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Old May 21, 2009 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Vik2000,May 21 2009, 08:40 PM
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Old May 21, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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"element of style" is a book that I lived by in college.
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Old May 22, 2009 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Kyushin,May 21 2009, 02:34 PM
haha acouple of my buds from India told me the best idea is to study the way they did, 8 hours a day for 9 months and both scored over 1400, well one had a 1550, so im takin their advice
8 hours for 9 months??? i guess if you have nothing else to do for 9 months......

thats tough, but if you can do that then YEA you'll probably get 1400+. damn!
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Old May 22, 2009 | 09:44 AM
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A buddy of mine went to Korea to take a prep course and got all the old GRE tests. He scored in the 95th percentile. Some might call it cheating since getting old tests is an unfair advantage.
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Old May 22, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by AlX Boi,May 22 2009, 12:44 PM
A buddy of mine went to Korea to take a prep course and got all the old GRE tests. He scored in the 95th percentile. Some might call it cheating since getting old tests is an unfair advantage.
I heard rumors theres organizations that do similar things, or have people that come out of the test and just write down and submit all the questions they saw on the test.

The multiple choice english and math section I know I can ace with practice, its just my writing that has gone to hell lately and I seriously need to work on it asap.
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Old May 22, 2009 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by AlX Boi,May 22 2009, 11:44 AM
A buddy of mine went to Korea to take a prep course and got all the old GRE tests. He scored in the 95th percentile. Some might call it cheating since getting old tests is an unfair advantage.
So that's why Asians are SOOOO smart
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Old May 22, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Kyushin,May 22 2009, 12:12 PM
I heard rumors theres organizations that do similar things, or have people that come out of the test and just write down and submit all the questions they saw on the test.

The multiple choice english and math section I know I can ace with practice, its just my writing that has gone to hell lately and I seriously need to work on it asap.
you might wanna check and see if the school you are applying to even considers the writing score. the writing section is relatively new on the GRE (i think?) so some schools dont even look at it...

just sayin'
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Old May 22, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by OverBooster,May 22 2009, 04:20 PM
So that's why Asians are SOOOO smart
I knew it!! So thats their secret.
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Old May 22, 2009 | 02:05 PM
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I'll just go to China to do GRE test then. Could probably use some "network" and "gifts".
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Old May 22, 2009 | 06:44 PM
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Why don't you try practicing your grammar and punctuation here?
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