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hi all, i was wondering if someone could help me out in getting started. my profile first: be 2009 pass with 69.78 agg(electronics and communication) my interest is to study masters is embedded/vlsi. i thought of taking gre in november(not sure about the exact date). some of the questions that i have are: 1)at the latest by when i can take gre in november so that i get an admission for the fall(will that be august?). 2)the proceedings ( i.e what exactly to do after i finish my gre exam) 3) some good colleges in usa for the above mentioned field. 4) any good coaching institutes in bangalore (please don't tell me princeton review ). any other information i need to know, please do provide.starting form now i think i have very less time so any little information will be of great value to me. thanks and regards sanatan.r

	Last post Ash 20 hours ago
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(GRE Success! ) test date,is it ok?

helloi wanted to take the test on oct end,but today i open the website and see if there are any dates,there is not even a single date in oct,next date is on november 16th,is it okay if i give test on this day i mean for fall 2011 admission,will it be late?i know it depends on universities but generally is it okay?and i am thinking to take toefl end of november!!!orshall i wait for cancellation of dates in oct,so that i can get in end of oct,ur reply asap will help!!regardssharath

	Last post sharath naidu 23 hours ago
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(GRE Success! ) Done with GRE : Need guidance for application process.

hello all, yesterday, i took gre and scored 1390 (vb - 610 quant - 780). i have some basic doubts regarding application process and need guidance for how should i proceed now. my details : gre - 1390 presently a senior undergraduate cgpa - 8.4 (18th in class of 80) branch - computer engineering. research - nil (presently doing a research project in data mining) some questions : 1. is 1390 a good gre score for cs? how much weightage does gre score carry and how much do grad schools consider it while giving admits? 2. does ra/ta depend on gre score? if, yes, how much score is needed ? 3. i am not aiming for high ranked universities considering my academic background, my gre score and my financial background. so, presently, considering ohio state university, georgia institute of technology, north carolina state university, virginia polytechnic institute and state university. please, comment on the universities selected by me and add if there are any schools that i should apply considering above mentioned points. 4. is going 780 in quant anyway going to affect the application procedure? because mostly it is expected that you must score 800 in quant. 5. i am planning to work for an year and then apply for fall 2012. is this a good idea? regards, prashant chaudhary.

	Last post prashantchaudhary112358 23 hours ago
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(GRE Success! ) Regarding GRE and TOEFL Score Reporting via ETS.

it's like this: "your score recipients score report: 07/12/2010 - cbt general test you will be mailed a candidate copy of the report as confirmation that your scores were sent as requested. score recipient(s) fee institution name: department: send scores: u southern california - 4852 general test scores remove $23 " is it the correct way to report my gre score online?i'm skipping the department name section for each university i'm reporting my score. query 2) some universities are not listed like george mason u washington.how should i report my score to such universities? query 3) should i follow the same procedure for toefl also? query 4) how many days will it take for score reporting?

	Last post Raghu V Rao 34 hours ago
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(GRE Success! ) How good/bad my chance is and shouldn't I rescore AW of GRE or retake the whole test?

hello friends, i am planning to apply for a ph.d. program in several us universities and have two related questions: 1) how good my chance is? in other words, what universities would you recommend me to apply for? does it make sense to try to apply for a mit ph.d. program (btw, they don't require gre)? please see my info below. 2) should i request re-scoring of aw or retake the whole gre test? as you may see from the information below i've got quite a low result for aw (3.0) and vr (440) sections of gre. honestly speaking, i knew i had failed the verbal part (mostly because of unexpectedly too abstruse rc tasks), so i think 440 was a fair result for me, but i was sure that i'll get 5 or at least 4 for aw. well, my english is definitely not perfect, but afaik, aw also measures the ability to analyze topics and follow the structure. the gre web-site says that 3.0 for aw means that "the writing is flawed in at least one of the following ways: limited analysis or development; weak organization; weak control of sentence structure or language usage, with errors that often result in vagueness or lack of clarity" i believe my analysis was quite deep, i did follow the recommended essay structure (intro, 3-5 thoughts + examples, conclusion), the sentence structure was correct or almost always correct. though i might (and probably did) make several (maybe even many) wording errors, they could not have affected the clarity so much. i am sure in this because i had enough time to review my essays and fix the errors i found. in fact, these two were one of the best gre essays of mine. (i think i should mention that after reviewing the argument task i decided to add an insignificant sentence to the end of my conclusion, and did not finish it).i see several possible ways to interpret my aw score: 1) there was a mistake because of which one my essays was not submitted or was confused with someone else's essay. i understand that it is almost impossible. is it? 2) gre reviewers are very very exigent in language usage and wording, so exigent that 3.0 for a esl test taker is a good result. is it? 3) i've read several (about 20-30) sample essays in the "answers to real essay questions (2003)" book and my test essay topic was one of these 20-30. though i didn't even try to memorize the essays i might (and probably did) recollect the main ideas developed in the essay from the book, and the essay reviewer gave me a low score for that. how do they score aw if an essay mentions the ideas presented in a sample essay? so, now i don't know what to do. ets doesn't even provide any explanations to the score. will it be reasonable to request re-scoring? do you know if it is an effective way or they usually don't change the score? maybe, having such a low score for aw and vr i should retake the whole test? any comments are much appreciated. ================= my background and test results: ================= i've got my master's degree in engineering (with concentration on automatization and control) at a russian university which is one in the top 10 or 20 (according to different ratings) russian universities. bachelor's gpa: 3.95 master's gpa: 4.0 additional to higher education (translator of english language) gpa: 4.0 toefl ibt: 107 - reading: 29 - listening: 29 - speaking: 22 - writing: 27 gre: - analytical writing: 3.0 (!!) - quantitative reasoning: 800 - verbal reasoning: 440 no publications, no participation in decent scientific conferences, though took part in several university and department technical projects. won a couple of university's awards (one is for scholastic achievements, another is for leadership). quite a lot of social activity (have organized and am leading a local free english speaking club, organize amateur volleyball games). currently i work in a local branch of rocket software as a documentation engineer. my sphere of interest (based on which i'll choose the programs to apply for) is robotics and artificial intelligence. ================= i am very sorry for such a long post.

	Last post yamanoor sairam 37 hours ago
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