Tag Archives: graduate school

GRE Subject Tests: To Take, or Not To Take

Posted on December 20, 2014 by James Scofield

Remember when you took the SAT for the first time? You were so anxious because it was the SAT AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST TEST YOU WERE EVER GOING TO TAKE! And just as you got up to the front … Continue reading →

Posted in Admissions, Graduate School, Miscellaneous, Preparation | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

GRE Scores May be Down, but Competition is UP!

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Bill

Our mantra at “It’s Not GREek” is “The score you want is the score that will get you into your graduate school of choice.” Though every student has different goals and ambitions, this means that you do not need to … Continue reading →

Posted in Admissions, Graduate School, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The New GRE – GMAT Killer?

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Bill

At one point in time, the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) was the de facto exam that students took to get into business school. But in 2006, the creators of the GMAT, the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), decided to … Continue reading →

Posted in Admissions, Graduate School, Miscellaneous, Revised GRE, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Graduate Program Profile: Physics

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Bill

From Newton to Einstein to Hawking, humanity’s pursuit of knowledge and study of the natural world has never been closer to complete; conversely, humanity has never so fully understood how far from a complete knowledge of the universe we really … Continue reading →

Posted in Graduate School, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Ask Test Masters: Cost of Attendance and GRE Scores for an International Graduate Student

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Bill

Ask Test Masters is a free informational service offered by the experts at Test Masters; you ask, we answer. Shravan, an international student interested in attending graduate school in the United States and abroad, has a few questions about admission … Continue reading →

Posted in Admissions, Ask Test Masters, Graduate School, Preparation | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

GRE Analytical Writing Overview Part II: Analysis of an Argument

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Calvin

The GRE Analytical Writing section can be a stumbling block for many students. However, with practice it can become one of the easiest sections on the test. Scoring on the GRE Analytical Writing  section is based on a 6 point … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Graduate Program Spotlight: Environmental Studies

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Bill

Well-known institutions like Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Yale, etc. consistently rank at the top of every program they offer, and this is no different for Environmental Studies graduate programs. However, the fact of the matter is you do not have to … Continue reading →

Posted in Graduate School, Miscellaneous | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

GRE Verbal Reasoning Problem: A judicious biography

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Bill

Each week “It’s not GREek!” will present you with question types you are likely to see on the GRE, as well as a brief explanation on how to arrive at the answer for each question. We’ll start by examining a … Continue reading →

Posted in Example Problems, Preparation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment