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drygoodslvc
Joined: 09 Jul 2007
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| Adventurer wrote: |
I plan on studying for the GRE and would need a couple of study partners. I am going to get the books. Anyone want to form a group?
PM me if you like the idea... |
yea i studied for 6 months, it was a total perversion of the intellect.
by the way, taking it in korea would be best for you guys since the essay writing and math/verbal sections are broken up and therefore it's more relaxing rather than having to take it all at once. also it seems that in korea there's no experimental section, so it's less time.
but when i took it there were alot of muckups---the administrators were correcting their faulty instructions for filling out forms when the actual clock time was ticking on one of the verbal sections and we were not given the time back. also, korean students were were filling in sections well after the time had finished, not to mention back tracking to other sections with no repurcussions from the korean test administrators despite being already warned. |
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raywill
Joined: 10 Oct 2007
Location: seoul s. korea
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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| no harm intended justjohn, just could really have used the books. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Well the guy offering the books says he recommends taking it here, so there's got to be a way...
(To OP: That's a hint asking you to tell us how to take it here, in case it wasn't clear.  ) |
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drygoodslvc
Joined: 09 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| JustJohn wrote: |
Well the guy offering the books says he recommends taking it here, so there's got to be a way...
(To OP: That's a hint asking you to tell us how to take it here, in case it wasn't clear. ) |
by the way, i have 5 prep books not 4, my mistake.
yea, if you like not having to take a long standardized test all at once but prefer to have it divided (firstpart essay writing, second verbal and math) then take it in korea. in my case there was a whole month between the two. you might be able to get it so that you have a full 5 month break between the two.
then again, some people like to get over with all at once. whatever you decide.
the test was 170 i believe.
the second benefit to taking it in korea is that apparently there's no experimental section (you know, where ets gives you a section that you are not tested on but you don't know which one is the experiemental section). I say apparently because there was nothing there for me. i took 4 sections, two math and two verbal and was out the door. back in n. america they will give you five sections with one being the experimental section. |
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drygoodslvc
Joined: 09 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| JustJohn wrote: |
(To OP: That's a hint asking you to tell us how to take it here, in case it wasn't clear. ) |
just get the number for the fullbright center in korea here
http://www.fulbright.or.kr/english/pages/home-e.html
and pay for the test. they will give you all the info you need. you must take the essay writing first and then can take the math and verbal within six months after.
the test is taken at yonsei.
the essay writing must be done at the fulbright center which is at gongdeok station. everything is in english--no worries. |
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antznyopantz
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:45 am Post subject: |
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| yes you can and no it isn't...same as anywhere. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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So when would you like me to meet you?
P.S.
If there are some I don't think I need I'm willing to give them to you other guys. Also when I'm done with them you can have them. |
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drygoodslvc
Joined: 09 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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| a poster gave me such a fair price for some of the jeans i was selling i threw in the books for free. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Lol, figures. |
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Samantha
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Location: Jinan-dong Hwaseong
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| drygoodslvc wrote: |
| JustJohn wrote: |
Well the guy offering the books says he recommends taking it here, so there's got to be a way...
(To OP: That's a hint asking you to tell us how to take it here, in case it wasn't clear. ) |
by the way, i have 5 prep books not 4, my mistake.
yea, if you like not having to take a long standardized test all at once but prefer to have it divided (firstpart essay writing, second verbal and math) then take it in korea. in my case there was a whole month between the two. you might be able to get it so that you have a full 5 month break between the two.
then again, some people like to get over with all at once. whatever you decide.
the test was 170 i believe.
the second benefit to taking it in korea is that apparently there's no experimental section (you know, where ets gives you a section that you are not tested on but you don't know which one is the experiemental section). I say apparently because there was nothing there for me. i took 4 sections, two math and two verbal and was out the door. back in n. america they will give you five sections with one being the experimental section. |
Experimental section? I took it stateside a couple of years ago and I had 4 sections, verbal/reading-analogies, vocab, reading comp-that type of stuff; writing-essay, and math. I did mine in California all on the computer at a testing center. Is the experimental section a new development? I don't remember what I scored, since it wasn't all that important to the grad school I decided to attend. I did pretty decent on the language section but not so well on the math. The Statistics and advanced Calculus kicked my as$ and then some (neither of those classes was a requirement for me in undergrad or grad school for that matter).
Good luck all those taking the test. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| Samantha wrote: |
Experimental section? I took it stateside a couple of years ago and I had 4 sections, verbal/reading-analogies, vocab, reading comp-that type of stuff; writing-essay, and math. I did mine in California all on the computer at a testing center. Is the experimental section a new development? |
I took the GRE in October or November 2001. It had an experimental section. I got math twice. Thank GOD. I rocked at the math and logic sections. And mine had no essay. |
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Samantha
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:33 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm....now that I think about it I might have had two short essays, like I said I can't remember. I do remember that the math kicked my butt, which sucked since I was a math tutor at the time  . It didn't look to good that the Algebea II tutor was going for tutoring help in Stats/Calculus. I guess when I'm home at Christmas I'll see if I can find the test results somewhere. Who knows I might need them if I decide to go for that MA in TESOL I've been thinking about. |
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Patrick52
Joined: 29 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject: gre books |
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where do you live? I need GRE books....
did you take your GRE's here in Seoul? |
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