Gre mantra for good scores

1.) Book your exam date for New revised GREwell in advance to ensure that you get the desired date, center and time slot , this way you can concentrate more on studies.
2.) Try to get the Barron’s New GRE book, Kaplan New GRE book and solve as many exercise problems as possible and then take some practice GRE tests provided by ETS Power prep software and various other resources.
3.) Power Prep software is the official testingsoftware of GRE given by the GRE official company ETS, so in that take the 1st test and based on that score, start preparing toward your weakest parts of GRE .
4.) In the last 3-4 days try to take the Test-prep 2nd test and this way you could estimate the range of your score.
5.) In the Last few days, don’t start anything new. This will make your GRE worse.
6.) Don’t try to become the King in Overnight,so please do not prepare for GRE in the Last night, Take rest.
7.) Don’t Worry too much of your exam, which by the way increase your temper and so try to remain calm and composed on the test date. Just treat this as any other exam. Donot take it lightly, and do not over strain yourself.
8.) No negative marks- so try to guess as many unknown question as possible, rather than leaving it blank.
9.) Utilize the breaks in between the different sections effectively, to relax yourself and it would help you to concentrate more for the next section.
10.) In this new GRE there are 5-6 sections as specified in my previous posts, you have:
*. 1 analytical writing section with 2 tasks ofissue and Argument essay.
*. 2 GRE verbal sections with 20 questions ineach section.
*. 2 GRE Quantitative sections with 20 q questions in each section.
*. 1 experimental section of either GRE verbal or GRE Quantitative section.
11.) In case if you are very sensitive to minordisturbances, then utilize the headphone provided to absorb the undesired sounds caused during your exam.
12.) Try to utilize your given time effectively; don’t spend too much time on a single question, time management is the key to your success, so split-up your time accordingly.
13.) All the questions carry equal marks, try to utilize the time effectively.
14.) Double check your questions, as most ofthe GRE questions have some minor traps in it and answer accordingly.
15.) Don't try to guess your experimental section, because you may end up wrong, so treat all the sections equally.

facing reading comprehension

GRE Reading Comprehension passages includes articles and topics which you probably don’t read in text books. So,a need to have skills to understand the theme and attitude of the passage. Follow websites and blogs to practice reading comprehension for GRE Exam. As you read different articles, which are usually lengthy, u will
1. Familiarised to the format and style
2. Increase a reading style
3. Present ideas in little time
4. Co-relating similar ideas to form opinions
GRE Reading Comprehension Practice Sites
1. www.thehindu.com
2. http://news.discovery.com
3. www.washingtonpost.com
4. www.smithsonianmag.com
5. www.nytimes.com

Gre standard books grading!

There isn’t much out there in terms of revised GRE material, but You’ll be getting an expert’s pointof view on all of the following new GRE books:
*. McGraw-Hill’s New GRE: 2011-2012 Edition Grade: D-
*. Kaplan New GRE Premier 2011-2012 Grade: D+
*. Barron’s New GRE 19th Edition Grade: B-
*. Princeton Review: Cracking the New GRE 2012 Grade: C
*. McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the New GRE Math Grade: A-
*. ETS’s Official Guide to the GRE Revised General Test (1st Edition) Grade: A+/C
*. ETS’s Old GRE Material:
Practicing to Take the General Test 10th Edition (Big Book) Grade: C+/D-
*. Manhattan GRE Grade: A
*. Gruber’s Complete GRE Guide 2012 Grade: C-
*. Nova’s GRE Prep Course Grade: B/F
Above grading is believed to be trustworthy!
*. ETS’s Official Guide to the GRE Revised General Test (2nd Edition) Grade: A+/C

6 Most Important Alphabets. .

It is important that u read the words of 6 alphabets for a better score. . 

A  P  S  R  T  C

The above 6 covers about 1000-1200 words of the total GRE words.

The test takers need to make sure that they cover major parts of the words starting with the above alphabets

It is not completely true that the words will appear from only these alphabets on the original test (Rumor of GRE).However, covering these alphabets is important as most recurring GRE words are covered when u read these words.

Types of Financial aid?

Financial Aid is awarded to student in 2 different forms.
*. Assistantships
*. Fellowships (or Scholarships)
Lets looks in detail about different types Assistantships and Fellowships available and how they are awarded.
Assistantships
Ph.D. and Master’s students are awarded assistantships, which fall into four general categories:
*. Teaching Assistant (TA)
*. Research Assistant (RA)
*. Graduate Assistant (GA)
*. Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
These awards are typically administered by fields and departments.
To get assistantships, generally students will work as teaching assistant or take part in research.
Students with assistantships typically receive the following benefits
*. Monthly Pay
*. Tuition Fee Waiver (or Instate Fees)
*. Health Insurance Coverage
Teaching Assistants (TA)
A teaching assistant is an academic appointment in support of the teaching of a course. Teaching assistants may assist in the teaching a section of a course, lead discussions, and/or lead laboratory sections.
For International Students High TOEFL Scores of TSE (or equivalent) scores is required to getapply for TA’s.
Graduate Research Assistantships (GRAs):
A GRA is an academic appointment focused onthesis or other degree-related research of a type that is required from all candidates for the degree. The research project for a GRA directly supports the student’s thesis or dissertation.

Because a student devotes considerable time to thesis or dissertation research, the time devoted to the graduate research assistantship is expected to be significant.
Research assistantships(RAs):
An RA is an academic appointment for research that is not directly thesis-related, 15 to 20 hours per week, averaging no more than 15 hours per week. For example, a RA appointment might include data analysis on a faculty research project not directly related to the student’s dissertation topic. As with otherassistantships, there is no separate application. Students are appointed by departments, fields, or individual faculty.
Graduate Assistantships (GAs):
A GA also can be related to doing work in other departments not related to thesis or projects for your course work.
*. Sample Admission Letter with Graduate Assistantship
Example – Data analysis on a faculty research project not directly related to the student’s dissertation topic.
Working in Computer Labs of other departments.
Fellowships
Fellowships are generally merit-based awards intended to support a student in a full-time course of study.
This includes stipend and Tuition Waiver.
Students are not required to work like TA’s and GA’s in this case.
Students are not required to pay back the money.
Fellowships and Scholarships sometimes refers the same, but there could be fine distinctions between them.
Comparing this to student loan, where it has to to paid back with interest, with fellowships there are no obligation for students to pay back the money.
Fellowships vs Scholarships
Scholarships – Financial Aid given for Bachelors Degree students
Fellowships – Financial Aid given to Post Bachelors degree students.

GRE RUMOURs

Many rumours about gre developed, everytime it changes the pattern!!
In the old pattern GRE,there have been many complaints that testtakers posted questions of their gre test...which was later used by others...advantage for new testtakers.
Also there was a legal fight between ETS and KAPLAN on the same above issue,though it has been resolved!
GRE has been found difficult especially for asian population...it has been proved through many score evidences!
Raw score estimate has remained a secret for decades of ets journey!
Many a times, low scores were reported from (2)countries....
Gre exam can be forged or faked in some countries.
But remember 1thing about ETS,inspite of all the difficulties it was the leading testgiving company!

BEWARE of ExPERIMENTAL SECTION!!

In actual GRE your final score is assessed on the performance of 2verbal and 2quant sections!!
In addition to this 4 sections,an additional section is present!!
Dummy section is just to test your patience and no marks are awarded!
But some people like me mistake the real section with dummy and loose marks which finally affects ur chances of good score!!

So please people,be careful with this section and pay the equal importance and concentration as much the others!!