Comments | applyingtograd: I Hate to Write

machuchu120 in applyingtograd

I Hate to Write

Nov 03, 2007 21:21

Hi everyone. I just wanted to start off by saying that I think this is such a great journal with everyone supporting and encouraging each other. Great to see that. Anyway, this is another one of those questions regarding the GRE. I got a 780(84%) for biology subject, 600(85%) Verbal, 740(82%) Quantitative, but a 4.0(33%)Writing. I'm satisfied ( ( Read more... )

gre-subject, gre-general, gre prep, writing, scores

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telemain November 5 2007, 05:22:17 UTC

I just did the writing and I followed the time schedule Barron's advised which I think helped me pace myself very well ( ... )

telemain November 5 2007, 05:23:55 UTC

I should add that I haven't gotten my writing scores back yet, but I felt pretty confident about them. My issue essay may have been on the short side (I think it was 6 paragraphs) but my Barron's book at least said that they are willing to give 6's to short essays that show depth.

machuchu120 November 5 2007, 09:19:57 UTC

Thanks for the advice. This really fits into the formula approach which was stated above. Best of luck with your writing score.

fetteredwolf November 10 2007, 20:41:20 UTC

I got similar scores to yours, but I did not take a subject GRE and my verbal was 700. I guess I mean to say that I got a 3.5 in writing, but did not bother retaking it, and still got into my top choice school (MIT). I suppose it depends on a lot of things, but don't think that you need to necessarily retake the test. Lab work, for example, is much more important.