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humanodon  ·  3651 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The GRE - The GRE

The GRE is meant to trip you up. The essay writing isn't reflective of ability, just adherence to standards. I was able to get a 98 percent on verbal and a ... decent score on the math.

ETS is evil. Don't sweat it .





am_Unition  ·  3651 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think the hardest part was when they required copying that paragraph in cursive.

thundara  ·  3651 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The essay writing isn't reflective of ability, just adherence to standards.

Yeah, I never really clicked with the issue one, but the argument essay is literally the most formulaic thing you can write: Assumption #1, why might assumption #1 be false, what if assumption #1 is false. Paragraph break. Assumption #2, ...