Graduate School?

[Scandia]

I took the GRE in 1997.

I got a 760 in Math, a 710 in Analytical, and a 610 in English.

[Kevin]

Originally posted by Gina1201
I had my last grad class on Tuesday and can't wait to graduate. I have three weeks to graduation as of Sunday!

Excellent! Congratulations! That must be a huge load off of your shoulders!

I'm at the other end of that tunnel right now, and I wish the trip could be faster!

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by ktsnake
I'm at the other end of that tunnel right now, and I wish the trip could be faster!

Good luck!! It will go by faster than you know. Staying focused and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is often the hard part about grad school. The degree requirements and other hurdles are technicalities.

Congrats Soror @ Gina!! I assume your graduation has already passed or is within the next week or so.

About the GRE: I took it in 1999 and didn't do much prep for it. I took the computer-based test which was good because I could see my score as soon as I finished. I see someone says they changed the format in 2002 but I don't know anyone who has taken it within the past 5 or so years. It would be interesting to see what they've done to it.

[KerriMarie]

I got into Grad School without taking the GRE - yaaaaay!

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by ktsnake
Excellent! Congratulations! That must be a huge load off of your shoulders!

I'm at the other end of that tunnel right now, and I wish the trip could be faster!

I haven't even gotten to the law school tunnel - I start at the end of August, early September.

[Scandia]

How did you get into grad school without taking the GRE?

I was afraid I would have to retake it for library school because I had taken it exactly 5 years before I applied. However, I called they school and they said I was fine.

If I go for the PhD, I may have to retake it indeed.

[KerriMarie]

There are a handful of programs that do not look at GRE scores - luckily, Steinhardt School of Education at NYU was one of those programs!

One of my good friends also just got into Grad School at Colorado College for Art Education without taking the GREs... so the programs are few and far between, but they're out there!

[LouisaMay]

Many programs are no longer requiring the GRE. It depends upon the school and the field of study.

Especially at the Ph.D. level, a lot of programs are much more interested in your writing and experience.

LM

[ShyViolet]

I didn't take the GRE either - UK programmes don't require it. It was all about the quality of my first degree (when I applied for the MLitt) and writing samples.

On an unrelated note, I am just wrapping up the first year of my PhD (oh how time flies!). I passed my first year review (had to submit 10,000 words, though mine was about 12,000 plus appendices) and my first year viva. I just can't believe it's gone so quickly.

This was also my first year of teaching, and I just submitted final marks yesterday, woohoo! No more papers or exams to mark until October. Yay!

[Dionysus]

I just finished my first year, woo hoo!

[squirrely girl]

i'm finishing up my thesis this summer and starting a ph.d. program this fall! and maybe someday (far far away) i'll get a real job...

- marissa

[Jimmy Choo]

Originally posted by adpiucf
studying for the June LSAT!

Me Too!!!!!! I'll be glad when it's over!!!!!

[adpiucf]

Me, too.

I wish there was more time on the LG section, but I've resigned myself. And I know I have to take this test in June or I may lose my mind!!!!

[Jimmy Choo]

The Princeton Review has been a godsend for me! Granted it still may not help get me into a school but it has at least helped me improve in some areas of this test!!!! Best of luck to you!!!! After June 12th we can relax a little bit... or as much as one can while they wait for their scores!

[adpiucf]

I don't know. I think I am one of those people who can't take standardized tests (but I completely support the idea behind the standardized tests!)

I have been studying about 20 hours a week for the last 5 months. I have gone through Kaplan's recent LSAT book, Nova's Master the LSAT, the Powerscore LGB and LRB, a $1250 Testmaster's course, done as much homework as humanly possible and have taken about 20 timed practice tests. My score has gone up almost 10 points, but I'm still so far from where I'd hoped to be and I'm just accepting that I'm not meant for a T14 or possibly even a Top 100. But I want to be an attorney, not a law student, so regardless, I'm going to stay postitive, do the best I can on test day and go to the best school I can get into where I feel I'm the best fit. It just won't be one of the uber-national schools on the USWRN ranking.

Good luck to everyone taking the June test!!!