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somyav2006 | 2 Mar 2006 01:13

(GRE Success! ) Need advise..

Hi All,
I am very new to this group - very much new to GRE too. I did go 
through the files section to ensure that i dont waste too much of ur 
time by asking the same questions - but i still have my questions 
unanswered. I have started to prepare for GRE starting today and am 
aiming at joining for fall-2007. I have no clue as to what needs to 
be done and I do not have any one to guide me. I have 3yrs of work 
experience and i come from a middle class back ground. So money is a 
biggest concern for me and is one of the reason why i didnt think 
about GRE. Now i badly want to do my MS. I would be forever greatful 
if any of you could please advise on what all needs to be done from 
now and be my guide in my process of getting an admit. I am good at 
quants but I am not very good at vocabs. I have a ok acads but i 
dont have any papers on my name. I would like to know how long does 
an average person takes to prepare for GRE. I am currently in the US 
for an assignemnt and am planning to join a GRE coaching class once 
i return to india in May. Could you also suggest on any good 
consultant in Chennai - I also need to know the time frame before 
which i should take GRE if I need admission for Fall - 2007
I sincerely thank all your help in this regard
Somya

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Yamanoor Srihari | 2 Mar 2006 01:31

Re: (GRE Success! ) Need advise..

Welcome to the group. Thank you for looking at the files! As you can see you have unique and broadbased questions, so it might not be possible to thrust readymade answers at you.

Congratulations on the start of the preparation!

You now have us to guide you. Please do not consider joining a 1000 groups. It will clog your email list and not be of real worth to you. Do join other groups if you will, but limit by number and quality.

Money is an issue that most grad students face, no matter what their backgrounds are. You will have to realize that graduate education in the US is competitive and fewer and fewer students are getting funded before they arrive here. Some do compromise on the ranks of the schools under the very acceptable assumption that it should not matter where you gain knowledg e.

We encourage you to think through this problem for yourself. Depending upon your academic skills, previous performance and other attributes, you might get admitted into very good programs, but not with financial assistance at the get go. Some people do take the risk of coming here and trying out -- 99.99% of us succeed in finding funding eventually, but it comes with risk and a minimum obligatory spending over unspecified periods.

We do not recommend any GRE coaching centers. They add little value to you.

Since you are in the US and can spare some time, then you could visit the schools you like and seek the prospects for financial assistance. This could prove to be very useful to you since it is very hard to visit the schools on grad admit days and so on. Talking to people whose work you like and making connections in person is very valuable, so I strongly encourage you to consid er spending the remainder of your time doing that here.

May would be a good time to start preparations depending upon where your skills lie in the spectrum, and you could potentially take the exam in July/August.

It will take a full two months, given that you are employed full time (and automatically assumed over time!) to prepare your statements, essays, bank documents, transcripts, resume and other application materials.

This will bring you to October/Nov beginning by which time you should seriously consider dropping off your applications in the mail and then tracking them, making sure the schools have received everything. Simultaneously you could establish/re - establish conversations with Professors leading research in various schools.

All this, is in line for 2007.

Please feel free to ask as many questions as many time s as you please.

Good Luck,

Srihari

http://www.yamanoor.com

http://ysrihari.blogspot.com/

Re: (GRE Success! ) Need advise..

Srihari,

Thanks for your reply and guidance. It was very much helpful.

Regards
Somya
--- In gre-success@..., Yamanoor Srihari <yamanoor <at> ...> 
wrote:
>
> Welcome to the group. Thank you for looking at the files! As you 
can see you have unique and broadbased questions, so it might not be 
possible to thrust readymade answers at you. 
>    
>   Congratulations on the start of the preparation! 
>    
>   You now have us to guide you. Please do not consider joining a 
1000 groups. It will clog your email list and not be of real worth 
to you. Do join other groups if you will, but limit by number and 
quality. 
>    
>   Money is an issue that most grad students face, no matter what 
their backgrounds are. You will have to realize that graduate 
education in the US is competitive and fewer and fewer students are 
getting funded before they arrive here. Some do compromise on the 
ranks of the schools under the very acceptable assumption that it 
should not matter where you gain knowledge. 
>    
>   We encourage you to think through this problem for yourself. 
Depending upon your academic skills, previous performance and other 
attributes, you might get admitted into very good programs, but not 
with financial assistance at the get go. Some people do take the 
risk of coming here and trying out -- 99.99% of us succeed in 
finding funding eventually, but it comes with risk and a minimum 
obligatory spending over unspecified periods. 
>    
>   We do not recommend any GRE coaching centers. They add little 
value to you.
>    
>   Since you are in the US and can spare some time, then you could 
visit the schools you like and seek the prospects for financial 
assistance. This could prove to be very useful to you since it is 
very hard to visit the schools on grad admit days and so on. Talking 
to people whose work you like and making connections in person is 
very valuable, so I strongly encourage you to consider spending the 
remainder of your time doing that here.
>    
>   May would be a good time to start preparations depending upon 
where  your skills lie in the spectrum, and you could potentially 
take the exam in July/August.
>    
>   It will take a full two months, given that you are employed full 
time (and automatically assumed over time!) to prepare your 
statements, essays, bank documents, transcripts, resume and other 
application materials.
>    
>   This will bring you to October/Nov beginning by which time you 
should seriously consider dropping off your applications in the mail 
and then tracking them, making sure the schools have received 
everything. Simultaneously you could establish/re - establish 
conversations with Professors leading research in various schools.
>    
>   All this, is in line for 2007.
>    
>   Please feel free to ask as many questions as many times as you 
please.
>    
>   Good Luck,
>    
>   Srihari
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>                   http://www.yamanoor.com 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   
>    
>   http://ysrihari.blogspot.com/
>    
>   test'; " type=text/css>
>

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Sandeep S Shekhawat | 2 Mar 2006 05:38

(GRE Success! ) Is the GRE pattern really changing ...if so when..... <EOM>

Yamanoor Srihari <yamanoor-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

Welcome to the group. Thank you for looking at the files! As you can see you have unique and broadbased questions, so it might not be possible to thrust readymade answers at you.

