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Yamanoor Srihari | 1 May 2010 06:11
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(GRE Success! ) Sharing responses to questions from an anonymous member

 

Hello Everyone,

I thought more of us could benefit from seeing this response:

A general note:

Call me Sri or Srihari. Please do not call me "respected sir". Makes me feel really old. If you want to do anything in return, please tell more people about our group :). I

guess the other volunteers on the group would say the same thing if you called them "sir".

What would you do when you have lost a year, or a low GPA, etc?

First, I always tell people, life happens, mistakes happen. This does not mean that you have lost any important opportunities. Our group's presence is t o help you with such

decisions.

So, the backlogs and the health issue, here is how you can work on these:

1. Since you are still in school, keep working to improve your scores.

2. Since you missed a year only because of your health, make sure to have one of your reference providers write about it, in as positive as a way possible.

3. You mention specific skills in electronics, robotics, CAD etc. Given your skills you need to build a strong portfolio, preferably on the web so that people can learn about

you at the click of a link.

4. The GPA is only one of the factors affecting your admission. You will need to focus on getting as high a GRE score as possible, doing appropriate research on schools and

writing a well written out SOP, and fill your applications on time etc...

Here are answers to specific questions:

    * How will SubjectGRE be different from normal GRE. Which one should I go for?

Subject GRE is er, subjective. There is no GRE for engineering, so if you plan to take a subject GRE it will have to be in one of the subjects where the test is still available.

Addition: Please visit ets.org to find out about the availability of specific subject tests.

    * What are the Books that I must buy for the same?


Please refer to our group archives for this information.

    * How much does my GPA affect my admission chances?


It will affect your chances, change it as much as you can, and from there move on.

    * My College doesn't have any Professor with profound knowledge in their resp ective fields, and thus they don't have any stature in academic field. So is it OK if I attain

'Letter of recommendation' from professor of some other college?


It would only be okay if you worked with the Professor and the Professor can give you a reference based on what he/she knows about you. Otherwise you will be wasting a lot of

your time and energy.

Please keep an eye on the emails and discussions on the group and keep going back to our archived discussions and answers.

And keep those questions coming!

Good Luck,

Srihari


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gre | 1 May 2010 10:21
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(GRE Success! ) File - Monthly Reminder

 


Hello,

This is to remind you that you are still a member of GRESUCCESS, a group that aspires to help people, and dispel rumors regarding GRE, TOEFL, TSE, and other standardized tests, as well as, the entire application process in general. The group is also attempting to broaden its arms with quaint research on general aspects and observations of studying abroad. Please feel free to mail your concerns to the group by emailing to gre-success <at> yahoogroups.com

1. If you have any private queries, or if you are shy of asking a question in front of hundreds of people, let me re - assure you that you are entering a group of cultured people who will not laugh, disapprove or hold you in disdain. If still, you are apprehensive, please mail your queries to me at yamanoor <at> yahoo.com

2. Kindly try to make maximum use of the group by accessing and contributing to the links, database, files, photos and calendar sections of the group. Please be discreet. I shall remove any offensive material. Kindly add to any of the relevant tables in the database. Please upload files that you think will be useful for the members in the group. Kindly check for, and abstain from adding too large, or virus loaded files. Please upload any photographs of yours that you would wish to share with us (This shall be subject to scrutiny though..flimsy bikinis and flashy pets are fine...but I still insist on cross checking! :)). Also, please upload any important deadlines that you think might benefit the group. It is also not a bad idea to put up your birth date, test date etc on the calendar. This is a group full of fun loving people and we would like to share your joy!

3. Unfortunately, our group does not have the rights to use the polls section. I don't know how that came into existence. Kindly bear with me. We shall use free tools available on the internet for the same.

4. Please try to visit my home page http://www.yamanoor.com/gre/ to take advantage of the resources linked, that shall help you in your entire application process.

5. Also kindly note, I strongly discourage any personal messages or communications across the group. I will be moderating without exception, any messages that are either low in utility, or are sensitive, racial, or disapprovable in any manner.

6. It is my earnest request that you tell more friends about the group so that we can help serve a larger group of interested people. Also, if you have web pages, kindly consider using the promotion tools to make the process of subscribing easier for your visitors.

7. Do mail in more suggestions as and when you wish and think it is necessary. Every word is listened to.

8. A final note, as you see, the group's objective is to not only help and provide suggestions, it is also to dispel all sorts of rumors about the process that keep cropping up now and then. So, it is upto you to ask as many questions as you can.

Thanks for being a part of the movement.

Good Luck

Srihari

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Yamanoor Srihari | 1 May 2010 20:51
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Re: (GRE Success! ) Does Electives Matter ?

 

Hello Jaysun,

You are always allowed to change your areas of interest or make up for classes you may have missed. For now do the thing you have been doing - choose courses based on your interests and the nature of the faculty.

That should be your foremost goal, not modifying your studies based on a hypothetical set of requirements of a future course.

Who knows? Two years down the line you may decide a MS program is not what you want! It happens...so go with your heart and head.

Good Luck,

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--- On Sat, 4/24/10, Jaysun <jaysunantony <at> yahoo.co.in> wrote:

From: Jaysun <jaysunantony <at> yahoo.co.in>
Subject: (GRE Success! ) Does Electives Matter ?
To: gre-success <at> yahoogroups.com
Date: Sa turday, April 24, 2010, 10:13 AM

 

I am second year Electrical and Electronics Engineering, at nitc. Next sem, we are offered the following electives:
1. Network Theory
2. Applications of Analog ICs
3. NonConventional Energy Management
4. Engineering Materials

of which you have to chose two. I will take Analog ICs for sure, as the faculty is superb!! What should be my second option? I dont want to take Network Theory, seniors say it is fully mathematical. But one of my friends said a course in Network Theory is essential in MS-in-US-point of view. I already had Electric Circuit Theory in my third sem. So, is another Network course essential?

