the lines it is referring to and find the answer just there . Be sure to read 2 lines bove and 2 lines below so as to understand the context</p>

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<p>thanks for the tips sucharita, nomad and havaldaar…i’ll try em’ out…
what about vocab, did u guys like memorize some bigass vocab list…like the 1000 word ones?</p>

<p>thnks</p>

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<p>IMO word lists are a waste of time and anyway I knew most of them already.</p>

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<p>thnks sucharita…i guess i’ll just memorize one of the shorter lists, like the 250 word list…</p>

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<p>gave my TOEFL yesterday got a range of 237-294.
The essay went well (as it is damn easy) so hope to get a good score.</p>

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<p>Also god damn the stupid little b astard who coughed during the listening section otherwise I’d have a perfect 300.</p>

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<p>Surprise! :p</p>

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<p>LOL vampiro :p</p>

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<p>i actually mugged up the Barrons word list</p>

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<p>no way…u memorized that big ass list with 3500 words…wow…did it help or did u regret it later on…</p>

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<p>i dunno, im guessing it helped.</p>

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<p>heh sorry nt lol man heh cant believe i didnt know heh </p>

<p>anyway Toefl is no longer a requirement in any of the top schools apart frm austin and wisconsin right?</p>

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i think they have something against me!! anyways, i am already trying to change my sleeping habits and will try to take as many 9 o clock classes as possible! :)</p>

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<p>um, that attitude is just scary.
:P</p>

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<p>I thought your attitute was terrifying at first . :D</p>

<p>EDIT : long time ago…</p>

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<p>haha…he’s a scary one. :p</p>

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<p>^ wow iv terrified you solely on the basis of our online conversations!!!</p>

<p>cant wait to meet you in person :P</p>

<p>omg duke is gonna kick assssssssssss!!!</p>

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<p>so we’ve known each other for like what? 1 yr? 2 yrs?
we were as engrossed in each others admissions’s decisions as our own…
well enough of this senti ****. never in my life did i think that id ever make friends online… strangely i did…</p>

<p>soi was just wondering… where do you think everyone’s headed (no, not college…life)</p>

<p>u guys are some of the brightest ppl iv met, so im sure everyones headin places… but anyways… ill go first…</p>

<p>sucharita- academia
adides- investment banker… return to india to retire…
merc- MNC, branch out later
shash- really high post in MNC
astrix- journo/ telhelka type
akash- scamster :stuck_out_tongue: kiddin… i-bankin(?)
<em>nt</em> - dunno.,</p>

<p>welll i know its infintely stupid of me to predict from now where everyone’s headed… but im down wth fever, and all my frineds are out freakin partying… grrr… so i thot id waste sometime on CC… and its always good to know what people think of you, no?</p>

<p>im sure iv left ppl out… but then these are the only that came to mind… </p>

<p>right… enuf bull…</p>

<p>disclaimer:: the above rubbish is just my own random verbal vomit… so if your future plans dont meet my metaphysical predictions for your future’s, dont get too ****ed with me… it’s al in good spirits…hic</p>

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<p>Heh I hope your prediction for me comes true :D</p>

<p>Any predictions for yourself?</p>