Pentaki wrote:Harder than the September 17 exam for me, even though there were several very similar questions (maybe exactly the same). I answered more questions. I was happy with my previous score, so I took more risks hoping they will pay off.
fierydemon wrote:
How many did you attempt?
spablo wrote:The [deleted] can be very annoying. I set up the [deleted] before I evaluated it. (I tried too often to skip steps and do the integrals in my head in order save time, but then consequently wasted time by making mistakes)
spablo wrote:Yes. You probably could set it up as a [deleted] which was one of the answer choices... I kept getting [deleted]so I left that problem blank.
I honestly don't remember a lot of my choices for later problems. Some of those I definitely skipped... There was a significant amount of problems which [deleted], one of which looked very difficult at first glance. So many of the ones i couldn't *finish* solving, I've figured out now. Kind of beating myself up over it since it was my last opportunity to take it before I apply to PhD programs.
omhk wrote:I took it today and found it to be very hard. Granted, I did computational math in undergrad, and went in knowing I wasn't going to do well, since there was a lot of material I hadn't encountered. But on the official practice tests (the 05 and 12 ones), I scored in the 60-70th percentiles.
I think I answered about half the questions...I'd be lucky to get anywhere near the 50th percentile at this point. Every school I'm applying to just says "subject test optional but recommended," but well...
fierydemon wrote:What're you talking about?! It was the toughest GRE I've seen. And this was the third (and last) time I was taking it. Because I was much better prepared, I attempted 61/66 questions with no guesses. But oh my god was it brutal! There was no respite
BCLC wrote:fierydemon wrote:What're you talking about?! It was the toughest GRE I've seen. And this was the third (and last) time I was taking it. Because I was much better prepared, I attempted 61/66 questions with no guesses. But oh my god was it brutal! There was no respite
It's the same exam everywhere? I thought the tests varied slightly?
ghjk wrote:BCLC wrote:fierydemon wrote:What're you talking about?! It was the toughest GRE I've seen. And this was the third (and last) time I was taking it. Because I was much better prepared, I attempted 61/66 questions with no guesses. But oh my god was it brutal! There was no respite
It's the same exam everywhere? I thought the tests varied slightly?
I just realized that not everyone has the same test(?!)...Anyway, what version did you have, and how many probs did you attempt?
fierydemon wrote:I got the version in which the first question was about determining the slope of the graph whose tangent was given. I hope I'm not disclosing any illegal details about the test.
I attempted 61/66
LaTex wrote:This was my third attempt. Last October I could only answer ~40 (with plenty of guesses, not prepared at all). I took it last month and I could do ~50 with some guesses.
This test was so much harder than both of those. I was much better prepared and had at least 10 repeats from the September exam and it was still brutal. I think I answered ~43 this time (0 guesses). It was so rough that I feel like the entire third attempt was just a waste of time and money. I'm just going to pick schools based on my September score and if I get a few extra points this time it'll just be icing on top.
user8745 wrote:LaTex wrote:This was my third attempt. Last October I could only answer ~40 (with plenty of guesses, not prepared at all). I took it last month and I could do ~50 with some guesses.
This test was so much harder than both of those. I was much better prepared and had at least 10 repeats from the September exam and it was still brutal. I think I answered ~43 this time (0 guesses). It was so rough that I feel like the entire third attempt was just a waste of time and money. I'm just going to pick schools based on my September score and if I get a few extra points this time it'll just be icing on top.
If you don't mind me asking, what percentile did 50 with few guesses give you?
LaTex wrote:I estimated that I probably got around 40-43 (never know what you accidentally screw up) correct and ended with a 67%ile.
ghjk wrote:LaTex wrote:I estimated that I probably got around 40-43 (never know what you accidentally screw up) correct and ended with a 67%ile.
May you share what was the scaled score corresponding to that 67%?
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