Help, I screwed my general GRE

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fayez0
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Help, I screwed my general GRE

Post by fayez0 » Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:38 pm

I screwed my general GRE, i got:

Q:790
V: 510 (outch)
W; TBD


Should I retake it? I am international

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HappyQuark
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Re: Help, I screwed my general GRE

Post by HappyQuark » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:02 pm

fayez0 wrote:I screwed my general GRE, i got:

Q:790
V: 510 (outch)
W; TBD


Should I retake it? I am international
Since this is such a difficult question, I decided to query a higher and wiser authority than myself.

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here is the link in case you have any other questions,

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ssanty/cgi-bin/eightball.cgi
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CarlBrannen
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Re: Help, I screwed my general GRE

Post by CarlBrannen » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:29 pm

People always ask about their bad grades or test scores. Why don't they ask about the underlying problem?

I'd like to see someone ask "How can I write a PhD when I can't even use the built-in spell checker at PhysicsGRE.com?" Or "What will it be like for me if I get into physics grad school even though I'm so stupid I can't use google?"

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WhoaNonstop
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Re: Help, I screwed my general GRE

Post by WhoaNonstop » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:43 pm

fayez0 wrote:I screwed my general GRE, i got:

Q:790
V: 510 (outch)
W; TBD


Should I retake it? I am international
Yes, you need to memorize more words for the verbal part, even if you have no understanding of how they are used.

-Riley

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twistor
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Re: Help, I screwed my general GRE

Post by twistor » Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:00 pm

Your scores are fine. If anything you should take it again and try to do worse to increase your chances of financial aid.

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Re: Help, I screwed my general GRE

Post by TheBeast » Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:03 pm

fayez0 wrote:I screwed my general GRE
For the future, you may want to take note that the proper vulgarism that you want is "screwed up" as opposed to "screwed." As written, in crude speech, the quoted phrase indicates that you engaged in sexual activity with the exam.



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