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Yamanoor Srihari | 1 May 2010 21:50
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Re: (GRE Success! ) Want to get Suggestions for GRE preparation!!!

 

Hello Shakil,

The Barron's is always a good place to start. Have you looked at our archives, files and our wiki? We have had multiple discussions on preparation. Take a look and we can discuss specific concerns you may have.

Sincerely,

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--- On Tue, 4/13/10, shakil <shakil04 <at> yahoo.co.in> wrote:

From: shakil <shakil04 <at> yahoo.co.in>
Subject: (GRE Success! ) Want to get Suggestions for GRE preparation!!!
To: gre-success <at> yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 4:06 AM

 

Dear Seniors,

I am a new group member of "gre-success" group. I have a great desire
to do well in the GRE exam.

In 2009 August I have completed my B.Sc. graduation from CSE. I am now working in a software firm.

I have memorized 20 word lists from Barrons. As I am officing i have to pay a hard work for it.

I want to know am I going to the right way??
Do I need study in different way?? Specially differen books etc....

I need yours valuable suggestions. ...

best regard,

Shakil

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Yamanoor Srihari | 2 May 2010 07:03
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(GRE Success! ) new word game: panoply

 

Hello Everyone,

For those preparing and those would just like to have fun with new words, here is a new word: panoply.

You will have to guess the meaning based on the example, without looking it up and write back. We will then clarify the synonym and how etymology applies:

"As a panoply of protesters shouted outside, many of them carrying signs decrying Mr. Obama as a “socialist,” the president told some 8,500 graduates — and 80,000 family members, professors and others in the audience in Michigan Stadium — that passions were overheated and that people on all sides of the political debate needed to find ways to listen to one another. "

Here is the article reference:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/us/politics/02obama.html

After about 3 people have responded, we can end this game and discuss the word.

Good Luck,

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Gizmo | 2 May 2010 21:26
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(GRE Success! ) Re: new word game: panoply

 

Lets see if my approach is right:

-pan : means 'all' , 'including everything'.
-ply : means 'twisted together to form... something'

and as the example hints, it must mean : 'all types of people joined
together in a group/set'

Lets make this quick, I am getting impatient :)

--- In gre-success <at> yahoogroups.com, Yamanoor Srihari <yamanoor <at> ...> wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> For those preparing and those would just like to have fun with new words, here is a new word: panoply.
>
> You will have to guess the meaning based on the example, without looking it up and write back. We will then clarify the synonym and how etymology applies:
>
> "As a panoply of protesters shouted outside, many of them carrying signs
> decrying Mr. Obama as a “socialist,” the president told some 8,500
> graduates â€" and 80,000 family members, professors and others in the
> audience in Michigan Stadium â€" that passions were overheated and that
> people on all sides of the political debate needed to find ways to
> listen to one another. "
>
> Here is the article reference:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/us/politics/02obama.html
>
> After about 3 people have responded, we can end this game and discuss the word.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Srihari
>
> Home: http://www.yamanoor.com/
>
> Photography: http://www.yamanoor.net/
>
> Laughs: http://ysrihari.blogspot.com/
>
> Medical Devices: http://chaaraka.blogspot.com/
>
> Earth: http://itshothere.org/
>

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Yamanoor Srihari | 5 May 2010 01:24
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(GRE Success! ) Departments behaving badly?

 

Hello Everyone,

This is for folks with admits. If you are contacting your departments and schools/International Offices with regards to I-20s and other issues and are being given bad treatment, please let us know. We would like to get a handle on some of these cocky, high and mighty schools.

With funding fading, and most Masters students availing themselves of loans, treat these people as service providers and do not let them walk all over you.

Good Luck,

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Yamanoor Srihari | 8 May 2010 01:39
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(GRE Success! ) Panoply; a new word "rapelled"

 

Hello Everyone,

We only got one response for panoply. If you don't use it, you....

Anyway, you got panoply nailed - pano - means many, and ply comes from the root multiply or grow, so panoply would mean a variety of.

Now, for rapelled:

"Special forces troops then rappelled down to the tanker from a helicopter, Rear Adm. Jan Thornqvist, the European Union Naval Force commander, told an Associated Press reporter aboard the Swedish warship Carlskrona, which was patrolling 500 miles (800 kilometers) west of the rescue site."

Reference:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100507/ap_on_re_eu/eu_piracy;_ylt=Ai423nV6DNbfXbhJ48eRxmKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNkYWpoYjliBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNTA3L2V1X3BpcmFjeQRjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzUEcG9zAzIEcHQDaG9tZV9jb2tlBHNlYwN5bl9oZWFkbGluZV9saXN0BHNsawNydXNzaWFzYXlzcGk-

Guess the meaning of the word if you don't already know.

Good Luck!

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Gangeya Upadhyaya | 9 May 2010 05:11
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Re: (GRE Success! ) Panoply; a new word "rapelled"

 

As the given reference hints (and as what I've always known) : Rappelled means: lowering oneself with the help of a rope.


Would really like to know how to break the word.
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gunjan lalchandani | 9 May 2010 07:07
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Re: (GRE Success! ) Panoply; a new word "rapelled"

 

Hi Gangeya,
Try the website www.vocabmagik.com. It uses animated cartoons and interesting associations to help build vocabulary..You would find breaks of all these words there
 

 
On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Gangeya Upadhyaya <gangeya.u <at> gmail.com> wrote:
 

As the given reference hints (and as what I've always known) : Rappelled means: lowering oneself with the help of a rope.


Would really like to know how to break the word.


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