Congratulations on the start of the preparation!

You now have us to guide you. Please do not consider joining a 1000 groups. It will clog your email list and not be of real worth to you. Do join other groups if you will, but limit by number and quality.

Money is an issue that most grad students face, no matter what their backgrounds are. You will have to realize that graduate education in the US is competitive and fewer and few er students are getting funded before they arrive here. Some do compromise on the ranks of the schools under the very acceptable assumption that it should not matter where you gain knowledge.

We encourage you to think through this problem for yourself. Depending upon your academic skills, previous performance and other attributes, you might get admitted into very good programs, but not with financial assistance at the get go. Some people do take the risk of coming here and trying out -- 99.99% of us succeed in finding funding eventually, but it comes with risk and a minimum obligatory spending over unspecified periods.

We do not recommend any GRE coaching centers. They add little value to you.

Since you are in the US and can spare some time, then you could visit the schools you like and seek the prospects for financial assistance. This could prove to be very useful to you since it is very hard to visit the schools on grad admit days and so on. Talking to people whose work you like and making connections in person is very valuable, so I strongly encourage you to consider spending the remainder of your time doing that here.

May would be a good time to start preparations depending upon where your skills lie in the spectrum, and you could potentially take the exam in July/August.

It will take a full two months, given that you are employed full time (and automatically assumed over time!) to prepare your statements, essays, bank documents, transcripts, resume and other application materials.

This will bring you to October/Nov beginning by which time you should seriously consider dropping off your applications in the mail and then tracking them, making sure the schools have received everything. Simultaneously you could establish/re - establish conversations with Prof essors leading research in various schools.

All this, is in line for 2007.

Please feel free to ask as many questions as many times as you please.

Good Luck,

Srihari

http://www.yamanoor.com

http://ysrihari.blogspot.com/

Sandeep S Shekhawat

Yahoo! Mail
Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.

Re: (GRE Success! ) Is the GRE pattern really changing ...if so when..... <EOM>

Always depend on ETS, the organization that designs
these tests

http://www.ets.org/

Srihari

--- Sandeep S Shekhawat <s_sandy2784@...> wrote:

> 
> 
> Yamanoor Srihari <yamanoor@...> wrote:   
> Welcome to the group. Thank you for looking at the
> files! As you can see you have unique and broadbased
> questions, so it might not be possible to thrust
> readymade answers at you. 
>    
>   Congratulations on the start of the preparation! 
>    
>   You now have us to guide you. Please do not
> consider joining a 1000 groups. It will clog your
> email list and not be of real worth to you. Do join
> other groups if you will, but limit by number and
> quality. 
>    
>   Money is an issue that most grad students face, no
> matter what their backgrounds are. You will have to
> realize that graduate education in the US is
> competitive and fewer and fewer students are getting
> funded before they arrive here. Some do compromise
> on the ranks of the schools under the very
> acceptable assumption that it should not matter
> where you gain knowledge. 
>    
>   We encourage you to think through this problem for
> yourself.  Depending upon your academic skills,
> previous performance and other attributes, you might
> get admitted into very good programs, but not with
> financial assistance at the get go. Some people do
> take the risk of coming here and trying out --
> 99.99% of us succeed in finding funding eventually,
> but it comes with risk and a minimum obligatory
> spending over unspecified periods. 
>    
>   We do not recommend any GRE coaching centers. They
> add little value to you.
>    
>   Since you are in the US and can spare some time,
> then you could visit the schools you like and seek
> the prospects for financial assistance. This could
> prove to be very useful to you since it is very hard
> to visit the schools on grad admit days and so on.
> Talking to people whose work you like and making
> connections in person is very valuable, so I
> strongly encourage you to consider spending the
> remainder of your time doing that here.
>    
>   May would  be a good time to start preparations
> depending upon where  your skills lie in the
> spectrum, and you could potentially take the exam in
> July/August.
>    
>   It will take a full two months, given that you are
> employed full time (and automatically assumed over
> time!) to prepare your statements, essays, bank
> documents, transcripts, resume and other application
> materials.
>    
>   This will bring you to October/Nov beginning by
> which time you should seriously consider dropping
> off your applications in the mail and then tracking
> them, making sure the schools have received
> everything. Simultaneously you could establish/re -
> establish conversations with Professors leading
> research in various schools.
>    
>   All this, is in line for 2007.
>    
>   Please feel free to ask as many questions as many
> times as you please.
>    
>   Good Luck,
>    
>    Srihari
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>                   http://www.yamanoor.com 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   
>    
>   http://ysrihari.blogspot.com/
>    
>   test'; " type="text/css">    
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     
> 
>   Thanks! for being a part of gre-success. Please
> spread the message.-- 
>  Yamanoor Srihari
>  http://www.yamanoor.com/gre/1.htm 
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