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All-American 07-08-2008 10:30 PM

Just took the GRE.
 
Don't know that I did that well. 710 in Quantitative and 570 in Verbal.

Those of you affiliated with post-graduate studies or who otherwise feel qualified to comment-- is that good enough?

bigpiney 07-08-2008 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by All-American (Post 239468)
Don't know that I did that well. 710 in Quantitative and 570 in Verbal.

Those of you affiliated with post-graduate studies or who otherwise feel qualified to comment-- is that good enough?

All I know is that when I took the GRE back when the Analytical section was not written, I got an 800. So take that. I am logical beyond belief.

those scores sound fine, about what I had, good enough with good grades.

TripletDaddy 07-08-2008 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by bigpiney (Post 239488)
All I know is that when I took the GRE back when the Analytical section was not written, I got an 800. So take that. I am logical beyond belief.

those scores sound fine, about what I had, good enough with good grades.

Logic games on standardized tests are very practical.

I can't tell you how many times a partner has called me into his or her office and asked for an answer and I tell them "A, C, D, and E MAY be correct, but I need more information."

Archaea 07-08-2008 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by bigpiney (Post 239488)
All I know is that when I took the GRE back when the Analytical section was not written, I got an 800. So take that. I am logical beyond belief.

those scores sound fine, about what I had, good enough with good grades.

None of lawyers are smart enough to take the GRE, so how should we know?

TripletDaddy 07-08-2008 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea (Post 239504)
None of lawyers are smart enough to take the GRE, so how should we know?

I had heard that of the MCAT, GMAT, LSAT, and GRE, that the GRE was the easiest. Can anyone confirm through their own personal experience?

Which graduate degrees require the GRE?

il Padrino Ute 07-08-2008 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy (Post 239503)
Logic games on standardized tests are very practical.

I can't tell you how many times a partner has called me into his or her office and asked for an answer and I tell them "A, C, D, and E MAY be correct, but I need more information."

Standardized tests suck.

bigpiney 07-08-2008 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy (Post 239513)

Which graduate degrees require the GRE?

Crappy ones

SteelBlue 07-09-2008 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy (Post 239513)
I had heard that of the MCAT, GMAT, LSAT, and GRE, that the GRE was the easiest. Can anyone confirm through their own personal experience?

Which graduate degrees require the GRE?

I took the LSAT and the GRE and would agree that the GRE was the easier of the two. Most graduate programs require the GRE, you pretty much named every exception. I think there were some field specific GRE sections that some had to take but I can't really recall as it's been almost 15 years.

pelagius 07-09-2008 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy (Post 239513)
I had heard that of the MCAT, GMAT, LSAT, and GRE, that the GRE was the easiest. Can anyone confirm through their own personal experience?

Are you asking which test is easier to get a higher percentile rank in? I don't see how variation in difficulty in terms of the test material is very important since what matters is the rank relative to the test taking population. Does the GRE have the dumbest test taking population? Not in the quantitative section. I see 100s of PhD apps every year and a few have both GRE and GMAT scores. I can't remember when a student's GRE quantitative score was a better percentile rank than their GMAT quantitative score.

On the other hand, I would guess that its easier to get a better percentile rank on the verbal GRE sections than "professional" graduate exams because the number of non-native English speakers is probably higher.

All-American 07-09-2008 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by pelagius (Post 239734)
Are you asking which test is easier to get a higher percentile rank in? I don't see how variation in difficulty in terms of the test material is very important since what matters is the rank relative to the test taking population. Does the GRE have dumbest test taking population? Not in the quantitative section. I see 100s of PhD apps every year and few have both GRE and GMAT scores. I can't remember when a student's GRE quantitative score was a better percentile rank than their GMAT quantitative score.

On the other hand, I would guess that its easier to get a better percentile rank on the verbal GRE sections than "proffessional" graduate exams because the number of non-native English speakers is probably higher.

Well then, I direct the original question to you. In those 100s of Phd apps, what would you typically consider to be a good score on the GRE? If what I've got isn't good enough, I probably will take it again, unless I decide to jump ship and join forces with the lawyers.


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