GRE计分介绍.ppt

Preparing to take the GRE (and getting into graduate school) Jeff Stocco, Career Center, September 2008 Career Center – how can they help? Advice on essay/candidate statement Information on programs Help sorting out your options Grad school – now or later? How do you get help? Quick Questions (M-F 2-3:30) Appointments What’s all this talk about revising the GRE? Major overhaul planned for last several years Revision has been officially cancelled Small changes to item types on verbal and quantitative General Test or Subject Test? General Test is required for most graduate programs Subject Test may be required for some programs (exams are offered in biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, English, mathematics, physics, psychology) Registration options for General Test Telephone 1-800-473-2255 Online /gre/grereg (with a credit card) Call the Test Center directly Edina 952-831-1499 U of MN 612-624-5520 Rochester 507-292-9713 St. Cloud State 320-308-5456 Woodbury 651-731-9195 Registration for Subject Test Web Online /gre/grereg (with a credit card) Mail Complete the paper-based registration form in the Bulletin 2008-09 Subject Test dates October 18, 2008 November 8, 2008 (registration by 10/3) April 4, 2009 General Test:How do you prepare? Take it “cold” Take a prep course (like Kaplan or Princeton Review) Develop your own method PowerPrep Software (/pracmats.html) or borrow from the Career Center) Test prep books How do you improve your score? Learn techniques (Princeton Review) Practice on a computer for familiarity Learn vocabulary and word roots Review and master math facts Practice, practice, practice! A “computer test” – different from the ACT or SAT? You can’t skip items or types of questions and then return There are fewer sections (4, not 7) You won’t know whether an item is “difficult” or “easy” Shorter in length (about 3 hrs, not 4+) You can’t write in the book (since there is no book!) Test sites are fewer (but test dates are many) Immediate